To hate the laughing at "lower class" people on here?

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I know it gets disguised as laughing at certain children's names, phrases, etc, but there is a lot of threads on MN that is really about laughing at poorer people. Hate it.

I find it amusing the people that are determined to prove how Middle Class they are. Apparently I'm common as I shop in Iceland and stay at Premier Inns. I really couldn't care less.

Another thing I don't get why is hummus middle class?!

There's nothing wrong with having a lower paid job but perhaps lawyers are more keen on telling people they are lawyers at every opportunity than ASDA cashiers.

This made me laugh. Reminds me of our last holiday, where the lovely mother of a 3 month old baby who was sitting by us at dinner informed me within less than two minutes that she was a paediatrician. À propos of nothing in particular .

I don't tend to tell people what I do, not because I am a low earner or high earner, more because it always requires an explanation and it's also boring as fuck. :o

DH is the same, they always assume that the job he says is a higher paid and more exciting version of his actual job so he either needs to see the disapointment on their faces when he clarifies or pretend!

Can we devise a new mumsnet classification system?

I think the one that used to exist is no longer applicable.

There is a barmy mother at school who totally appropos of nothing will mention the fact that she is a SENIOR TEACHER you know and VERY IMPORTANT eg can all the kids bring in egg boxes "I did not know about this because I don't do the school run because I AM A VERY IMPORTANT SENIOR TEACHER".

She is abit mental tbh.

We need something that will bring us all together in love and laughter.

Peter Kay maybe? Worth millions so can afford the finer things but wife works in Boots of Bolton.

Not racist. Not homophobic. Not a dick.

Gosh Tippz you do have the most enormous chip on your shoulder. Of course there are posters on here who bend the truth. But why on earth would someone lie about being a solicitor or teacher? They're hardly the most glamorous professions on earth. (Apologies to teachers and lawyers, but you know what I mean).

According to surveys, there are about 500,000 people earning over £100k in the UK. Is it beyond the realms of possibility that some of them (or their partners) are on Mumsnet?

And how is telling higher earners that they're lying and fantasists and telling fibs about being a teacher/doctor any different from scoffing at someone claiming to have money troubles and struggling on minimum wage?

I don’t think it’s class, society or financial status. You find cocks in all walks of society.

Zara I was in Iceland yesterday and it's expensive! I'd fancied the salt baked seabass but it was £10 which I felt was excessive for a frozen fish.

PoppyPopcorn

Gosh Tippz you do have the most enormous chip on your shoulder. Of course there are posters on here who bend the truth. But why on earth would someone lie about being a solicitor or teacher? They're hardly the most glamorous professions on earth. (Apologies to teachers and lawyers, but you know what I mean).

According to surveys, there are about 500,000 people earning over £100k in the UK. Is it beyond the realms of possibility that some of them (or their partners) are on Mumsnet?

And how is telling higher earners that they're lying and fantasists and telling fibs about being a teacher/doctor any different from scoffing at someone claiming to have money troubles and struggling on minimum wage?

There is no difference but some people behave in that way i.e. telling you you are a liar or a fantasist because they know they can. They know you will not be able to prove anything - for obvious reasons - and whatever you say they will make unpleasant comments like,"Methinks the lady doth protest too much..." + winky emoticon.

I used a forum like that once and it was full of women who did this sort of thing. The men on the whole were fine. It is simply down to low self esteem but it is very difficult to rise above it.

Yes Naze.

I don't mention I'm a solicitor unless it comes up. There is nothing worse than some trumped up little fat man on a train shouting at the guard that he's a lawyer so he must be taken seriously.

We have had threads on MN for women who earn £100k a year. One poster earned £1m. I think they are very encouraging threads as they let women know what is possible and that they should not have low career aims. Aim high.

YANBU

AGREED AGREED AGREED

My youthful looking bil answered a call on a plane once for a doctor when he stepped in the air hostesses asked him to sit back down as they didn't believe he was one as too young and scruffy

"The ones who make me laugh are those who grew up in a working class home, and think because they went to uni, and are now on £35-40K and have a £250K mortgage, that they are now middle class!"

Why do they make you laugh? I don't understand? Are you saying they started as working class and so nothing they can do to "better themselves" (e.g. via education and hard work) should give them ideas above their station?

If you're not saying that then I'm not sure what you are saying. People should be allowed to be proud of their achievements surely? And not ashamed of having secured a home via a mortgage?

I find the issue of class so irritating and somewhat baffling. I was once told in here years ago, that when I finished my degree I would automatically have elevated myself from working class to middle class. What bollocks. I am the same me I was before my degree! I have managed NOT to leave my lesser educated kinfolk behind in the ghetto. But I'm pretty proud of myself at having achieved that 2:1 honours against various odds! I DO feel I have bettered myself measured via a personal yardstick only. It's a shame that apparently some people find that laughable

YANBU. Hun.

I don't mention I'm a solicitor unless it comes up
pmsl at this

women know what is possible and that they should not have low career aims. Aim high

OR we could encourage women to do the jobs they consider valuable rather than chasing the money.
We can't all be brokers nor do we want to be.

Aiming high means different things to different people.
Its hardly feminist to imply that those not looking for 100k a year are doing something less worthy than those who are.

agree TheFirstMrsDV

Surely finding happiness is what should count. I always remember reading that the happiest people with their job are hairdressers.

That's true OP, being happy and driven by your job is a massive thing. Whatever that job is. So many in the NHS/teachers/police are and look what they do.

Kerala - that's funny (r.e. barmy mother) have you had a peek at "the things people shouldn't describe themselves as" -sic- thread, spot on.

ZaraW - so true. IME it's more the middle-classes that must make it clear in all sorts of ways that they're "superior" - the lower and upper generally don't give a shit. Have met too many modern Hyacinth-Buckets to be neutral here.

Re qualifications and jobs / careers I'm not buying into reverse snobbery or the idea that women should not be proud of their achievements.

Me neither.