What’s posh?

Posh is subjective; it is whatever you personally deem to be better than you that you aspire to, therefore (assuming that you grow as a person) it is a moving target.

Several years ago my sister and her family came to stay. We were both the first in our family to own our own homes, she lived in a terraced house, I lived in a detached. My niece asked “Mam why isn’t aunty Jen’s house joined to next door?” Answer “Because she’s posh.” Later on, “Mam, why have aunty Jen and uncle **** got 2 cars?” The answer could have been because we both need them for work but my sister answered “Because they’re posh”. Now they have a detached house, 3 cars in the family and I’m no longer posh! :lol:

I always think of my ex-husband’s family as posh. They had all the right cutlery (and knew how to use it!), all the right glasses, knew just what wines went with what food and so on. Vegetables were put into dishes and you helped yourself at the table, bread was in a bread basket and so on. I soaked it up like a sponge. It wasn’t having the right things that made them posh to me though, it was the fact that it was artless, this was part of everyday life even when they were eating alone and not just for show when they had guests.

@pepsi wrote:

My idea of posh is … Afternoon tea at the Ritz.

All those cute cakes, scones, pastries and tiny sandwiches … Some even have lemon butter!

The shiny silver, the china, the lovely setting, wonderful…..

A nice walk around Green Park afterwards ….

Well I can dream ….. :lol:

” to the manner born …” as the saying goes ….

AT £45 a head for the tea, you’ll have to bloody walk!!!

@pepsi wrote:

:lol:

Aha … The promenade …of course!

( ”Tis only around € 55 lololol. )

lol – not in my garden! :D