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

361 replies

CatteryCatss · 13/02/2025 13:57

I’ve just re-waxed my Barbour jacket…

What about you?

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EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 13/02/2025 23:03

Im desperately trying to think…

used my Volvo insulated travel mug?

CarterBeatsTheDevil · 13/02/2025 23:04

PrancerandDancer · 13/02/2025 23:02

I think they are slightly different but still good for the piggies

I could spend days just watching and listening to their crazy little faces chomping. Can't believe it's taken me nearly 50 years to really appreciate a small pet.

isthatmyage · 13/02/2025 23:05

A few years ago now, but a beach BBQ, me yelling to youngest DD "darling, your asparagus is ready".....what a tit 😂😂

CheshireSplat · 13/02/2025 23:08

DD1's school emailed today to let us know they're phasing out Latin.

(She's gutted and I'm a bit sad too!)

murasaki · 13/02/2025 23:09

CheshireSplat · 13/02/2025 23:08

DD1's school emailed today to let us know they're phasing out Latin.

(She's gutted and I'm a bit sad too!)

Oh that's not good, it's so useful re other romance languages, even if you're not into classics per se.

CarterBeatsTheDevil · 13/02/2025 23:14

CheshireSplat · 13/02/2025 23:08

DD1's school emailed today to let us know they're phasing out Latin.

(She's gutted and I'm a bit sad too!)

That's a shame. I loved learning Latin and it was a huge boon for French and Spanish too.

PlasticineKing · 13/02/2025 23:17

wildthingsinthenight · 13/02/2025 14:45

Got a jar of instant coffee in the back of the cupboard but it's only for workmen/women (decorator/ plumber etc)

I have this but it’s for parents on my side. Me and DH and his parents drink the good stuff but mine all want Nescafé red lid 😂

Bellyblueboy · 13/02/2025 23:18

I explained to my cat sitter than my cat likes marks and Spencer’s fish chunks - she won’t eat the Tesco version🫣.

murasaki · 13/02/2025 23:19

PlasticineKing · 13/02/2025 23:17

I have this but it’s for parents on my side. Me and DH and his parents drink the good stuff but mine all want Nescafé red lid 😂

My dad drinks instant decaf. My mum, sisters, DP and I try to ignore this abomination.

SecondClassmyass · 13/02/2025 23:19

asked my husband yesterday if we should give our new sculpture a name. Yes- her name is Sybil.

TwigletsAndRadishes · 13/02/2025 23:20

Booked an appointment for a meeting with our accountant.

Woke up this morning and listened to Radio 4 while I read the Times and the Telegraph, drinking freshly ground and brewed coffee from a 'bean to cup' machine.

Tatapie · 13/02/2025 23:25

Rented a house in Southwold for Latitude festival

AnotherDayAnotherIdea · 13/02/2025 23:26

I have aspirations of joining this thread. 😭
I gave my kid a french name.

Hedgesgalore · 13/02/2025 23:28

Messaged my aga man today asking him if he could take a look at my other aga.

Told dh he'd never guess how much waitrose is charging for dill mustard now.

TwigletsAndRadishes · 13/02/2025 23:35

NoisyBrain · 13/02/2025 14:25

Reminds me of the time I was in Waitrose and heard a man shout “Spatial awareness!” to his very young child who was pushing their trolley 😆

😂😂😂

girlwhowearsglasses · 13/02/2025 23:39

I once gouged a chunk out of the inside of my cheek with some particularly sharp toasted sourdough. Ouch

#middleclassinjuries

PlasticineKing · 13/02/2025 23:42

murasaki · 13/02/2025 23:19

My dad drinks instant decaf. My mum, sisters, DP and I try to ignore this abomination.

Ages ago the massive red top Nescafé was on offer so I got that. It’s finally run out and when I said I needed to replace it DH was most insistent that we definitely only needed a small one 😂

DontforgetJuliette · 13/02/2025 23:47

Our guinea pigs are called Quinoa and Harissa.

bluesatin · 14/02/2025 00:14

My grandson requested sushi for his birthday party last year (age 9).

bluesatin · 14/02/2025 00:16

SecondClassmyass · 13/02/2025 23:19

asked my husband yesterday if we should give our new sculpture a name. Yes- her name is Sybil.

Edited

We have a huge and beautiful rock in our garden named Sharon Stone.

Happyinarcon · 14/02/2025 04:05

NormasArse · 13/02/2025 22:56

Did it work?

Yep, acupuncture does work for the type of back problems my dog has, and a qualified vet delivers the treatment. I did a lot of research into affordable treatment alternatives because the only other option is surgery around 10k Aussie dollars. They just don’t make dogs like they used to

HumphreyCushionintheHouse · 14/02/2025 04:13

Took my daughter who volunteers at a local stables. She mucks out, feed and waters, in exchange for riding. It’s a middle class as we’re gonna get.

Temporaryname158 · 14/02/2025 04:48

@Mittens67 its not normal for everyone hence the point of the thread.

lots of people cannot in any way afford a horse (or dog) or to shop on Waitrose, even with the yellow stickers. Let alone to feed Waitrose food to an animal

BeaAndBen · 14/02/2025 05:22

LaughingCat · 13/02/2025 18:52

Someone at work asked where I was grabbing lunch from today, and I answered ‘at my club’ before remembering that no-one at work knows I’m a member of a private library.

Never going to hear the end of this now.

Leeds?

Garlicworth · 14/02/2025 05:32

I really, really want some tapenade.

To make this even stranger, I said this to myself and it came out of nowhere - zero prompts of any kind.

Two days later, I was in the Co-Op and there, on a gondola end display, was a choice of tapenades. So I got some, obviously, and enjoyed middle-class snacks of grilled French bread with olive paste.