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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 🤣

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quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 17:19

BlackStrayCat · 05/04/2025 16:37

It is lovely he wants to avoid you getting bowel cancer.
It is a healthy, perfect breakfast to impress you on a weekend morning.

It is not him making you feel like a "middle class wanker" in your motorhome.🙄

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Smoked salmon may not be much better than bacon tbf. If you really want to help your bowels a bowl of all-bran is what you need, but where's the joy in that.

ZenNudist · 05/04/2025 17:20

I never understand why some mumsnetters equate certain food with being middle class. AFAIK working class people are no longer restricted to pie and chips and are eligible to eat brioche. They sell brioche in aldi.

It used to be that some mumsnetters were tickled by their dc liking hummus, olives and cous cous. This isn't particularly middle class.

I'm not sure where my 10yo saying "excuse me but do you have any sashimi grade fish" fits in to this middle class wankery. Maybe I'm more UMC .... I thought I was LMC.

BunnyLake · 05/04/2025 17:20

Pandimoanymum · 05/04/2025 17:07

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 😂

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I’m the same. Brought up on a council estate but my kids went to private (senior) school. Used to have 5* holiday lifestyle with ex, now broke and haven't had a holiday for eight years and probably never will again as will never be able to afford one. Son said his uni friends said he sounds posh (but I sound sarf London), it’s a real mix. One thing I do have though is a sense of humour and a self deprecating one. The day I can’t laugh at myself is the day I must have given up on life. The humourless ones on here just make me laugh though, it must be hard being that dry.

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BunnyLake · 05/04/2025 17:21

ZenNudist · 05/04/2025 17:20

I never understand why some mumsnetters equate certain food with being middle class. AFAIK working class people are no longer restricted to pie and chips and are eligible to eat brioche. They sell brioche in aldi.

It used to be that some mumsnetters were tickled by their dc liking hummus, olives and cous cous. This isn't particularly middle class.

I'm not sure where my 10yo saying "excuse me but do you have any sashimi grade fish" fits in to this middle class wankery. Maybe I'm more UMC .... I thought I was LMC.

It really isn’t that deep.

quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 17:21

quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 17:19

Smoked salmon may not be much better than bacon tbf. If you really want to help your bowels a bowl of all-bran is what you need, but where's the joy in that.

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oh and the polyphenols in the tea mitigate the nitrites in the bacon a little bit.

But the environmental and social cost of avocados should really trigger your angst.

AquaPeer · 05/04/2025 17:22

ZenNudist · 05/04/2025 17:20

I never understand why some mumsnetters equate certain food with being middle class. AFAIK working class people are no longer restricted to pie and chips and are eligible to eat brioche. They sell brioche in aldi.

It used to be that some mumsnetters were tickled by their dc liking hummus, olives and cous cous. This isn't particularly middle class.

I'm not sure where my 10yo saying "excuse me but do you have any sashimi grade fish" fits in to this middle class wankery. Maybe I'm more UMC .... I thought I was LMC.

Because they’re desperate to claw their way into the middle classes and food/ Waitrose/ national trust trips and cheap, accessible and easily obtainable that they can convince themselves mean they’ve achieved it

MakeItToTheMoon · 05/04/2025 17:24

Buckarooo · 05/04/2025 14:41

Do you remember the halcyon days when people in MN could just take the piss out of themselves, have a smile and move on...? It was when it was all fields round here..

I agree! You just made a light hearted observation and it made me laugh. Some people really need to get lives if they are affected by something as simple as this. Surely there’s better things in life to do.

BunnyLake · 05/04/2025 17:25

AquaPeer · 05/04/2025 17:22

Because they’re desperate to claw their way into the middle classes and food/ Waitrose/ national trust trips and cheap, accessible and easily obtainable that they can convince themselves mean they’ve achieved it

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You’re taking this thread very seriously aren’t you 😂

GingerEden · 05/04/2025 17:25

Comedycook · 05/04/2025 12:35

Tough crowd op...

Ain't it just!

SassySusie · 05/04/2025 17:28

I might start a thread about the funny working class things I have done and eaten. Like that time I very loudly asked DS in Asda to go and find the ASDA’s own brand baked beans. How we laughed 😅

Iloveyoubut · 05/04/2025 17:30

Buckarooo · 05/04/2025 14:31

I see the fun sponges are out in force.

🤣

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Not really. You said you’re a dick yourself. No idea at all what is fun here

BunnyLake · 05/04/2025 17:32

GingerEden · 05/04/2025 17:25

Ain't it just!

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Tougher crowd than a Friday night comedy turn at the Glasgow Empire circa 1975.

Titasaducksarse · 05/04/2025 17:32

Oh FFS you're really not getting my point.

I'm camping...albeit in a campervan! That's what's making it so amusing to me.

JandamiHash · 05/04/2025 17:33

Haha, when DD was a toddler I once shouted in the supermarket “Darling would you like hummus or tzatziki with your cous cous for lunch?” - I didn’t mean to sound like a middle class wanker she was just going through a massive posh-ish food phase 🤣

JandamiHash · 05/04/2025 17:34

Do you know what 10 years ago a thread like this would have gone down a storm. Now all the sour faced misery hits have joined MN with a determination to suck the joy out of every thread.

greengreyblue · 05/04/2025 17:34

Iloveyoubut · 05/04/2025 17:30

Not really. You said you’re a dick yourself. No idea at all what is fun here

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Go elsewhere then?!

Charlize43 · 05/04/2025 17:35

I'm on the same pill combination as Nigella... blah blah blah

QuirkInTheMatrix · 05/04/2025 17:35

BumpyaDaisyevna · 05/04/2025 16:55

i feel you. I had to wait till we went to Tignes skiing at half term for my first tartiflette of the year!

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I had a very poor tartiflette in Val d’isere last time I went. Still not over it and told dh we’re going to Courchevel next year…better class of tartiflette for sure.

Hermyknee · 05/04/2025 17:36

I don’t want to de-rail the thread but I keep hearing about toilet brushes. What’s so bad about them and what class are they?

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 17:36

AquaPeer · 05/04/2025 17:22

Because they’re desperate to claw their way into the middle classes and food/ Waitrose/ national trust trips and cheap, accessible and easily obtainable that they can convince themselves mean they’ve achieved it

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FFS IT.WAS.A.JOKE

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 17:37

JandamiHash · 05/04/2025 17:34

Do you know what 10 years ago a thread like this would have gone down a storm. Now all the sour faced misery hits have joined MN with a determination to suck the joy out of every thread.

I know it's so weird how MN has gone recently. Definitely seeing the effect on online trolling

MythosK · 05/04/2025 17:37

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... 😂

I think it was on here that I first heard the phrase council carrots (round)

JandamiHash · 05/04/2025 17:39

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 17:37

I know it's so weird how MN has gone recently. Definitely seeing the effect on online trolling

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It seems to be a platform where people just wanna give the OP a kicking no matter what they say. Such a shame really, I wish they’d fuck off to somewhere they can be humourless with other moaning Minnie’s

BunnyLake · 05/04/2025 17:40

JandamiHash · 05/04/2025 17:34

Do you know what 10 years ago a thread like this would have gone down a storm. Now all the sour faced misery hits have joined MN with a determination to suck the joy out of every thread.

It’s a shame isn’t it. Laughing and making fun of yourself is very important for your general well being. This thread has been fun, both because of the posters with a sense of humour and those that have had a humour bypass as they are funny in their little own way. 😁

quantumbutterfly · 05/04/2025 17:41

Titasaducksarse · 05/04/2025 17:32

Oh FFS you're really not getting my point.

I'm camping...albeit in a campervan! That's what's making it so amusing to me.

I would love a camper van.