Are we classed as "poor" or average

Your DH is on vastly above the average income. Even your household income still is. Average household income last year was £32,300 (down 0.6% on the previous year). Average for the richest 20% of people was still 'only' £66,000 (up 1.6%).
For the poorest 20% it was £14,500- a lower figure than the previous year by 3.8% despite inflation going up a lot.
So the poor were getting less in the year ending April 2022 than the year ending April 2021, the average were getting a bit less, and the richest 20% were getting significantly more.
Source, ONS (Office for National Statistics, the official UK statistical service).

Comparison is the thief of joy. You can't really think that a household income of 82k makes you 'poor'.

You must be a fuckin' idiot. You know there are scores of people who's household income is WAY lower? Are you just trying to piss people off?

Jesus wept you've a huge household income and feel poor because you don't waste your money on shite like your image obsessed friends
Give yourself a shake op some people in this country can't feed or clothe their kids

This, right here, is why we are in a situation where people genuinely needing help are reviled. Because there’s people like this on 70 grand, asking all wide eyed if they are “poor”.

I’m embarrassed for you OP, really, get a fucking clue.

Did you start this thread to make others feel like shit?

Our income is similar to yours...I'm aware we're not incredibly rich but we feel very comfortable. I don't worry when doing the food shop about the cost. We have been abroad this year. We can treat the kids. I feel very lucky.

but thanks for letting me know how poor I actually am.

I'm assuming this is a joke/troll post?

Ah the painfully middle-class, I can't afford a £700k house and have regular botox even though my husband earns double the average income, is this what poverty feels like.... 🥲

If this isn't a purposeful shitstir wind-up thread give your head a wobble please. X

No, you are not poor.
I genuinely don't believe you are so obtuse as to not realise how ignorant and disingenuous you come across by phrasing your post this way.
You're clearly not unintelligent enough to not know how to word things better, so please don't play sweet but dim here.

Your DH earns more than my DH and me put together.

HTH

£70k household income? Is this a joke or

Of course you are not poor. You are, however, ridiculous.

Nope you are not poor. An income of upwards of £80k does not put you anywhere near the poverty line.

Your measure of wealth is utterly ridiculous OP. You can never be happy looking at tacky people like some of your friends you have mentioned. Our household income is >200k and never remotely thought of anything like your friends live.

Hahahahahahaha. We bring home under £40k between us. We must be paupers. Why do people post this stuff?

I don't understand how the OP earns £12 an hour but doesn't grasp other people earn that wage too. Has she never heard of single people or couples where both earn £12?

Definitely not poor. By any standard. Same income as family and split, so I SORT of understand what you're asking. I think....but you're not poor or average. I think you mean you don't spend typically "high status" things.

I think the question is do you want these things?

It's not always about earning power, but your spending and lifestyle priority.

I'm quite happy to not have flash spending priority. It's bloody dull and frivolous trying to keep up with Jones's!

@Buildingthefuture OP isn't poor. Why is she asking if she is poor? She knows she is not. Sheer attention seeking.

You are massively above average. These threads genuinely disgust me that these privileged ignorant people so shelter themselves from the reality of life of most of the country that they genuinely think they are ‘average’ or poor.

Get your head out of your hair salon, read up a bit about the reality of life in Britain, and get a bit of appreciation for your life. You’ll feel better for it.

Presumably you are too wealthy to even qualify for child benefit?

I think you are a bit thick if you need to ask the question .

Not even a household income of 70k. OP earns about 13k on top so 83k household income

Quite obviously your household income is well above average so if you think your income is poor or average you are probably somewhat lacking in basic intelligence.
Intellectually poor perhaps, and definitely insensitive.

I haven't RTFT, I honestly don't think I need to. I just can't believe how bloody tone deaf some people are. It's astounding. I'd imagine this is a deliberately goady post because I can't believe anyone being so out of touch to think a household income of £70k+ is "poor".

There's a huge difference between "I wish we had more money, all our friends have so much more than us" (broadly understandable, being the least wealthy in a social group can feel tough) and the faux naivety of asking "are we poor "? When your husband earns £70k

(NB I earn around that amount, so I fully understand op won't be dripping in diamonds, but I also can't even begin to imagine thinking we were poor)