to think 'posh' and 'rich' are two completely different things?

[Floogel]

being wealthy does not make you posh, IMO

No idea, we are well of in the real world, properly poor little church mice by MN standards!

Different things to different people....You can def be posh but broke, but being rich does not make you posh. If you speak 'posh' then most people who don't, will consider you posh!

I've always figured that if you're truly posh you don't care what anyone thinks, toffs & proles have a lot in common that way, it's only the middle classes that are angst ridden about it.

MN is a bit mental about most things wealth Viviennemary, you must have noticed that if you are not on the breadline then actually having any sort of problem is not allowed because there are many people worse off then you.

DH is a banker and I work in the mining industry, so our gains are pretty ill gotten as well by lefty standards, and to make it worse, we are not even sorry.

Rich, but definitely not posh - that can make people a bit crazy as well. We are very much new money, which I find works just as well as old money.

A girl I was friends with at school always had fish knives and forks when they had fish and special butter knives for the butter. I thought they were frightfully posh but they weren't really any better off than we were which was just average. But much posher. I was angst ridden about it.

But fish knives are fraightfully common!

I don't think I had ever even heard of fish knives before coming on MN maybe I am posh after all...

"I am thankful to say I have never seen a spade"

I suspect I approach the lack of fish knives from the opposite end of the spectrum.

Don't get many fish where I come from.

Well I'm definately rich, but I'm as common as muck if that helps. I do have good manners and high moral standards, but still very much working class!

i HATE the word posh.

Obviously.

The word "posh" is so subjective that it has virtually no value in determining anything. I've been accused of being "posh" on the basis of little more than my disinterest in reality TV. It has nothing at all to do with how much money you have.

So that proves my point that posh is only a matter of opinion. But so maybe is rich. Can't believe people on here who think they're quite hard up on £100K plus per year.