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I just peaked at middle class wankerism

913 replies

Buckarooo · 05/04/2025 11:47

At a farm café... naturally. And daughter is on special diet, so she was eating her packed lunch. And she went to eat her apple ...I found my self saying "oh darling, let me wash your apple, it's got brioche crumbs all over it"

What a dick I am 🤣

OP posts:
SassySusie · 05/04/2025 16:58

iwentjasonwaterfalls · 05/04/2025 16:48

Satire, right?

Well much of this is true. If you are truly middle class, you don’t think eating an avocado or whatever is middle class wankery.

quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 16:58

samarrange · 05/04/2025 15:29

Enjoy:

now that's funny

BunnyLake · 05/04/2025 16:58

AlwaysPerfumed · 05/04/2025 16:56

No. Just my musings which will touch a nerve with those who recognise themselves.

They're not meant to touch a nerve and won't with most people , only those who do what they think are middle class things, are secretly pleased and then have this weird self loathing. Calling yourself a wanker for eating an apple and brioche in a farm cafe or hating yourself for buying Le Creuset spoon rests, after first announcing this momentous buy to your husband by text.

But they're just my thoughts. You don't have to agree.

You are way over thinking this. No need for a dissertation or deep analysis on it 😂

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about these subjects:

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 16:59

BunnyLake · 05/04/2025 16:57

So I wonder, are the humourless ones middle class? Middle class people can still say something a bit la-di-da and laugh at themselves so I am curious as the type of person who takes offence at a thread like this and states that they see no humour in it.

Who knows. Someone who was let down by their chalet staff? We've all been there.

TakeMeToTheSeahorseDisco · 05/04/2025 16:59

Locutus2000 · 05/04/2025 12:13

OP is humble-bragging.

Yes. This. Absolutely!!

BunnyLake · 05/04/2025 17:01

SassySusie · 05/04/2025 16:58

Well much of this is true. If you are truly middle class, you don’t think eating an avocado or whatever is middle class wankery.

But you might if you hear yourself say to your little two year old, sorry darling they were all out of avocados for your lunch today.

BeakyFlinders · 05/04/2025 17:04

In terms of my own most middle class moment, I was at an NGS open garden with 5 yo DS. Bought him a slice of cake, put it down in front of him and he immediately got up from the table and asked the ladies serving tea for a cake fork. My work is done, it would seem.

SassySusie · 05/04/2025 17:04

BunnyLake · 05/04/2025 17:01

But you might if you hear yourself say to your little two year old, sorry darling they were all out of avocados for your lunch today.

Eh no 🤷🏻‍♀️

LuckyOtters · 05/04/2025 17:04

BarneyRonson · 05/04/2025 14:03

Shopping can be so cruel. Why bring this onto yourself by going to Aldi? I hope you’re ok,now.

The way I deal with this is to rush to the nearest Greggs or KFC and stuff my wanky MC gob.

Pandimoanymum · 05/04/2025 17:07

BeakyFlinders · 05/04/2025 16:28

I was once helping a friend’s mum prepare Sunday lunch (I was in my late teens). Friend’s boyfriend was there - very Oxbridge - he watched me, then nodded approvingly when I cut them into batons and said “I was waiting to see which way you cut them”. Well thank goodness I passed the test Confused

This entire thread is amusing, given that as I family I have no idea what class we are!
Going by the various stereotypes we seem to be middle class, working class AND underclass all the same time:
I have a child at Oxbridge (but who went to very ordinary comp and had free school meals)
I went to uni but now live on UC & PIP
I like going to the theatre & ballet (got told this makes me MC) but also like eating a cheap ham, egg and chips at a Wetherspoons
I sometimes say tea and sometimes dinner
I live in a "naice" area of my city but have very little money
I have just eaten an Isey Skyr Icelandic yoghurt which I can only get at M&S but before that I had a bag of walkers crisps from tesco.
If I took myself as seriously as some of the posters here, I should probably be having an existential crisis 😂

BlackStrayCat · 05/04/2025 17:08

@Titasaducksarse so that is lovely? If it is usual then why comment like it was unusual? Why even mention builders tea and a bacon butty?

Of course it takes effort. Any effort or show of effort should be appreciated. Not called "wankery".

Every Sunday I do the same for DD. I am not being a "wanker".

Enjoy your motor home weekends away.

quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 17:08

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 15:57

Too true - have you seen the toilet brush threads?.😱

Has someone been putting them in the dishwasher again?

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 05/04/2025 17:08

Overheard in my very non-mc former pit village "Oh Fergal darling, pop back to the Volvo and fetch your giiiilet".

Charlize43 · 05/04/2025 17:09

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TeenLifeMum · 05/04/2025 17:10

Just coming here to be entertained by the comments only to learn a le creuset spoon rest is middle class wankery… is that still the case if you got it in the outlet and it’s pink and heart shaped 🤷🏻‍♀️ I just thought it was nice and would be handy.

ohnowwhatcanitbe · 05/04/2025 17:11

AquaPeer · 05/04/2025 12:57

Who is middle class?

People with no sense of humour if this thread is anything to go by.

TeenLifeMum · 05/04/2025 17:11

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 05/04/2025 17:08

Overheard in my very non-mc former pit village "Oh Fergal darling, pop back to the Volvo and fetch your giiiilet".

Haha Volvo owners can never just say car can they 😂

quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 17:12

APlateOfMixedFanciesAndANicePotOfTea · 05/04/2025 16:16

I'm so loving this thread, every post a little gem in it's own little way! Obviously the thread hasn't gone the way the OP thought it would but it has cheered me up no end!
I'm disappointed no one has mentioned carrots yet - apparently there's a right way (batons) and a 'common' way (in rounds) to slice them. I was informed of this by a good friend who looked quite embarrassed explaining carrot slicing etiquette when I was helping her make tea/dinner/supper/evening meal (insert adjective of choice)
Thought I'd throw that one into the general conversation and see how it goes... 😂

Batons are a bugger, pop your carrots in the choppy thing & the. jobs a good'un

monsterfish · 05/04/2025 17:13

Mumteedum · 05/04/2025 13:21

😱haha....do you want a gooooooseberry yoh-gurt?

It’s the eggs. They’re not organic. 🤣🤣

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 17:13

quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 17:08

Has someone been putting them in the dishwasher again?

Heaven forfend!

WhatHoJeeves · 05/04/2025 17:14

Nothing to see here, no fun allowed, let's all be scathing and superior and stamp on everyone and everything. Joy? No. Laughs? No. Silliness? No. Misery and scorn? Oh yes please.

quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 17:15

Pollymollydolly · 05/04/2025 16:29

In our house there’s an everyday way (rounds) and an occasion way (batons) tbh even Sunday lunch counts as an occasion - batons just taste nicer, I swear you can taste the extra effort!

It's the artisan sweat, it has it's own piquancy. It tastes so aspirational, which is ironic because you probably wouldn't want to eat anything else that had been aspirated.

Annascaul · 05/04/2025 17:16

BunnyLake · 05/04/2025 17:01

But you might if you hear yourself say to your little two year old, sorry darling they were all out of avocados for your lunch today.

No. Not unless you’re secretly thrilled at the notion of eating avocados, as if it actually meant something.

LadyRoughDiamond · 05/04/2025 17:16

YABVU and have, in fact, just invented a new snack.

CinnamonJellyBeans · 05/04/2025 17:19

How is this utter non-event worthy of starting a thread?