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.

bberry You're not my neighbour are you?!!

After my DD's swimming lesson she always gets a treat from the vending machine. There are at least a couple of other children who also do but my word - the fuss and loud parenting that goes with it is insane! "You can't have any chewy sweets/crisps/chocolate/anything actually nice" "You can't eat these until after dinner/you can only have 2 nibbles/this is your Christmas present" etc. etc. Just let them have the sweets or not. No one cares.

I sneered politely maggie. I was well aware that DS1 was the true genius.

we're very working class... strolled into mcdonald's today loaded with Aldi shopping bags, though mcdonald's is sadly a rarity and prior to this, we were Aldi virgins.

still am very working class though.

"It's just a type of bread roll."

No middle class person would ever say "bread roll"

And why wouldn't a child know that brioche is called brioche? Presumably they know a crumpet is a crumpet? Or a croissant a croissant?

A hobnob a hobnob?

My ds ate asparagus he had been holding - I didn't realise until he'd had a few tips -must be uber posh!

*"It's just a type of bread roll."

No middle class person would ever say "bread roll"*

What? Why??

Haklut- I am privately educated, as our my children, LLB Russell Grouo uni and professional level job. Both my parents went to university, my mother same one as me. And I am not middle class as I use the term 'bread roll'? Really?

Quite a lot of up yer own arse posts!
Hysterical that food defines your poshness .

Brioche from the supermarket is awful, full of nasty additives, not sure why anyone, MC or otherwise would want to buy it.

Going into McDonald's in east end of Glasgow and being stared at by everyone around when I asked if they did a vegetarian happy meal option (they don't!)

Dd1 (then 7) saying she never wanted to go back to a Haven park (me neither tbh) as they didn't cater well for vegetarians and she didn't like the music in the night time entertainment as she only liked classical (she's since discovered pop).

Eating bloody brioche and olives doesn't make you MC

No, it does not. But rather amusingly thinking it does gives a clear demonstration of something very different

From DS2, in a pub.

'Mummy, I'm quite full. Can I just eat the broccoli in my broccoli and cream cheese bake, and leave the rest?'

To DS3

'Get off that work top now. I will tune the digital radio to Classic FM for you'.

To all the DCs

'Stop making Henry Moores with your olive bread, you lot.'

I have a regional accent, so, even if I wanted to, I could never be middle class. I have discovered this since moving to a middle class accentless area.

"I have a regional accent, so, even if I wanted to, I could never be middle class. I have discovered this since moving to a middle class accentless area"

Ah. Yes you can. You just can't be lower middle class, a la Hyacinth Bucket. Regional accent is fine if proper middle class.

I love olives. Hummus makes me heave. Brioche is fine when it has chocolate chips in it, otherwise it is vile. Quinoa, utterly horrible (why is it unethical?).

This means erm...I'm a bit fussy with food?

Ah, I have obviously set my sights too low!

No not offended much lol

I currently have a black eye and look a bit bashed up but it's ok because I got these injuries falling off my pantry ladder which I feel is a very middle class injury

I think middle class people definitely use food to set themselves apart from riff riff. They like shopping at Ocado so they get nice Waitrose labels lining their cupboards and shelves, they have veg boxes and they give their DC socially acceptable snacks like the ridiculously overpriced Yo Yo bear fruit roll things, cartons of organic apple juice and Organix brand corn snacks, painstakingly prepared tubs of fruit and carrot sticks et al. Seen it over and over in our very socio economically diverse area. Food is one of those things, a bit like clothing, that people use to send a message to those around them. Similarly a working class mum would be happy with quavers and cokes. She wouldn't feel the need to send a social message with the food she feeds her children.

sorry - my last message was to daisychain01

Is wholemeal stottie cake middle-class?

Is that organic wholemeal vindscreenviper?