Mums compile hilarious list claiming shopping at Iceland, holidaying in Butlins and watching lots of TV are among their top ‘working class’ habits… so how many do YOU do?
Working class mums compiled the list... but do YOU agree with it?
WORKING class mums have compiled a tongue-in-cheek list of the things which make them most proud of their roots.
Shopping at Iceland, staying in Premier Inns, drinking Chardonnay, eating too much KFC and holidaying at Butlins topped the list of 'working class qualities'. But do you agree with it?
sparked the debate, claiming "what makes you middle class has been done to death" - and saying it was time to create some markers for working class Brits.
She cited her "regional accent", the fact that she only has one bathroom in a five-bed house and dressing her girls in pink as some of her most working class qualities.
Cleaning her own house, owning a Huskita and her kids' love of football were also top of the list.
Miss Alabama added: "Love of Iceland/Heron foods/Home bargains/B&M.
"Yes I know I could get everything I need in Sainsbury's but I actually prefer scrabbling around for bargains and topping up at Lidl.
"Chardonnay. I love it, tastes fab. I can't be arsed to pretend that I prefer a Beaujolais or Cab Sav. I don't.
"Getting drunk at barbecues and performing impromptu Karaoke.
"Allowing my children to 'play out' in the cul de sac from age seven.
"What makes you sit back at the end of a hard day and think 'yep I'm a fully paid up member of the old working classes?'"
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DisorderAllsorts said Butlins was the holiday of choice for working class folk, while ButchyRestingFace admitted: "I eat more KFC than is strictly sensible."
While fabyoulouse listed: "A big extended family, lots of grandparents, great grandparents, cousins, aunts.
"Dressing same sex children of different ages in matching clothes.
"Having children young, not too young but most families are finished by 25.
"Christmas is a big, big deal, as are birthdays and weddings."
While ZaraW explained: "(I) love Iceland especially their roast potatoes and frozen fruit.
"I like Poundland for cat treats and cheap chocolate.
"Don't have a cleaner. I stay at Premier Inns. Love charity shops."
And DubaiismyBlackpool said: "(I) think the best meal ever to have at tea time is sandwiches, crisps and choc biscuit. We own a static caravan and holiday in it."
DrWhooves said: "DD (dear daughter) has many Jojo bows and pierced ears. My next holiday will be to Blackpool."
Freddysharshamster wrote: "Being able to eat a kebab sober", while Theredknight said: "Piles of presents for birthdays and Christmas."
In more Mumsnet debates, a woman was left distraught after her partner refused to pay for her to go on holiday with their friends – and went on his own instead.
While this first-time mum wanted to leave her six-day-old child to go clubbing and her pal was not impressed... so who's in the right?