Family class?

Grand parents were teachers & one was an Electrical Engineer for the RAF. Mum and Dad started family with nothing. Dad went to night school and qualified as a QS, he's now Commercial Director for largest civil project in the UK. Mum worked her way up through Pharma sales and marketing, but now MD of a Market Research company. Worked damn hard for what they have, but now more relaxed and can enjoy their 2 houses, chalet and yacht ha
I've worked since I was 15, been up and down the ladder. But I prefer it at the top... What does that make me?

I couldn't give two hoots about class really, I just work my backside off to get what I want for my family and in life and enjoy nice things.
 
QuickLink said:
Grand parents were teachers & one was an Electrical Engineer for the RAF. Mum and Dad started family with nothing. Dad went to night school and qualified as a QS, he's now Commercial Director for largest civil project in the UK. Mum worked her way up through Pharma sales and marketing, but now MD of a Market Research company. Worked damn hard for what they have, but now more relaxed and can enjoy their 2 houses, chalet and yacht ha
I've worked since I was 15, been up and down the ladder. But I prefer it at the top... What does that make me?

I couldn't give two hoots about class really, I just work my backside off to get what I want for my family and in life and enjoy nice things.
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I'd say a solid middle class. My parents are roughly the same minus the yacht and two houses :eek:
 
My family is a complete mixture.

On my Dad's side they're all working class, my Grandad was a handyman and street sweeper and most of the family had similar jobs.
Dad is a builder these days after starting out as a motorbike mechanic in his younger days.

On my Mum's side it is very much middle class. My Grandad from that side of the family was Cambridge educated and was head of sales for Northern England for P&G. My Mum and her brother were both educated at private schools.

I definitely take after my Mum's side of the family and would place myself firmly in the middle class category
 
Middle Class, based on my wifes family background, our income level and lifestyle. Personally however I see myself as working class, albeit now living a middle class lifestyle.
 
My life's a complete mess in regards to class postings!

Origins are "working class done good" -- ie. my parents worked hard from working class backgrounds and made it firmly into middle class/upper middle class territory by the time I went to University. In doing so, they undoubtedly put in blood, sweat and tears to make sure myself and my siblings had the best possible opportunities we could get.

Now? The wife and I are most certainly middle class individuals, but forced to live in a working class (I say working class, but infested with underclass) area due to financial issues stemming from the early days of developing our careers. I really just don't get on with working/under class people very well, sad as it sounds, which makes being at the house quite uncomfortable for me.

Mind you, I'm severely misanthropic at the best of times so don't really tend to want to even encounter another person unless a) I have to, or b) I want to at the time -- regardless of their background. Can't wait until the debts are finally cleared (next year) and we can afford to head somewhere a little more fitting (ie. rural and detached).

It's seems oddly like social mobility between the generations has been flipped on its head. I know it's all our own doing, though.
 
Upper class, get down on your knees and beg you ASDA shopper peasants!

My grand parents were working class, no decent education and they did manual unskilled labour but my parents are definitely middle class
 
My family background is that of well-to do professionals, the peasants were all on my wife’s side. Those that like to categorise would put us as middle class.
 
Pose the question; do you think it's important that your partner matches your "class"?

My Mrs had always grown up with a lot less than I did, and not the same opportunities that she now has, but we do come to blows if I decide to (as today's disagreement) buy a load of champagne and some new speakers. She says no wonder people think she's changed... but I've always been like this :P

/rant
 
QuickLink said:
Pose the question; do you think it's important that your partner matches your "class"?

My Mrs had always grown up with a lot less than I did, and not the same opportunities that she now has, but we do come to blows if I decide to (as today's disagreement) buy a load of champagne and some new speakers. She says no wonder people think she's changed... but I've always been like this :P

/rant
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I think it depends on the person. But I did go out with a girl who was working class, and the class difference caused way too many rifts.
 
Lysander said:
I think it depends on the person. But I did go out with a girl who was working class, and the class difference caused way too many rifts.
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Tell me about it, I once 'went out' with a girl who was working class AND from Yorkshire. I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that.
 
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