So, the whole 'what makes you middle class' has been done to death hasn't it?
We're all pretty au fair with avocados, elephants sodding breath, the ubiquity of joules et cetera.
And lovely as it is to have such knowledge of the middle classes, none of it applies to me.
I'm working class and I'll explIn to you that which denotes this in just a minute.
Incidentally I heard that there's a few of us about so perhaps we can make our own list of our very own class signifiers.
Who's in?
I shall go first.....
Love of charity shops, this week I picked up a leather Hobbs bag for 3.99 and a couple of Abercrombie & Fitch tops for DD1 1.49 each!
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.
One bathroom/toilet in a five bed house.
Regional accent which I take pleasure in.
Children who play football and wear replica kits whilst doing so
Girls who wear pinkI draw the line at bloody Jojo bows though
Getting drunk at barbecues and performing impromptu Karaoke.
Allowing my children to 'play out' in the cul de sac from age seven.
Cleaning my own house.
Holidays at Center Parcs rather than overseas.
Owning a Huskita
Letting my children watch TV and eat crisps in full view of other parents.
Having a 'pop man'
Listening to LBC rather than R4
Not really giving a fuck about trans, one way or the other.
I'm sure there's lots more besides which I'll try to remember.
How about you?
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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MissAlabamaWhitman · 29/07/2017 12:00
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