have i reached the height of middle class pretension ?

[Gowgirl]

I've just realised I'm julienning carrots and cucumber for the moppets to dip in organic bloody hummus while admiring my shiny new bottle of craft gin.

Then I realised that they probally wont eat their fish fingers and chips now, and I spent all day mumsnetting so the house is a shit tip!

Feel free to add your own

Joules wellies don't keep the rain out? I better bin my shiny lilac pair I walk the dog in every day!!

If this thread is going in classics can they edit out the fun sponge posts please?

Meanwhile I laughed at my roofer dp when he bought stuffed vine leaves the other week. I thought he had bought them in error. He claimed he liked them, put them in the van (vw transporter - the lifestyle choice of vans) and left them in there until they went off. He would be horrified if anyone called him middle class though.

DP saw an Iceland delivery van dropping food off at a neighbours' house. "I didn't know Iceland did deliveries" he mused.

I would respect you all so much more if you just admitted you were being smug and didn't try to pretend it is "funny." But then again I'm American so I still don't understand how "middle class" is something to be faux-embarassed about.

So why bother commenting? You don't get the humour, which is fine as it is very cultural, but why bother commenting? Who cares?

Coffee - precisely

Is it cultural though, the difference in humour always confuses me....

I go to a pretty mixed toddler group and I've noticed that the admittedly rather strange humour can isolate some people.

Oh is this why so many cafes don't have signs telling you whether it's table/counter service or not? I find that so annoying

It's McDonald's. You really would have to be exceptionally dim not to work out you order at the counter.

As for the poster who thinks the not wanting to stay in a 3 star hotel comment is funny - or the one who thought talking about when the servants eat. Take a look at yourselves.

I'm British, very middle class -all I'm seeing here is toe curling smugness dressed up in faux "Oh look at us" tinkly laughter.

Exactly Lass, if my children came out with any of that bollocks I would be having extremely stern words with them (and myself).

"So why bother commenting? You don't get the humour, which is fine as it is very cultural, but why bother commenting? Who cares?"

Exactly Coffee. I see plenty of threads on here, where I wince and think 'Nah, not for me'. So, guess what...? I just move on. I know...I know...it's a revelation, isn't it.

I think there's a bit of sour grapes...which reminds me of when DD2 sighed and announced 'I have to say, I really rather prefer red grapes, Mummy'

Quite a lot of the foods mentioned on this thread are normal fayre in our families cultural background and are eaten by people from all walks of life.
DS's favorite food are stuffed vine leaves and we are far from middle class!

Sour grapes, really?

The 'comedy weans' fainting over manchego (from tesco) only know to prattle on about it if they've been coached...In my house it's cheese... or 'that' cheese.

My son is mostly non verbal. In Waitrose he said "guava, mummy" School had been doing a topic about healthy eating. I was quite proud if I'm honest.

Mn would be devoid of life if people didn't stress about the minutiae of how to humblebrag about being middle class.

I'd suggest not feeding dc quinoa/ seaweed/ boar if it really embarrasses you that much if they mention it in public.

Just roll do bake your own brioche in a tin

This information is all I need from this thread....

When she was about 8, we told DD1 where we'd booked a holiday, and she protested 'Oh, not Tuscany again, Mummy'...

Ever since, we have used this as a family short-hand for when anyone is being an entitled Madam, complaining their diamond shoes are too feckin tight

This thread has made me want to read the Stunt Pineapple thread again. Do you remember the stunt naice artisinal washing up area??

The washing up area was a thing of beauty!
I've since spent lots of time on cox and cos website dooing over useless yet beautiful things and have bought the McKenzie kettle
Mumsnet can make life expensive....

"Quite a lot of the foods mentioned on this thread are normal fayre in our families cultural background and are eaten by people from all walks of life.
DS's favorite food are stuffed vine leaves and we are far from middle class!"

I think this is because us Brits have a pretty basic native food palette. Meat, potatoes, a few overcooked veggies. All these World foods have been introduced to our supermarkets in the last 25 or so years so to some people eating hummus or naice cheese is a signifier of how sophisticated they are. I doubt that if their dc said Mummy where is my scotch egg or sausage roll or "not Bournemouth again" would feel quite so special. In Italy good food with a arch palette is enjoyed by all, not just the middle class.

"have bought the McKenzie kettle" Hope you like i but to me it looks fugly and the height of pretentiousness very hyacinth bouquet.

Thalia,do not envy the grade 2 listed cottage too much. A devil of upkeep and work as you age. Impossible to try and sell.

Love, love the idea of the mobile home parks with their dear little bright gardens and sweet owners.

My Dgc order the 'smoked salmon' as well.Their parents were welll aquainted with pilchards in tomato sauce.

I know I'm middle class because when I do something my uber-posh MIL considers bas-peuple ( buying the children wellies rather than repurposing a pair from the war, buying wine from Majestic, keeping warm with a duvet and central heating rather than labradors, paying for holiday accommodation, not knowing the Archbishop of Canterbury), she chastises for being 'so very middle-middle class'. Also, I'm parochial and hopelessly provincial.
I knows my place.

My children went off to school today with left over homemade Pear and prosciutto arugula pizza today. And a Capri sun to even things out.

I love it almond! It came up in the sale, still think its lovely but no one else will use it cos it takes too long!

Love, love the idea of the mobile home parks with their dear little bright gardens and sweet owners.

This is a poor attempt at humour I presume?

I get the humour in a lot of the posts, but agree some of them are just about staggering rudeness. If a child of mine looked down on people who could "only" afford 3 star hotels, they would be getting a short sharp reality check. i wouldn't find it "hilarious".