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 . 😃

And yes, there is an extra r.

A 19 page thread arguing about class! Quality!

Class, Capricorn76? We're talking grammar. This is a place of intellectual rigour. Ailith is star of the week with her golden comma badge.

why do so many of you swear so much?

ODFOD

or

FOttFSoF&tFOSM

It's not fair I want a Golden Comma Badge!

You get the golden abbreviations badge, FoggyBottom. I'm holder of the foreign, but tries to write English badge.

FoggyBottom:

Hmmm. Are you brave enough to write out your charming insults in full? I would love to see the extent of your limited vocabulary...

Lolol

Paxillin
An extra r? Why pray?

The above should, of course, read lollol!

Capricorn76:

It is certainly entertaining and wholly laughable!

My apologies, guys. I appear to have ruffled a few feathers.

You mean you've been rude.

Ruffling feathers implies you expressed an opinion that goes against consensus. I don't think insulting foreigners for their spelling and grammar falls into that.

Ahh just realised that the majority of the people round here are probably aspirational mc then, is that the reason for the identikit cars and houses, kind of like they're flashing the cash, my plasma's bigger than yours, my white blinged up huge new car is better than yours etc. My mother calls them "new money types", also noticed they never have a posh accent (apart from one lady who puts it on because I've met her mum and brother and they don't speak that way at all), does the way we speak still make a difference to class? So maybe where I live the showy ones are aspirational mc then. I've also noticed lots of Superdry clothes, it's become a thing at the school gates. When I was a kid at the same school myself in the 80's it was Laura Ashley, the mc mums label of the time 😊

Yes, totally agree with paxillin, you've been rude.

Which is interesting as I think it was you, earlier in the thread, who identified excellent manners as a marker of proper class.

OK, ailith I'll bite because I'm bored with writing this research grant

Oh Do Fuck Off, Dear

and

Fuck Off to the Far Side of Fuck, and then Fuck Off Some More

Look, most of us get het up at some point or other on an internet messageboard. But you sound more than reasonably irate. You can just close the browser, you know.

No I have not been rude. It seems some of you, however, like to be rude yourselves by using swear words, for instance. You appear, also, not to take kindly to having that pointed out.
I think some of you imagine you can attempt to "slap down" a new poster. You do appear not to like being challenged.
Tough.

FoggyBottom:
You are utterly charming. Lovely.

Irate?! I think not. Many of you appear to be more than irate, though.

Buddy:
Yes. I think that is probably the case. Inevitably there is going to be an element of identikit thinking and choices.

How old are you, FoggyBottom? Only old ladies call others "dear"!

No I have not been rude. It seems some of you, however, like to be rude yourselves by using swear words, for instance. You appear, also, not to take kindly to having that pointed out.

As has already been pointed out, sweary language is part of the accepted norms of this site. if you have a problem with it, talk to the mods. Or head off to another site with stricter guidelines.

I think some of you imagine you can attempt to "slap down" a new poster. You do appear not to like being challenged.

Think it's more about contradicting nonsense myself.

You are utterly charming

It is rather funny to see someone berate others for their spelling and grammar when their grasp of basic punctuation is average, at best.

ahem - old ladies are allowed on the internet you know!

People swear on mumsnet. I believe netmums don't allow swearing. They do chuck out goady fuckers swiftly though I hear.