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Which "class" - Lighthearted!

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dingdongdahlia · 13/04/2019 07:52

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 Personally, I think class is quite an outdated concept but definitely think there are some things that are still considered wc/mc/us.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. Grin

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. Grin Just wanted to see what people think.

OP posts:
Flaxmeadow · 15/04/2019 10:05

Voting tory is a betrayal of any wc roots imo

Perhaps but who do the working class, in the traditional Labour de-industrialised areas, vote for?
There is a perception in those areas that the Labour Party do not represent the WC anymore. That the LP is a middle class London concern, and a party obsessed with 'progressive' middle class fringe issues and student style politics .

Graphista · 15/04/2019 13:26

I agree various things are being used to distract from how appallingly the poor and unrepresented are being treated.

I'm actually still relatively comfortable voting Labour though I don't always vote labour, would never vote Tory though. But I can see why it's problematic for some depending who your local MP is among other things and I know not everyone a fan of Corbyn. I'm not particularly a fan myself but definitely preferable to tory!

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