‘Snob’ mum slammed after saying she doesn’t want to date anyone who works in a shop

, the mum explained that a friend of hers was trying to set her up with a thirtysomething man who works in retail and lives with his parents.

She wrote: "I'm in my late twenties. I'm intelligent, have a career, earn above average and have my own house....

"My friend seems shocked and calls me snobby because I don't want to go on a date with her friend.

"Her argument is that it's about the person and not their ambitions etc but surely this is a part of a person? I'm attracted to intelligence, ambition and independence."

But the post led to the "snob" mum being slammed by hundreds of other Mumsnet users, starting a fiery debate on the message board.

One response read: "At least give him a chance!", while another commenter said: "You don't know enough about him to judge his ambition, intelligence etc."

Another user added: "Don't go on a date with the poor man. He deserves someone who isn't looking down on him for working."

And one mum took it even further, posting a furious response to the "outrageous" snob.

She wrote: ";My son has a Masters Degree, is highly intelligent and works in retail. He also lives with us. He is a great young man, but has struggled to get other work for a number of reasons.

";You would be lucky to meet him! But perhaps he would not be so lucky to meet you."

Meanwhile, another user, who claimed to work in retail themselves, piled in to slam the mum.

They wrote: "You are ridiculously snobby. You know nothing about this man apart from his job title. Do this bloke a favour & decline a date."

However, not everyone agreed that it was snobby to turn the man down, with one joking: "I wouldn't either, not unless his name was Sainsbury."

And another offered some sound advice: "You don't need a more valid reason than your own reluctance for you to say no to a date with a stranger."

But it was a user posting under the name EllaElla who summed up the Mumsnet consensus.

She wrote: "I get you, but he could be finishing his PhD or working at the shop and writing a bestselling novel at night for all you know at the moment!

"Even if he wasn't he might surprise you. In my experience ambition and intelligence isn't always reflected in someone's current situation."

Previously on Mumsnet, we revealed how one mum attracted fury after asking if she should be saving for her baby to have a nose job in the future.

And we also told how a user raged after her 14-year-old daughter was banned from pulling up her tights in front of male teachers at school.