23 signs when you were a kid that your mates were a bit posher than you
Here’s someone called Sam Whyte asking for people’s childhood memories of when they realised their mates’ families were posher than you.
When you were a kid, how did you know someone was a bit posh when you went round their house? So far we've got more than one type of cheese in the fridge and booze that wasn't for drinking that day.
— Sam Whyte (@SamWhyte) June 8, 2018
And as was observed on Twitter, the replies are fantastic and weirdly evocative.
Here are 23 of the best.
1.
Coca Cola when it wasn’t a birthday party.
— John Tansey (@johntansey3) June 8, 2018
2.
Grapes on the sideboard when no-one was ill. 😁
— Karen (@knittipolitti) June 9, 2018
3.
I remember once being astounded that someone offered me a bag of crisps from a box. A whole box full of crisps.
— Paul (@bingowings14) June 8, 2018
4.
You’re reminding me now, I had this friend too. They also had a supply of choc ices just sitting in the freezer like it was normal. Once I took one without asking and was plagued with guilt for years. Featured in my first Confession.
— Leigh Caldwell (@leighblue) June 9, 2018
5.
Variety cereal boxes at breakfast!
— Mr Craven (@mrcravenracont) June 9, 2018
6.
I went to a friend’s house once and he said it was time for supper. Had literally no idea what he was talking about.
— Charlie Connelly (@charlieconnelly) June 9, 2018
7.
My mate’s mum did us melon for starters when I went round for tea 😮When I asked my mum if we could have starters when he came to ours she gave us a Mars Bar.
— Paul Nowak (@nowak_paul) June 9, 2018
8.
Soda stream and/or fresh orange juice.
— Ryan Curtis (@the_curtman) June 9, 2018
9.
My friend didn’t get pocket money, she got an “allowance”. Mate! I got a 10p mix a week if I was lucky!
— ilona burton (@ilonacatherine) June 8, 2018
Jeepers! I got 50p a week. Off me Nan cos me parents couldn’t afford to give me anything. I wouldn’t have known you as a kid, we’d have moved in different circles
— Emma Champion (@EmmaisaChampion) June 9, 2018
Me and my sister @yiddochick used to get 50p pocket money and my mum told us we should save it by putting it in the money box on the wall..it was the damn electricity meter 😡
— HighburyHighs (@HighburyHighs_) June 10, 2018
10.
Whilst a lot of this is clearly confined to a moment in history, taking your shoes off to go in seems to be a constant.
— Sam Whyte (@SamWhyte) June 9, 2018
11.
Soap on a magnetic arm. I often think i dreamt this, but the bar of soap had a little disk of metal pressed into it, and it hung off a magnetic thing. Poshest thing i ever did see.
— William has a show in Edinburgh Andrews (@Williamandrews) June 9, 2018
This. This fuckin’ thing. pic.twitter.com/nXj241ALm4
— William has a show in Edinburgh Andrews (@Williamandrews) June 9, 2018
