Are people like me middle class?

Eskimo12345

Just thought I'd challenge the assertion on this thread that 'big telly = chavvy' with a few pics from the internet...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/homerdog/lounge.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i254/getser/Oct102.jpg
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members/16188-albums248-picture905.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e12/suniil/workinprogress_living35.jpg
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members/451869-albums877-picture4458.jpg
http://dbphotographic.smugmug.com/photos/1036590891_ZEoUj-L.jpg

vivatifosi

Eskimo12345 wrote: »

Just thought I'd challenge the assertion on this thread that 'big telly = chavvy' with a few pics from the internet...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/homerdog/lounge.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i254/getser/Oct102.jpg
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members/16188-albums248-picture905.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e12/suniil/workinprogress_living35.jpg
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members/451869-albums877-picture4458.jpg
http://dbphotographic.smugmug.com/photos/1036590891_ZEoUj-L.jpg

I didn't think chavvy, but I did think they were all bloke pads. A bit disappointed there wasn't a picture of the alarm clock though!

abaxas

Eskimo12345 wrote: »

Just thought I'd challenge the assertion on this thread that 'big telly = chavvy' with a few pics from the internet...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/homerdog/lounge.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i254/getser/Oct102.jpg
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members/16188-albums248-picture905.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e12/suniil/workinprogress_living35.jpg
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members/451869-albums877-picture4458.jpg
http://dbphotographic.smugmug.com/photos/1036590891_ZEoUj-L.jpg

They are all pics of chavvy homes.

Nothing shouts chav like n style leather sofa, even if it costs 5k and is made from italian leather.

Graham_Devon

Eskimo12345 wrote: »

Just thought I'd challenge the assertion on this thread that 'big telly = chavvy' with a few pics from the internet...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/homerdog/lounge.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i254/getser/Oct102.jpg
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members/16188-albums248-picture905.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e12/suniil/workinprogress_living35.jpg
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members/451869-albums877-picture4458.jpg
http://dbphotographic.smugmug.com/photos/1036590891_ZEoUj-L.jpg

Someone been browsing the home theatre threads on AV forums?

I do love some of the stuff they do. But the cinema rooms? When sometimes they live on their own? Spose its a hobby more than anything else.

Bit unfair to call them chavvy rooms for those that assert such a thing. The planning, thought and detail that go into some of them is second to none. They are proud of their homes, and after the work they have put into them are quite right to be so. Whether the house is to someone elses taste is neither here nor there.

Eskimo12345

abaxas wrote: »

They are all pics of chavvy homes.
Nothing shouts chav like n style leather sofa, even if it costs 5k and is made from italian leather.

I don't understand why you think a leather sofa is chavvy, I can't make the association between them and cider swilling, benefit claiming, ASBO collecting lowlife. Can you explain?
I think that good quality leather is not only beautiful and tactile, but it also has the benefit of being wipe clean for when drinks are spilled. Great!

Asheron

You are not Middle Class, lol

you think you are?

Eskimo12345 wrote: »

I grew up in a modest house with my two siblings and my folks. My old man worked full time all his life, office based on the same wage as shop floor folks. My old dear took a part time job when I was 16. The telly in the lounge was only replaced by my grandparents hand-me-downs when they got a new one as we couldn't afford to buy one; all our winter coats were presents from my grandfolks, who also worked all their lives. I worked part time to put myself through uni and only relied on the folks to feed & home me during the holidays.

Now, at 29, I have a good job and earned around £37k in the last 12 months. Last year I bought a three year old m sport beemer for 12k in cash. I live on my own in a large apartment in the middle of town, with a massive telly and £5k's worth of home cinema gear in the lounge. My alarm clock was £300, and I'm currently saving £500 a month towards a house. Nothing I've bought was ever on credit as it didn't take my degree in physics to work out that saving up for something is cheaper than buying it on credit.

Personally I reckon that due to my income and resultant lifestyle, I'm middle class. To be honest, compared to what my folks had I feel like I'm loaded beyond my wildest dreams. I buy new suits for fun. However my older mates at work reckon middle class means that mummy & daddy had so much money that you don't have to work, and so I'm still working class.

Whadya reckon, am I middle class? Or if you think I am still plain old working class, do I have a chance of making my (future) kids middle class by continuing to advance my career so I earn enough to buy their education etc so they will be?

Asheron

I don't think you understand what Middle class is...

You are working class.

Many people like to think they are middle class whilst they are driving to work

The real Middle class don't need to work, their money is working for them.

Eskimo12345

Asheron wrote: »

You are not Middle Class, lol
you think you are?

Asheron wrote: »

The real Middle class don't need to work, their money is working for them.

Read the rest of this thread for the answers and contradictions.

Norma_Desmond

Eskimo12345 wrote: »

I don't understand why you think a leather sofa is chavvy, I can't make the association between them and cider swilling, benefit claiming, ASBO collecting lowlife. Can you explain?
I think that good quality leather is not only beautiful and tactile, but it also has the benefit of being wipe clean for when drinks are spilled. Great!

It's not the leather sofa per se that's chavvy (or shall we say 'nouveau'), it's the fact that everything you have or aspire to is brand new, shiny and expensive.

What are you trying to prove?


I have battered antique leather chesterfields that were bought for a song from auctions, a lot of inherited Georgian furniture, REAL paintings with chipped gilt frames, again from auctions / antique fairs, our car is 11 years old - and my alarm clock was £4.99 from Argos.

I love beautiful 'things' like most people, but couldn't care less about having a state of the art TV etc. etc.

I suppose I AM middle class, mainly because of my family history, upbringing and education......but so what?

Gloomy_Past_Bright_Future

You wonder why the OP needs a £300 alarm clock to wake him up...

Oh thats right, most people wake up in their partners arms or to the laughter and screaming of children coming in their bedroom.

But OP read your original post and ask yourself would I want to wake up to someone like that, and then realise that yes you do need a really good alarm clock that will keep working for a good few years yet!