To think the fawning over “old money” is just ridiculous

[Linoleum81]

keep seeing it on the internet (Mumsnet is one such place): the insinuation that old money is more impressive and classy than new money.

im much more impressed by new money: more likely to have been earned

Oh god. I grew up very much lower working class (free school meals, council flat etc) but worked fucking hard and reached the top of a very lucrative middle class profession. I’ve just realised that I have both a tweed jacket and a smelly, but very much loved, Labrador. 🤣

Where ?

I'm on MN far to much quite regularly, and have not seen any of these threads. Perhaps someone could link to a few to show us which threads you are talking about?

Definitely!! Can't beat a good old sixpence and a thruppenny bit 🤩🤩

Are you a character in a nineteenth-century novel, OP?

I’ve not seen people fawning. I’ve seen it used to explain that having money doesn’t mean you’re middle class. Wayne Rooney being the often quoted example.

I’ve been on MN for years and honestly, the “old money” worship is practically a sport. It usually pops up when someone wants to take a swipe at anyone they’ve decided is “flashy", a cute little dig. “flashy” is wildly subjective. For one person, it’s having two cars, for another it’s the sheer audacity of building a conservatory (I’ve genuinely seen neighbours go to war over that), and for someone else it’s driving a Range Rover or brace yourself.. going on holiday every yr (or if you're a 'Dubai' type...). The horror! People really need to mind their own business and let others spend their money however they damn well please.

It's the example of good breeding and understated class that the Royal Family has shown us that's behind this. Anything other than their type of wealth is vulgar.

Hmm, sorry- you don't fit into the MN class Venn diagram. Are you sure you exist? 😂

Honestly, I do think class as a concept still exists in the UK but it has evolved and I'm not sure aristocracy are still top dog because most of them are skint and that's never fun. I don't think a magic circle partner is sitting there going "man I wish I had a title" as his multi million dollar bonus rolls in.

Also, where to put tech bro's? It's a dilemma.

It doesn't trouble one here.
One knows quite a lot of people with 'old money' and they seem quite good eggs - but then one does have considerably more 'old money' than they do! Gaffaw, gaffaw.

Lol- good one-

The royal family behave in the gauche, bourgeois way that they do because they are just lower middle class recent German immigrants. To find old money, we need to look to people like the Saye and Seles of Broughton castle and their ilk.

It’s probably your biased cookies showing you articles on it.

Whilst I applaud those who work hard and make their own money, I think there are plenty more dubious ways of making money these days which wouldn’t be something I’d be proud of doing.

I don’t mind people born into money who appreciate it but most of the historically extremely wealthy people I know, tend to have crumbling homes and not much in terms of actual cash.

It’s the endless nepo children in the media who are completely ignorant of their privilege that make me roll my eyes.

Old money,plantations,highland clearances,slavery perhaps?
So much more refined than a ghastly lottery win.

Surely those threads are about taste and what people choose to spend money rather than old/new specifically. It is hard to square some of the instagram flash with the British polite reluctance to show off wealth. That is why it is considered odd when someone comes in with excess bling/fancy cars costing more than a house etc and push it in everyone's faces, like the instagrammers do. It really is about priorities and what image you want others to have of you and your family.