Is going to the circus a working class activity?

[Gooseinthewood]

I was born and raised quite working class, husband middle class.
I saw tickets advertised for a circus in a nearby town and arranged to take our children. He came along and appreciated the silliness but commented that he was surprised I took them as it's quite a low class activity. Bit tongue in cheek. He doesn't really care, but typically we are more theatre / rugby types.

I have to say he's probably right but I didn't really realise this is a thing.

It’s for kids of all classes

Only if you wear a flat cap.

Not at all. I think it’s weird your DH thinks it is.

It doesn't appeal to me personally, but it is for anyone who likes the circus.

Is your husband usually such a snob?

Is your husband always so sneery and unpleasant about things?

What a pair snobs!
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And that the OP thinks he's probably right.

Can't have these 'theatre/rugby types' lowering themselves too often.

I'm working class and hate circuses. Clowns especially terrify me. But it's a snobby thing to say.
They quite often have a circus in Midsomer Murders and that's not working class.

Why is everyone getting stuck into the husband when the OP has said she thinks he's probably right?

Well I came from a wc background and we could never afford the circus and my Mum woild never take me to the fair because she said it was too rough!

Circuses are for everyone.

We went to the circus a children in the 1960s. Middle class family. I UNTIL today,nI have never thought of the circus as being tied to class in any way.

Loads of modern circuses don't have clowns - it's all acrobatics and things.

It’s for everyone. Your DH is talking nonsense.

Send him to Cirque De Solei … watch some people in way too tight bodysuits leap around the stage, alongside a baffling narrative, and no laughs.

I can appreciate both .. a bit of Cirque, and also a “Billy Smart” type affair.

This is ridiculous. Going to the circus has class limitations on it now?! I went to a circus in a very posh town recently and the male red trouser brigade were out in force!

I wanted to go to the circus a few years ago, but they wouldn’t let me in with my whippet. I was so agitated I had to fan myself with my flat cap. I’m just glad they didn’t spot the ferret down my trousers.

Considering the price of tickets whenever it comes to my town I’d say quite the opposite nowadays!

Circuses have changed back in the day they'd have performing animals , now that is completely vetoed.

Weird.

I live in a middle class area and the circus comes here, and people go! 😂

My god, how did you and your husband survive this ordeal?

I mean you may have inadvertently touched a working class 😭

What nonsense. Circuses and family entertainment for everyone. Why would anyone assume that it is along class lines?

I live in a very mixed middle/working class area, though weighted towards middle I suppose. Travelling circuses do come here and are well attended.

I've been to lots of circuses that don't have animals, but I've never been to one that didn't have a clown!

How utterly absurd. Isn't it high time we abolished all talk of class? We should think more in terms of haves and have-nots and try and redress that imbalance wherever we can, instead of trying to make people stay in their lane.

I would think it's highly likely that have-nots wouldn't visit the circus because it's too expensive.