Lighthearted - What’s the most (stereotypically) middle class thing you’ve done/said recently?

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I’ve just re-waxed my Barbour jacket…

What about you?

I'm in a class of my own... I have no idea what I'm doing

My son’s A-level economics teacher recently did a ‘what is middle-class’ quiz with them. My son was voted the most middle class because we had chia seeds, more than one type of mustard and bonne maman jam! To be fair I think there are more middle class kids in the class than him but it made us chuckle over our homemade beef wellington that weekend 😂

I have to tell the newsagent every time that the Daily Mail I’m buying is for my dad.

I’ve burnt SO many things on Agas over the years… bedding (using the lids as an iron) and rather spectacularly my ex’s favourite and very expensive coat. And spent many hours sitting on the lids reading. But never managed to burn my bum… too much padding obviously 😂

You are not alone; I always take my Abu Dhabi Carrefour and LuLu bags 🤪

Fuck me. The last person who had wine in my house drank it out a jam jar 😁

Ooh that’s defo working class.

@NormaNormalPants you can make tartlflette with Brie - it works well. Roblochon is hard to find in my Waitrose too- never seems to be in stock and then I'm secretly relieved because it's about £12!

Me too. Was most put out last year when one of the scaffolders demanded real coffee on their arrival . Then the same one asked if I had a pain killer and pocketed the entire packet. Though spitting nails, I was secretly crowing that the CF didn't realise that all the coffees he demanded were in fact decaffeinated

To continue my above post (couldn't edit)
Though, to be honest, I usually give a choice of real or granules to any tradespeople who comes. This one was just a CF

DS asking a waitress for carbonated water. To be fair he was quite small and dyslexic and couldn't find another word.

So you offered him real coffee and he accepted? That's not the same as him "demanding " real coffee, is it?

I didn't get the chance to offer. As soon as he leapt out of the lorry he demanded a big mug of real coffee

Ah I see, sorry, your 2nd post suggested you gave him a choice and were miffed that he chose the real coffee!

That tortellini sounds amazing!

To be fair @Newtrix it was bloody lovely! 😂 dud it on crispy kale with purple sprouting, with some chilli oil and Parmesan on the top and homemade garlic bread.
Fuck ton of work but yummy!

Wealthy friend to her 17 year old DD who has a gap year job at Couttes:

Darling, you need to be more firm with your father. You'll need the skills when firing people.

Then picked up our conversation where we'd left off as DD went out to meet said DF.

Yes, I've told all my poorer friends and family this, so may be outing 😅.

Someone will consider 3 neighbourhoods in to be badlands though, and so on.

To be fair, I considered a certain place to be beyond bothering to even go through, until I met my DH who was from there and turns out it's a lovely place with a good mix WC & MC.

I had an idea of the place through tv shows but it's obviously not the whole picture.

Do you have the recipe, please? I love homemade tortellini and I'm always looking for new recipes. I've struggled with getting the water level of the fillings right.

My daughter recently - ‘you didn’t give me the option of business class or the QM2’ 😂

I told my friend we turned up at the wrong pony show ..

Stressing for the millionth time about school fees whilst never questioning whether to carry on with them.

Someone I met via internet dating asked if I wanted decaff or real coffee. When I said 'real', he got out a jar of instant (but caffeinated) coffee. I didn't see him again.

American here..(so no NHS) ,By the time our 3rd DC came along, we were quite poor, and we couldnt afford medical insurance. My Dsis found a bargain basement deal for me. I was able to deliver him at a teaching hospital that only charged an all inclusive small fee for being a guinea pig for the medical students. As I was being wheeled into the delivery room, I loudly called out to my DH to remind the staff that I had paid extra for a private room.I cringed when I realized how spoiled I sounded, but didnt care one bit! it was the best $30 I've ever spent.

Similar problem: I have family members in Spain, and the problem is that the mother is unwilling to accept any change - she wants her life to go on exactly as she likes it. Her health is deteriorating seriously, and her home is unsuitable now - she just isn't safe there. The problem for her sons, one in the UK and one near her in Spain, is trying to persuade her that she will be better off permanently in the lovely care home she is now in for respite care. She is quite determined to return to her own house, and ignores anyone who disagrees. We don't think it can be done.
How to persuade her to see that things have to change?