Snobbery- many different forms

I wouldn’t ever call it snobbery but just being particular about something.
I am happy to spend good money on mattresses, cashmere, meat and shoes.
I have shoes that are over 20 years old and cashmere jumpers that are 15+.
We are having a sirloin of beef on NYE that cost a small fortune, however it will still be far less expensive than a meal out.
The cheeseboard is primarily from Lidl and the macarons to go with coffee are from Iceland.

Jane71

I don't think preferring nice clothes to cheap ones, dark to milk chocolate, etc, is being snobbish. The problem comes if you think that the people who aren't like you are in some way inferior.
DH and I are very choosy about whisky for instance, and only go for single malts, but that's just us. There is nothing 'wrong' with blended whisky or the people who drink it.
I don't think we look down on anyone - I hope our friends agree.

This, thank you.

I like my chocolate to contain real chocolate, not palm oil and tons of sugar. And good coffee. And single Malts- OH likes some I don't like- that's ok.

I have found recently that there is a growing trend with Gin that can be almost 'funny' to watch- as people jump from one brand to another. We enjoy a glass of wine, and know what we like or don't like- but will never spend a fortune for a bottle either, and find it off-putting when people show off with the most expensive bottle, without knowing anything about it- and probably totally unable to taste the difference.

So preferences, why not? At a certain point, I agree it does cross over to snobism.

Tomato snob here. A friend got me into nice salad tomatoes, and I can't go back!

And even though I drank instant coffee for decades at work, for the last ten or twelve years, instant has been a no-no.

MrsKen33

Mug snob !!!!!

I suppose I must be a mug snob as well as you will never see me drinking coffee out a mug with tea written on the side and vice versa and I will only keep mugs with anything written on them if they are from up market gift shops.

I don't think preferring nice clothes to cheap ones, dark to milk chocolate, etc, is being snobbish. The problem comes if you think that the people who aren't like you are in some way inferior.
DH and I are very choosy about whisky for instance, and only go for single malts, but that's just us. There is nothing 'wrong' with blended whisky or the people who drink it.
I don't think we look down on anyone - I hope our friends agree.

Coffee for me too, I’m so bad I take my own coffee bags with me when I visit family, I just can’t drink instant. The other petty snobbery I have is footwear - no idea why, but they have to be good quality, clean, and not down at heel. It’s the first thing I look at.

I can't think of anything I'm snobbish about. I hate snobbery. If course I like and dislike certain things but I wouldn't call it snobbery. Having been dragged up in the back streets of Birmingham, there is no room for snobbery in my life.

My mother was a terrible coffee snob. I’m not. Instant is fine.

Some people would call me a music snob, because I really only like classical, but I don’t think a preference is snobbery.

I’m a bit of a speech snob, but it’s selective. I don’t mind if a garage hand has a regional accent, but I don’t like it if a doctor has. I know that’s irrational, but it’s how I was brought up, I suppose.

Another coffee snob here. Instant coffee is the work of the devil, imo.

I’m a mug snob too, MrsKen. I’d also like to be a malt whisky snob but I can’t afford it! I have a brand “bottom line” though.

I only get clothes with a label if I shop in the charity shop so I have no problem getting rid of them Frees my spirit up wonderfully
All coffees taste exactly the same to me I don’t understand it at all
No I don’t think I m a snob over anything at all nothing I can think of anyway

Mug snob !!!!!

Coffee snob, definitely. Never instant. Also mud snob. Good quality China not those thick things you can hardly get your lips around. ( though I do have some of those for any workmen) Sad isn’t it?
Clothes not so much but manners, eating etc yes . Very much so.

Clothes don't bother me too much, once they need to go, they are off to the charity shop, regardless of the label.
I think l must be a sweetie snob as l prefer Hotel chocolat over the tins of other chocs. I'm lucky though as l live in walking distance of one of their factory shops.
My son on the other hand loves haribos, eats them by the bag full and he is 41... ,
I do however really like fruit pastilles, eating the red and green ones first. So am l sending out mixed messages?
Coffee snob, definitely.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Tgat's me off your Christmas card list then Laura! Particularly with regard to the liquorice.

I like dark chocolate and milk choc. I’m just a tart!. Also
red wine and white wine, not to mention a nice peaty whisky now and then.

I’m a sweetie snob, I think people who enjoy haribos are very strange. Don’t like people who like the blue and the pink beaded liquorice all sorts cos they’re mine. All the very best people prefer dark chocolate and those who prefer milk chocolate lack good taste. Don’t get me started on lovers of fruit pastilles.

I'm the same because I've paid more for the good stuff, I don't think that's snobby.
I can be an inverted snob at times but try not to let it show, can't help it sometimes though.