Are people like me middle class?

B_Blank · 3 March 2011 at 1:18AM

Sounds like OP is thrilled to be on £39k and come from what he thinks is a poor background and is shouting from the rooftops about it. After all, coming from an average background and making above average money makes him a god right? He isnt from money but he has a £300 alarm clock because he is a genius? Right?

Class is a joke, I thought we left that behind in the 1960's. Anyone who even refers to class is a clown and thus has no class. Sorry!

the_flying_pig · 3 March 2011 at 1:18AM

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?

with respect your boasting makes you sound like a complete @rse to me mate but, yes, if you have a degree and a comfortably above average [if hardly colossal] wage then i'd say that you probably are MC by most sensible definitions.

diable · 3 March 2011 at 1:25AM

moggylover wrote: »

Willow, hand crafted from a local craft fair:D It was a gift from a friend:D

Chestnut cut down on your own land and hand crafted by a virgin in the image of a Goddess means class ;o)))

I just have a plastic bucket from Wickes, cost me 99p ;o)))))

diable · 3 March 2011 at 1:28AM

I don't need a £300 alarm clock as I get woken up every morning by a gorgeous looking woman (my girlfriend) ;o)))

Blobby8_2 · 3 March 2011 at 1:36AM

Yes people like you are middle class. Net worth 9 months salary ?

diable · 3 March 2011 at 1:38AM

Blobby8 wrote: »

Yes people like you are middle class. Net worth 9 months salary ?

Net worth = 10 years salary what would that be?

Blobby8_2 · 3 March 2011 at 1:46AM

diable wrote: »

Net worth = 10 years salary what would that be?

Middle class

diable · 3 March 2011 at 1:59AM

Blobby8 wrote: »

Middle class

Net worth 25 years salary?

Blobby8_2 · 3 March 2011 at 2:21AM

diable wrote: »

Net worth 25 years salary?

Middle class.You're missing something, everyone aspires to be middle class (apart from the aristocracy):cool:

PasturesNew · 3 March 2011 at 2:26AM

I have a net worth of squillions of my annual salary ... because I earn so little. If I earn less it'll be squillions more, thus making me a higher class.... clearly.