Is this where we can bring up a certain poster who claimed she was poor because her dad owned his own successful business, had employees, etc. but still had to work hard? Cause fairness or some shit.
Who was that? I remember that post but I can't remember the poster. Was that P?
This is what I've been saying the while time. I never said we didn't have a lot of money. I was just trying to point out that your social class has to do with more than just income or net worth. If it didn't there would be no discussion.
Yes but you keep arguing like income and net worth are like 1.474% of the equation when really, you should just accept that you're wrong and keep it moving.
Also, I would argue that your personal disdain or fear of your own upper class status is part and parcel of why you've avoided the things that generally come with it.
Look, just because you eschew upper class traits do not make you middle class.
I mean for fuck's sake, I refuse, REFUSE to feed my kids spam and blue box mac and cheese, I don't play the lottery, I don't drink 40s, I don't buy my bras at walmart, I wear fancy fucking makeup, I own Jcrew dresses. I'm still sitting next to @majorwife on the working poor couch.
I bought it at a yard sale.
You're a monster.
Oh they can eat blue box mac and cheese (though I won't.) They just can't eat it with spam. That's poor people dinner. Also, I won't feed them pork and beans mixed with rice and ground beef. Just nope.
Our poor people food of choice is homemade soup or pancakes. I can't even explain it. An under $10 dinner is an under $10 dinner but there are just some things I won't do.
Uhm ghetto folks of color can name their stylist, okay? It might be Kyesha from around the way who does good weave in her kitchen if you bring her the hair. But yeah.
I think it's insensitive to not acknowledge your privilege. How is telling someone that (and actually, I think most of the people that really need to hear this are on MM) having a pissing contest?
It's, "Who struggles the most while still making a shit-ton of money."
Yes, that is what I was saying in the thread on MM. That, while we might have a higher HHI than average, we are still very MC in our traits and values.
I seriously couldn't check anything off on that list. Not even a preferred hair stylist because I decided to switch yesterday. We don't have multiple homes or staff. We don't collect art (unless they mean ordering the occasional print off of etsy or buying something at a street fair which I doubt). Neither of us speaks a foreign language and we don't travel much, although that is more due to the age of our kids. Still, even if we did, it wouldn't be to the extent that we'd have favorite restaurants in three different countries.
I'm sorry, but LOL. " I can't name my stylist because I just switched to a new one!"
Lol. It sounds silly but most people do have a preferred hair stylist that they usually see, right? Isn't that how most salons work? You see the same person over and over.
Oh they can eat blue box mac and cheese (though I won't.) They just can't eat it with spam. That's poor people dinner. Also, I won't feed them pork and beans mixed with rice and ground beef. Just nope.
Our poor people food of choice is homemade soup or pancakes. I can't even explain it. An under $10 dinner is an under $10 dinner but there are just some things I won't do.
i wont eat any encore or banquet frozen dinners or entrees b/c of being a poor kid (with middle class values) or brown and serve rolls.
Oh god, brown and serve rolls ::shudder::
I also won't eat those chintzy ass refrigerated biscuits. Not the Grands because grands are totally middle class biscuits but those ones that come in four tubes bundled together with plastic.
When I'm feeling decidedly upper class, I buy frozen biscuits. Now that's the shit.
My mom used to make sandwiches for our lunches when I was a kid (when we'd moved up in life and got off of free lunches!) and it'd be white bread from the day-old bakery, clearance baloney, and THICK ASS CHUNKS of cheddar cheese pared off the block because Kraft slices were too much $. I still shy away from cheddar on sandwiches.
Lol. It sounds silly but most people do have a preferred hair stylist that they usually see, right? Isn't that how most salons work? You see the same person over and over.
The laughter is that you say you can't check it off not because you don't go to the salon because you can't afford it, or because you do your own hair outside of special occasions or the bi-annual cut, but because you have just switched to a new stylist and therefore don't know her name yet.
I know what you're saying. I was just saying that's the only (halfway normal) one I could check off but can't because blah blah. I know it sounds ridiculous.
I thought you snorted coke? If you blow it, then, oh I see because if you have money to blow cocaine instead of snort it, then you really are rich!
You blow it if it's off a cock. Just don't question it.
Why wouldn't I snort it off a cock? No really, I have questions. Is it because you blew the cock after snorting blow off it and therefor left coke residue on it?
You blow it if it's off a cock. Just don't question it.
Why wouldn't I snort it off a cock? No really, I have questions. Is it because you blew the cock after snorting blow off it and therefor left coke residue on it?
I love brown and serve rolls. They are so buttery and delicious And I could happily live on cereal, skittles, twizzlers, and pop tarts for the rest of my life, lol.
My mom used to make sandwiches for our lunches when I was a kid (when we'd moved up in life and got off of free lunches!) and it'd be white bread from the day-old bakery, clearance baloney, and THICK ASS CHUNKS of cheddar cheese pared off the block because Kraft slices were too much $. I still shy away from cheddar on sandwiches.
I have fond memories of block cheese and miracle whip sandwiches.
OH! I can't stand the velveeta-like gub'mint cheese. Yuck. I know there's some here that have fond memories, but really... no.
I was in the Junior League and didn't know about any fucking secret rules, so now I'm feeling ripped off.
Also, are we talking middle class or upper class cocaine? There appears to be some confusion over on MM about this. Or maybe the issue is that being around the cocaine has caused confusion about middle class versus upper class.
You blow it if it's off a cock. Just don't question it.
Why wouldn't I snort it off a cock? No really, I have questions. Is it because you blew the cock after snorting blow off it and therefor left coke residue on it?
My mom used to make sandwiches for our lunches when I was a kid (when we'd moved up in life and got off of free lunches!) and it'd be white bread from the day-old bakery, clearance baloney, and THICK ASS CHUNKS of cheddar cheese pared off the block because Kraft slices were too much $. I still shy away from cheddar on sandwiches.
We ate real cheese when I was young and you could get it in the government cheese line. And then I'm not sure what happened. We stopped doing government cheese and then my mom just bough kraft slices which I do not eat. I eat real cheese. Glorious cheese slices.
I do eat kraft on grilled cheese though, two slices just to prove I'm not that poor anymore.