To find the smug looking families on the cover of the money section really annoying?

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You know the type I mean; cover of the Sunday papers Money Section.

AIBU to find them v smug and dislike them for showing off at how great they are with money and investments?

Ha ha, thanks for a good laugh - I'd forgotten how much they annoyed me! Glad it's not just me. For once, can't they just put someone normal on for instance: "This is [insert name here]. For the last few years she has been in huge credit card debt but has managed to make over the minimum payment last week and has saved enough for a week's long holiday". Bet those families are made up! (or I'd like to think so)

YANBU, but no wonder they have loads of money, they are often dressed like frumps so no expenditure on clothes, hairdresser etc. Go on caravan holidays and never leave the house without a flask because a cup of tea costs £1.20. Their kids will spend all their hard saved cash when they die.

Oh, YADNBU! "Sophie and Lawrence have sold their squillion pound house in Chelsea and have moved their family to the Costwolds. Lawrence works 3 days a week from home as an international arms dealer, whilst Sophie has a stall at the local farmers' market selling chutney that she makes at home on her aga. Their DCs go to the local extortionately priced prep school; their fees are funded by the trust fund that Granny and Grandad (who was the UK ambassador to Belize) set up several years ago. Sophe and Lawrence have made the most of their tax allowances by investing in the Uk film industry."

Ha haarrrrrrr. What about the property section? [insert smug couple's names here] fell in love with this fixer upper house in Fulham (WTF? Last time I looked Fulham was still expensive), decided to put their 3 bedroom Holland Park place on the market and move into the 5 bedroom house in Fulham. Luckily he is an architect while she has her own interiors shop in the Kings Road. "It was really just a shell when we found it. It needed a loving touch." The children's bedrooms are all painted in white with recessed cupboards fitted by [x]. (insert pic of SPOTLESS children's bedroom here with ONE teddybear on the bed.) The chandelier was sourced in a tiny village in the South of France where she happened to be stranded overnight on a sourcing trip. "I found it in this little market for 20p. It would cost a fortune in the Conran shop!" Get the look: French pillows: 150 quid each - Conran shop, Chandelier 24,000 pounds - Le Interiors del Stupido.

Yes, yes, wheresthepopcorn, the property section!

The Evening Standard particularly drive me mad. They are meant to be a London based paper and should reflect a broad range of lifestyle and experience imo. But they always have the same type of people - presumably friends of the editor [who I think someone here said used to be editor of Tatler?].

So it's all - "Harriet and Frederick met at university where they studied architecture and interior design. Both know a thing or two about stylish living, the contemporary splendour of their tasteful home in Belgravia reflects Harriet's designs for her interior design consultancy and Frederick's eye for detail and structure. "Life really is wonderful for us" smiles Harriet as she casts a fond eye over her 3 year old twins Tabitha and Ludo who are dressed in spotless Tulip & Nettle outfits. Their home is beautifully styled in accents of cream and beige with not a hint of sticky fingers or biscuit crumbs. "We are just very organised proactive parents" laughs Frederick as he directs their Romanian nanny to clear away the twins' lunch... etc,etc"

Blatantly the veg for the twins' luch is grown organically in the veg patch in the garden...

YANBU. Clearly I should be divesting my FTSE100 holdings and concentrating on foreign bonds, just like this family have done

God yes, makes me feel completely like I've missed the boat. Often have young single women with all kinds of investments.

Pension discussions make me particularly nervous.

Very, very funny descriptions. You imagine the amount of help they have around the house to make it seem so effortless.

I just came back to this thread. I hadn't realised it was still going and I've had a real laugh.

Yes the property sections do it too especially with people who have somehow managed to buy land with amazing views and build their dream home all designer furniture, eco triple glazing and solid wood, no MDF flat pack in sight and all from individual boutique shops with all the bells and whistles of gadgets and so environmentally friendly that they make a profit on their energy usage. Always work from home/ part time/ this-and-that with perfect glowing children.

Usually they are selling the dream house which always reassures me that the dream is not all its made out to be.

Brilliant spoofing here!