What social class would you say I am?

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Curious.

I come from a bit of a 'mixed' background I guess.
Both my parents were professionals, one a teacher and the other an architect.

My mum went to a pretty posh ladies boarding school, and her family were solidly middle class. Red chino, signet ring type, home counties tory. Mum hated this and hid it very very well.

My dad grew up in poverty in Glasgow, worked hard, and got himself a good job.

I went to a very poor state comp. We lived in a poor area and didn't have much spare cash due to debt issues. Most of my friends had never been on holiday. Their parents were dinnerladies and the like. I worked pretty hard at school, but was fortunate to have supportive parents. Went to Cambridge for univeristy, now a SAHM. Dh is a lawyer.

Some people see me as working class because of how I was raised, but I never really fitted in at school. (Geek perhaps)

Other people think I am quite posh because of my accent for the area I'm from.

What do you think ?

Hmmm....solid middle. Educated parents...one parent went to BS so vair posh. You went to Cambridge. Your lack of money growing up means very little l feel...

Who cares

Who cares

🙄🙄

Who gives a shiny shite

Nobody cares about class but I would say you are working class, your accent and where you went to uni does not cancel where you lived or your upbringing

What a waste, you went to Cambridge and now you're a SAHM worrying about what class you are 🤦🏻‍♀️ SMH

The only people who say that class doesn't matter are bitter because they are working class... everyone knows that.

Well my friend says current profession defines your class. So with her reasoning your upper / middle as your dh is a lawyer.

I was a corporate business woman but now I’m a sham and dh is a trades man so I have gone from middle class down to working class 😂

But I’m from a very working class town, went to uni in London. I’m proud of where / what I have come from. Class isn’t much interest in my life

Lawyers are not necessarily upper middle class! What about the ambulance chasers?

I'd say you were solidly middle class but that perhaps you have a bit too much time on your hands

Middle - I’m one of those that find social class really interesting.

Does it matter? I expect very few people can be neatly popped into any "class" box these days?

I would say lawyers (solicitor or barrister?) are middle class rather than upper (am a solicitor and father is a barrister). Although some lawyers are upper middle but that is a result of their upbringing/inherited assets rather than their profession.

But the joy is in not caring! Just do what you enjoy, buy what you need/want and socialise with people who make you happy.

Middle class.

I would say clearly middle class. I would say it is your norms and values that define your class more than your level of wealth anyway.

Whatever class you feel like you are. I'm the underclass and it's very liberating.

I would say middle

What a shitty comment about someone going to Cambridge becoming a SAHM. Being a SAHM isn’t some sort of waste of a life for goodness sakes. You can still contribute to society / have a fulfilling life / help to shape the next generation and not have a paid career. (And yes I’ve done both - worked full time in a demanding career when my dd was little and then became a sahm when my next child was born 10 years later).

Op I have almost exactly the same background as you. I don’t know either!

Your parents were a teacher and an architect, you went to Cambridge and are now a SAHM married to a lawyer. I'm not keen on class labels but if I had to give you one I'd say definitely middle class even if there wasn't much money when you were growing up.

I’d say middle.

I’d also say that it doesn’t really matter though.

Oh, and being a SAHM is a brilliant and underrated (by society) job imo. You can easily have a career later, but you’ll never get those early years back. I loved it and have no regrets whatsoever about taking time out to be a full time parent- I think my children benefitted.

Middle, because you're worrying about it. No one else gives a crap.

You went to Cambridge but now you're 'just' a stay at home mum?
Fucking hell. How classy of you!
what a knobbish comment.

You want us to say middle class because people who want to be or are middle class are the only people who care what other people think about what class they are in.

The usual questions apply here.

Lounge or sitting room?
Toilet, loo, bog?
Tea a meal or a drink?
Sofa, settee, couch?
Seen Shakespeare play, read Shakespeare play, watched TV version of a Shakespeare play, who is Shakespeare/who cares?
Radio 4,3,2?

Sorry if these have been answered... I'm thinking you're middle but what type of lawyer is your DH?

Solicitor ambulance chasing is very different to successful barrister/corporate law.
Also what degree did you get from Cambridge?