Which "class" - Lighthearted!

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So, my dh is very proud of his roots and is quite happy to tell everybody and anybody about how we're a working class family. Personally, I think class is quite an outdated concept but definitely think there are some things that are still considered wc/mc/us.

I've explained to dh that it's not as clear cut anymore and while he works a blue collar job, it's as much about lifestyle nowadays as your employment.

I say to my husband he's probably closer to middle class now because of tiny little things that make up our lifestyle but he denies it vehemently. I come from a very traditionally middle class family and he says he "dragged me down" (with a cheeky smile).

So, in the most lighthearted way possible, what do you think?

Dh works a very skilled manual job, he has an element of responsibility and although he achieved his role through an apprenticeship I would say his level of knowledge is pretty close to a masters in engineering. He calls himself a spanner monkey.

I have a professional role that is traditionally a middle class career.

We own our own home in a suburb of a city in the south coast. Four bed with garage, almost paid off (we're early 30s).

We eat out at least 10x a month at naice places and stay in nice hotels frequently as a couple (disclaimer: directly linked to my job).

We shop at Ocado and local independent butchers, greengrocers etc. Christmas meat is always bought from the butcher.

We have at least one foreign holiday a year with several other UK breaks throughout the year.

We have a cleaner (he hates this but hates a messy house more).

We have a bean to carafe coffee machine.

Our kids are young but it's looking like we will potentially send them to private school for secondary.

He snowboards and skis. Trying to convince me to take the kids on a skiing holiday (I'm not keen).

We own Barbour jackets (the wax variety that don't have the logo emblazoned all over it).

He's voted Tory in the past.

Obviously this is very lighthearted and a bit of a family joke. Just wanted to see what people think.

Uh oh OP, I think you're right...all sounds very middle class to me...

Light hearted and class threads are not happy bed fellows. This will become a bin fight Op. Stand by

Or even a bun fight!

Funnily enough DH and I were talking about this the other day.

The BBC website has a ludicrous little "what class are you" test thing.

DH and I got "Established middle class" 😂 which to me seems ridiculous as before I met DH I was very much working class.

Definitely mc. Your dh is delusional if he thinks your lifestyle is wc.

The other day he was daydreaming about getting some building work done. He then said on a Sunday morning we could sit out in the newly built but with croissants the paper and coffee. Basically just described my Sundays as a kid.

Although, I've always wondered if there are people who actually care about what "class" they are? Who decides what criteria makes a class anyway? The whole thing confuses me 😂

Well, what time do you open your Christmas presents? 😉

Wait until you're one of the 1% preens

Oh Christmas presents are definitely first thing. He'd rather wait until after lunch.

We then alternate years for sausage sandwiches or smoked salmon and champagne for breakfast.

Fully expecting to get ripped for this thread but, as I said, it's a bit of a family joke as he's so passionate about it. I mainly just giggle about it.

@StormcloakNord we have a friend who posted a screen grab of that test on his social media. He is always talking about how he's now "middle class". His main argument? He instagrams his brunch and has more than six varieties of tea in his cupboard.

‘but she just smiled and held my hand.’

Working class based on your dh job and your jobs and lack of education .
Income is irrelevant really, my neighbour is a millionaire but is very definitely working class as are most footballers. Wayne Rooney has money but he's not middle class is he?

@springandsummertime haha I actually went to that university.

Also your dh knowledge is not equivalent to a masters in engineering I'm afraid.

Middle Class without doubt! I consider myself middle class and your lifestyle sounds more affluent than mine. We have two kids at private school so have a big mortgage and little disposable income at present.

@Hollowvictory Fair enough. To be honest, what he does is so technical I couldn't even comprehend it. It's also extremely specialised so maybe it's more niche knowledge rather than expert... if that makes sense?

I think anyone who sits around talking about this has no class. 😂

What do you expect to spend on school fees per annum?

@SleepingSloth tbf he does say he dragged me down.

I could go quite happily through life without a label but, as I mentioned before, dh sees it as a badge of honour. I think it's funny and obviously highlights the differences in our upbringings.

You used that non word ‘naice’ that’s a a downvote.

He is middle class with working class pretensions

Im proud that i dont fit the 'criteria' for any class. Ive formed my own with my dcs. Brought up very 'middle class' went to university etc. Taken what values i agree with and then added my own.

@Hollowvictory probably between £15k/£20k per child per annum for secondary, plus the extras - uniform, extra curricular, trips etc. It's a way off though and I'm fully expecting that to be a very different number later on with inflation etc.

The class you identify with is more the one you were brought up than are now I think. How you were brought up will always be there no matter how you live now (that’s the essence of the concept of “class” isn’t it?) so your dh is a working class boy done good as they say. Your kids on the other hand are clearly being brought up middle class.