Middle class tribe - ever get on your nerves - light hearted rant 😄

[ginorwine]

I live in a middle class area which is dominated by lecturers , gp s , social workers etc -my Dh fits into that catagory and I am an x that catagory .
It's a really pretty area and the kids roam between houses etc
Recently - I seem to be a little irritated by its predictability and 'niceness '- tho am aware it's a good area I really am .
I'm
Grumpy menopausal creature at present !
The paint work is mainly Farrell and ball, same kitchen appliances , similar dress code .etc . Whilst I too have Farrell n ball in one room and may therefore fit into the cliche myself (!) I'm becoming quite amused by it all in a way but don't know why .Part of me loves it part of me wants to say rude words and act up and be a Harridan !
Why do we follow these 'tribal 'things ? .the estate agent once reffered to the area as all lentil s and lintels . 😃

I guess the love affair had to end sometime foggy [looks wistful...]

I quite like olives, but aubergines need a lot of work for max praise. And the biggest compliment for them is "that's quite nice... for aubergines". Bit like turkey really.

personally I think the devil's foodstuff is Quinoa or whatever it's called.

I'm with Paixilin on the olives/aubergine debate. Though I concede that aubergines are probably a lot better when cooked by cultures who know what to do with them.

Please...can we not talk about them [heaves a little bit].

Aubergines are not even offensive enough to heave. Greek yoghurt however, another compulsory food...

I guess the love affair had to end sometime

Still, we'll always have ... um, lovely builders?

Yes, yes we will always have lovely builders [smiles bravely through the tears]

Where did ailith go? She was funny. Overplayed her hand a bit at the end, mind. And slipped up with the TES references. You should have name-dropped the TLS, dear. The TES is just for teachers. Frightfully middle-middle, at best.

Italics fail

Here you are.

TLS (or if you're a lefty, LRB )

I thought the TES was a bit odd - isn't that for teachers? - hardly the aristos that ailith was setting up as exemplars of style & class.

Well, quite. And also, my book of Proper Class Stereotypes says that proper aristos don't give a flying fuck about education and take pride in being a bit thick. Education is a middle class preoccupation. I think poor old ailith just lumps them all in a vague category of "maybe, one day...."

You lot are positively barking.

"shudders"

What is the female version of a bromance?
"shudders"

You would be eaten up and spat out on TES! They laugh heartily at your sort and imagine you are all a bit... well... intellectually challenged.
Lol

See no reason to disagree, frankly.

You can put those glass blocks on houses if you live in Grantchester.

I want to see the Grayson Perry tapestries at Croome and they were stunning (MC statement) and I took my son who has broken up from his expensive school (UMC statement).

I then went to Center Parcs for a week (LMC statement) and have now gone to the country to visit my father who has a title, several ex wives and no money at all (UC statement).

So, what does that make me?

I buy bread from Greggs if I've run out - what's the big deal?

Pretty confused. Lol

I love aubergine and olives together! Either in pasta or on pizza.

You would be eaten up and spat out on TES! They laugh heartily at your sort and imagine you are all a bit... well... intellectually challenged.

What do the aristos at TES make of your LOLs?

You would be eaten up and spat out on TES! Bollocks. Half of MN is on TES, too. It isn't your secret little corner of the internet. It isn't great on intellectual rigour either, they are just people chatting, same as MN really.

Apple etc:
Oh the advice is to use them when we have a look at what the erudite Mumsnet posters are "debating"! Lollol

There is no "us" and "them", ailith. Many of us are them, too. You for instance.

paxillin:
Au contraire! At least TES posters don't make the comma splice error - as you just have...

Do you have an S&G thread?