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

Why limit this all to humans?
For dogs/ cats (especially the olive-loving one upthread: perfect accompaniment?), I've just seen this advertised...

(Vet-approved health tonic not alcohol, don't worry).

Before the DCs, when I was teaching full time, a note came in from a parent one Monday morning which went something like this:
"Dear Miss -----,
Please accept my apologies for James' lateness this morning. He was late to bed last night as we flew to Boston for the weekend."

And no, it wasn't Boston in Lincolnshire...

I asked my 6 year old if she fancied salmon for tea. Her reply 'is it smoked?'
Me 'no'
Her 'I don't want it then'
Smoked salmon at 6 🙈🙈

I just want to add that my cat likes olives. I know this because we share the weekly pizza take away. If I eat it out of her reach she meows until I put the box down for her.

Gross, I know :)

Teenaged DD: 'Eurgh! The dog's slobbered on my cashmere!'

(The cashmere was a tenner from a secondhand shop.)

^ To some of the PPs upthread, offended by apparent smugness:

Eh?

I've been reading virtually all this thread as satirical. Is it not, then?

Assumed what it was mocking was the pretentiousness of anyone (in RL) genuinely aspiring to lifestyle snobbery as a badge of pride.
Or it signifying to them 'Middle Class' membership?

And that PPs are laughing at those deluded enough (in RL) to believe a pair of Kanyons and weekly riding lessons entitles their kids to lord it over their peers.

A couple of really offensive clangers aside, some of the (semi?) serious stealth-boasting has amused me as much as the very obvious send-ups.
2nd evening in a row it's been welcome light relief from serious news.

But you have now shown me the error of my ways, for contributing even in a sarcastic tone.
I think.

It's all about the cheese BB

It's a very funny thread,not for the reasons you think it is though. But because it's the most cringey, up itself thread on MN today.

The Pot Noodle thread is coming in second atm.

Consider the your error of your ways well and truly shown to you Thalia!

High,

Just been on the Pot Noodle thread, and the chocolate biscuit one... is all of MN on some sort of weird vicarious foodporn trip?

Whatever it is, I'm hungry.

I suppose it's light relief during election week.

I want a Pot Noodle, some dark chocolate digestives and, just to satisfy those on here who equate food choices with superiority over others, some white bread Dairylea sandwiches. (My DD's favourite as a child, and still her go-to comfort food now she's all grown up)

Thanks.

Just had a read of the Pot Noodle thread..... yesterday my boys cheered when I told them I was going to go out and get them Super Noodles for lunch. I suppose that shows you what a snooty, faux-posh, Waitrose-wannabe wanker I am, eh?

Must check out the chocolate biscuit thread....

You haven't lived until you've tried a Dairylea and salt & vinegar crisp sandwich.

Truly. Class pigeonholing be buggered: I defy any one of you to try it and not add it to your list of food combinations that shouldn't work, yet weirdly do.

I would clutch my pearls at that suggestion but that would be such a stealth boast I don't dare.....

My brother once rolled around in laughter when my dd said "Mummy, please can I have some brioche" 😁

These ever so slightly faux concerned I'm so snobbish aren't I bad threads are slowly drowning out all the Corbyn versus May ones.

Adjusts tinfoil hat.

Pot noodle, choc digestives and this one tope three trending now. I suppose May and Corbyn can't compete with our aspiration egos .

*aspirational egos

Thalia Philadelphia and wotsit sandwiches are where it's at. Throw in a few fried onions and mushrooms too if you can be bothered!

It has to be dairylea and cheese and onion crisp sandwiches on white bread. None of the fancy brioche shit that doesn't know if it's bread or cake.

I have a fucking pasta maker. Beat that.

I believe it only counts if it has at some point actually been used to make pasta.

dairy lea and any crip flavoured sandwich do it for me but the crisps have to be crushed in the packet beforehand. Drooling at the thought!