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Help - What Social Class am I?

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Cappuccino33 · 01/06/2024 19:26

This may seem strange but I am keen to know what social class I fit into. I switched careers recently and now work in publishing. I hear so much chat about "middle class writer" "working class writer" "upper class" and bourgeoisie! I never came across so much emphasis on social class before and I never gave a huge amount of weight or thought to where I might sit but I'm super curious. Here are some of my bio points:

I grew up on a farm (in a picturesque area).
My mum worked in a low level management role in a large company.
Went to a small village primary school.
Church associated secondary school (fee paying but the fees were small in comparison to larger public schools- students were from most walks of life)
University College London Degree
Masters degree from a lesser prestigious uni.
I live in London in a dual income home (renter, 32 years old)
Hobbies - literature, drama, horses, architecture, yoga, art house film.

OP posts:
DeanElderberry · 02/06/2024 08:19

Littlebitofsomething · 01/06/2024 19:28

Middle.

The defining question for distinguishing which tier you are within that is....

Did your grandmothers clean their own bathrooms?

In their early housekeeping years one grandmother had no bathroom at all, it was 'take a spade and find a sheltered bush', with a tub in front of the fire, the other grandmother lived in a Dublin tenement sharing the only loo with dozens of the other tenants.

I think I'm middle class now.

LizTruss · 02/06/2024 08:21

I don't have any time for this rigid Social Class nonsense.

I'm in a Class of my own.

Littlebitofsomething · 02/06/2024 12:50

LondonFox · 01/06/2024 20:20

That comment means that if your grandmother had servants you probably come from upper end of middle class or have backgroung in upper class but lost title.

It we're talking about the post war years, everyone middle class had a char lady at least. This was before washing machines and the like. So if your parents lived in a home where this couldn't be afforded, they would have been initially working class parents, even if they later became rich and socially mobile.

The whole thing is ridiculous and the fact that there is some truth in my bathroom theory only highlights how ridiculous it is.

My grandmothers didn't clean their own bathrooms, but one of my great grandmothers didn't have one at all. Not even an outside one. Irish.

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