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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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Thingymajigii · 06/04/2025 08:16

I've never thought Brioche as middle classed - it's highly processed junk. I appreciate that 'real' Brioche isn't highly processed but I've never seen it in the shops. Even in Waitrose its just processed crap.

Changedusernameforthis2 · 06/04/2025 08:25

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/04/2025 07:13

Environmentally disastrous choice there. What's wrong with tap water?

I couldn't give a monkey's what class anyone believes they belong to. As this thread illustrates, it's a very tedious discussion.

Well done you've really captured the spirit of the thread. Would you like to come to my party next week to welcome everyone and get the jollity going

Whatwouldnanado · 06/04/2025 08:30

Dear lord….OP, if you’re still here, take your head out of your hands. Your initial post made me chuckle.

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about these subjects:

iwentjasonwaterfalls · 06/04/2025 08:56

SoftandQuiet · 06/04/2025 08:02

Ahem, don't you mean Mothering Sunday?

My apologies, I've been associating with the riff-raff too long. All a part of my philanthropy work, of course.

Buckarooo · 06/04/2025 09:09

Whatwouldnanado · 06/04/2025 08:30

Dear lord….OP, if you’re still here, take your head out of your hands. Your initial post made me chuckle.

Thank you, that's all it was about. A little smile and perhaps a few people sharing their similar stories.
Just a little fun on a sunny day

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CaravaggiosCat · 06/04/2025 09:15

BarneyRonson · 05/04/2025 12:50

I’m using the term as it is usually used.

so much trans wankerism, why do they plaster themselves in make up.

so much black wankerism, why do they pretend everything is about race.

for example.

middle class wankerism = eating a brioche and clearing away crumbs.

Erm what?

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/04/2025 09:37

Changedusernameforthis2 · 06/04/2025 08:25

Well done you've really captured the spirit of the thread. Would you like to come to my party next week to welcome everyone and get the jollity going

A kind thought, but (you'll be amazed to hear this) I'm not a party animal. I'm also quite jolly most of the time. Just not keen at all on people buying bottled water instead of using tapwater.

Changedusernameforthis2 · 06/04/2025 09:42

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/04/2025 09:37

A kind thought, but (you'll be amazed to hear this) I'm not a party animal. I'm also quite jolly most of the time. Just not keen at all on people buying bottled water instead of using tapwater.

I was referring to you insulting all of us class jokers as tedious.
Bottled water was the start of your message , the end of your message was a little barbed insult that we are all tedious

theprincessthepea · 06/04/2025 09:47

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

This. I live in the UK but my family migrated here from a French speaking country (not France). Since I was a kid I was labelled posh (or as some would say a middle class w…) because we spent so much time in France, spoke French and did things like had baguette for breakfast, ate marmalade 🙄

As a person that grew up working class but isolated for being “posh” I see the humour in this post (although it brings back the trauma).

I learned very quickly one mustn’t be too cultured. Well depending on your social circle.

Buckarooo · 06/04/2025 10:10

CaravaggiosCat · 06/04/2025 09:15

Erm what?

Don't you realise, middle class is a protected charactistic??? 🤣

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godmum56 · 06/04/2025 10:14

threenaancurrywhore · 05/04/2025 22:19

Hmmm, Pink Lady is a bit… French gel manicure. Expensive but tacky. Not middle class. Brand-named apples are non-U – a pp’s unidentified wonky apples are closer to the upper-class U ideal; something unknown from the ancient tree in the back orchard, planted there by your great-granny, Lady Sylvia. Great fun for pretending to scrump them when role-playing as a ruffian before romping in for nursery tea. Not sure what the middle-class apple is that sits between the petrol-guzzling SUV of a Pink Lady and the dog-haired old Land Rover of the wonky unidentified apple. Cox?

Organic Cox from a pick your own.

CaravaggiosCat · 06/04/2025 10:23

TeenLifeMum · 05/04/2025 17:11

Haha Volvo owners can never just say car can they 😂

Haha how rude I just say car 🤣🤣

Smallmercies · 06/04/2025 10:58

Thingymajigii · 06/04/2025 08:11

What's SPAOW?

It's spaow' - football, motorbike racing etc.

PTSDBarbiegirl · 06/04/2025 11:24

IDontHateRainbows · 05/04/2025 14:35

Agree, it's just not that funny or entertaining.

However, the comments are bloody hysterical!

quantumbutterfly · 06/04/2025 11:43

Middleagedstriker · 05/04/2025 23:16

Quite obviously you weren't here back in the day when nobbers didn't just jump on threads to suck joy out of stupid and light hearted observations. It's not that deep.

Back in which day? are you cod?

QuirkInTheMatrix · 06/04/2025 11:44

Smallmercies · 06/04/2025 10:58

It's spaow' - football, motorbike racing etc.

Google suggests it’s a music artist. Dance/Electronic U.K. rap. 🤷‍♀️

quantumbutterfly · 06/04/2025 11:46

TiredSENMummy · 06/04/2025 07:27

I live in a council house. I love a jaunt to the farm shop. I'm also partial to a kissabel and love a slab of toasted, buttery Brioche.
Can I be middle class now too? 😂

These days you can identify as whatever you like.

PayingItBack · 06/04/2025 11:46

I have read this thread start to finish and I am very confused on my class position.

I have completed higher education and have a child at university, my job is definitely considered middle class, but I hate sourdough and avocado.

We only eat pink lady apples but I don’t drive a Volvo and I have never wiped crumbs off anything. My evening meal is dinner and I hope to be a grandma one day, not a Nan.

The only time I fed my youngest sushi he immediately vomited on the floor.

We eat organic free range eggs, but on the same metro roll as bacon.

OP you are making me question my entire existences

iwentjasonwaterfalls · 06/04/2025 11:48

PayingItBack · 06/04/2025 11:46

I have read this thread start to finish and I am very confused on my class position.

I have completed higher education and have a child at university, my job is definitely considered middle class, but I hate sourdough and avocado.

We only eat pink lady apples but I don’t drive a Volvo and I have never wiped crumbs off anything. My evening meal is dinner and I hope to be a grandma one day, not a Nan.

The only time I fed my youngest sushi he immediately vomited on the floor.

We eat organic free range eggs, but on the same metro roll as bacon.

OP you are making me question my entire existences

What is your horse called?

quantumbutterfly · 06/04/2025 11:57

Get a cat and call it Dobbin, when you talk about it constantly you can convince people you have a horse ( don't mention litter boxes or dreamies).
Conversely get a horse and call it Tiddles, or Fido, because stealth wealth is more fun.

PayingItBack · 06/04/2025 11:58

iwentjasonwaterfalls · 06/04/2025 11:48

What is your horse called?

We call it a maiden, it’s where we hang our delicates.

Smallmercies · 06/04/2025 12:00

QuirkInTheMatrix · 06/04/2025 11:44

Google suggests it’s a music artist. Dance/Electronic U.K. rap. 🤷‍♀️

Well not even Google is infallible 🤷‍♀️

Boreded · 06/04/2025 12:05

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

And at the same time he failed yours 🤣

Boreded · 06/04/2025 12:06

I actually just for real laughed out loud, thankfully in a room on my own so I didn’t look too crazy

iwentjasonwaterfalls · 06/04/2025 12:06

quantumbutterfly · 06/04/2025 11:57

Get a cat and call it Dobbin, when you talk about it constantly you can convince people you have a horse ( don't mention litter boxes or dreamies).
Conversely get a horse and call it Tiddles, or Fido, because stealth wealth is more fun.

It's taken us a while, but we've finally ascertained who is wannabe middle class (Dobbin the cat) and who is real middle class (Tiddles the horse)