to wonder what middle class/working class parental cliches you have actually experienced?

[vitaminz]

This thread is not to be taken too seriously and no offense is intended.

Today when I was in the supermarket I overheard another shopper saying to what appeared to be her daughter "Clemmie, shall I get some brioche?", she really did sound like a middle class cliche.

I dunno, you can get brioche in Aldi. My DDs think all brioche has chocolate chips in it.

My neighbour is very middle class and her poor daughter got a dried apricot for a reward everytime she did a wee on the potty.

I am guilty of feeling very smug when DS bought a red pepper in the greengrocer when he was about 4 and walked round town munching on it as if it were an apple.

Was just about to say you can get brioche, pain au chocolat and croissants in Aldi. I even saw purple sprouting broccoli once.

I once heard in Waitrose a Dad saying to his young son "Findlay shall we find the sushi now?". But then again there's a travelling family locally with Findlay as a family name. They were probably just there for the free coffee.

Odd thread - I imagine someone will be offended at some point

Dd1 (15) brought a couscous salad to school for her lunch, she said she felt so glaringly middle class.

My DS eats peppers like that, I think cause they're sweet.

I've come to the conclusion that I might have given him a painfully middle class name and I cringe when I end up bellowing it across the park, in fear of judgement.

My DD asked for us to buy champagne all the way round a shopping trip in Lidl. I don't know why as we don't usually buy champagne.

My DD also seems to be the physical embodiment of 'sharp-elbowed middle-classes'. It's really sore when she catches you with one.

My son looked at me the other day and just said 'Mummy - want houmous.'

Why is hummus or even cous cous considered middle class? Or maybe I have misunderstood things.

I think hummus used to be a MC thing, but Tesco sell so much of it that it is pretty ubiquitous now. Quinoa is probably the modern version of couscous in terms of being MC, except that it might not be ethical to eat it.

I was told I was being very middle class as one of my DS's first foods was hummus, we both love the stuff. Not sure what's so middle class about him wearing it like a face mask though

DS1 (5) said to me on Tuesday "oh no mama, not asparagus AGAIN".... Luckily we were at home so no-one else heard him....

In my defence it is both in season and available in Aldi.

Dd 1 once told her reception teacher that she liked oysters, she'd got confused with cockles

I would laugh at a child/parent talking about getting some quinoa (pronounced keenwa, not kwinoa apparently) but why is not ethical???

One of my friends put little boxes of raisins in each layer of the pass the parcel. My kids faces were a bit . I could see them thinking 'wtf! Where's the haribo?'

We are buying up the supplies of quinoa which is the staple food for some people, do they can't afford it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/vegans-stomach-unpalatable-truth-quinoa

HappyHippyChick mine would be the same.

Dc begging me to buy them the Edamame pot in Waitrose.

(Thankfully they'd be equally miffed, Happy, if they founf raisings in a pass the parcel).

We always have hummus and guacamole...the Aldi brand. :o

We must be working class, DS2 screams every time we walk past the bakery for a sausage roll. Not Greggs though as we're overseas!

When my DS was about 8 and on first name terms with the staff at Waterstones!

Not offended because Im fine with where I am in life, but I cant help thinking this talk of classes (middle, working), isnt it so last century?

As if what people say, what they eat and how they behave should "give away" what class in society they belong to! The fact that supermarket stock every type of food and drink that used to only be the province of the "upper class", proves that!

I love a nice plate of mushy peas, oh hang on, that means I must wear a cloth cap and work down the mines!

I was driving my dgs to visit my dd and her children a few weeks ago. About an hour into the journey dgs1 'Ganny, can I eat my brioche now?'

Oh the shame!!! I'm pleased my dad wasn't in the car to hear that. It's bad enough dgs has a 'posh' - but very lovely - name, but brioche is a jump right out of Working Class, even if it was bought at Aldi.

Odd isn't it? How come being middle class is so shaming?
Oh, just thought of another one. A few years ago there was a survey or something in the newspaper. My dd 'tested' me. One of the questions was 'you have friends who are, cleaners?'
Me: yes
Dd: no mum, HAVE a cleaner. He's not your friend, he's an employee.
I felt so ashamed. But why, my DH works hard, we were on benefits years ago, but worked out of the benefits trap and because of the hard work and study we're well off now.

Maybes once working class, always working class.

Not quite middle class I guess but we are a half Swedish family and usually eat a fish paste called kaviar with our boiled eggs.

It does sound very funny to say to DD "do you want some caviar with your breakfast?" and my side of the family (not Swedish) think it's hilarious...

How come being middle class is so shaming?

Maybe because people stigmatise artificial class boundaries and labels (how we talk, what we own, what life has thrown at us) as if it is something negative?

I was highly amused to have been witness to an 8 or 9 year old boy having a hissy fit in Whole Foods and loudly proclaiming "We are NOT going to Sainsbury's!"