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I just peaked at middle class wankerism

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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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Maitri108 · 05/04/2025 21:18

iseeu · 05/04/2025 21:15

it is supper!

we are in france so can be middle class wankers at normal volume as much as we like - if no one around you can understand what you are saying somehow the shame is greatly reduced

"what would you like for supper darling" while browsing the supermarket veg is totally fine

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I have breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper.

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:18

Zone2NorthLondon · 05/04/2025 21:17

Regional colloquialism, I say Is that you Guy Ritchie? Or is it Shane Ritchie?can't tell them apart ,both déclassé

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True. Guy was married to Madonna and Shane was married to Colleen Nolan. Can barely tell them apart either which only adds to the confusion

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 21:18

Zone2NorthLondon · 05/04/2025 21:06

Yes, I was so stressed I had to get highlights and have a spa day as per mumsnet advice

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I'm going to make an admission. I am on MN and have never been to a spa.
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Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:19

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 21:18

I'm going to make an admission. I am on MN and have never been to a spa.
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Go to one now and get yourself a can of Monster and a Twix

BeCleverViewer · 05/04/2025 21:19

Omg you need to go

iwentjasonwaterfalls · 05/04/2025 21:19

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 21:18

I'm going to make an admission. I am on MN and have never been to a spa.
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That isn't possible, surely one of the nursemaids took you to the spa regularly from the age of 12 to acclimatize you to appropriate behaviour there?

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 21:19

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:18

True. Guy was married to Madonna and Shane was married to Colleen Nolan. Can barely tell them apart either which only adds to the confusion

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Madonna and Coleen Nolan? I'm the same. I think Coleen is slightly taller.

BeCleverViewer · 05/04/2025 21:20

Did she pass away?

Zone2NorthLondon · 05/04/2025 21:20

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:18

True. Guy was married to Madonna and Shane was married to Colleen Nolan. Can barely tell them apart either which only adds to the confusion

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Well quite. They don’t know their way round a fish course and that’s simply not on
Both ghastly divorces too

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 21:22

iwentjasonwaterfalls · 05/04/2025 21:19

That isn't possible, surely one of the nursemaids took you to the spa regularly from the age of 12 to acclimatize you to appropriate behaviour there?

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No, because...it was the olden days and there was no such thing! We had very chlorinated public baths for a brisk cold swim, though, and we were allowed a cheese sandwich afterwards.
Happy days. In between power cuts.

Zone2NorthLondon · 05/04/2025 21:22

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 21:18

I'm going to make an admission. I am on MN and have never been to a spa.
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Dear child. Not even when in Courchevel 1850?
where was your governess?

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:22

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 21:19

Madonna and Coleen Nolan? I'm the same. I think Coleen is slightly taller.

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We'd have to always see them together to know which was which

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 21:23

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:19

Go to one now and get yourself a can of Monster and a Twix

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Now you're talking.

BuntyBeaufort · 05/04/2025 21:23

DGD started young. At soft play cafe age 3, when her mini-pizza was delivered “Yuk, I can’t eat that. It hasn’t got olives.”

Zone2NorthLondon · 05/04/2025 21:24

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:22

We'd have to always see them together to know which was which

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Well one has a pushy angent and the other wears a basque. Still can’t tell them apart though

MrsBunTheBakersMum · 05/04/2025 21:25

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:04

What about Imperial Leather, I thought that was so posh

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I’m definitely not posh (we were actually really poor when I was growing up) and we used to have imperial leather by the bathroom sink when I was a kid except it was mums special soap and we were only allowed to use it a little bit and only rub the back of it so the sticker didn’t get wet! Eventually there would just be a sticker next to the sink with a tiny sliver of soap attached.

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 21:25

Zone2NorthLondon · 05/04/2025 21:22

Dear child. Not even when in Courchevel 1850?
where was your governess?

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Drunk in the pantry with the under butler.

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:25

Zone2NorthLondon · 05/04/2025 21:24

Well one has a pushy angent and the other wears a basque. Still can’t tell them apart though

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Ones definitely always got that pointy boob thing on

Zone2NorthLondon · 05/04/2025 21:25

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:22

We'd have to always see them together to know which was which

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I know. It’s the mono brow

iseeu · 05/04/2025 21:25

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:17

Also don't forget everyone in France is naturally posh, especially if there's an open air market nearby and everyone puts their stuff in a wicker basket

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this is true. brioche and tartiflette (as a pp referred to) are the equivalent of bacon butty and mac cheese with ham (or 'am to be really french) round here

Zone2NorthLondon · 05/04/2025 21:25

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:25

Ones definitely always got that pointy boob thing on

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And one is an American

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 21:25

BuntyBeaufort · 05/04/2025 21:23

DGD started young. At soft play cafe age 3, when her mini-pizza was delivered “Yuk, I can’t eat that. It hasn’t got olives.”

I like her style 👍

Zone2NorthLondon · 05/04/2025 21:27

BeatrizBoniface · 05/04/2025 21:25

Drunk in the pantry with the under butler.

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Under the butler? I say
i guess you went to that ghastly comprehensive JAGS.

SallyWD · 05/04/2025 21:28

I don't think what you said is particularly middle class.

Changedusernameforthis2 · 05/04/2025 21:29

SallyWD · 05/04/2025 21:28

I don't think what you said is particularly middle class.

But she was eating an apple