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Are you middle class?

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cinnamonstix Thu 14-Apr-16 14:09:30

...And what makes you middle class? I was browsing through over on The Other Side, and they've got a similar thread.

I don't know when I think about myself. I think it's harder to define what middle/working class is nowadays. Most people own homes (with a mortgage), have had university education etc.

pompa Thu 14-Apr-16 14:13:36

I'm not sleeping rough and I'm not super rich, so I guess that puts me somewhere in the middle.

Bellanonna Thu 14-Apr-16 14:15:15

Well what exactly are the criteria these days ?

grannylyn65 Thu 14-Apr-16 14:30:17

If you have to ask, you are not!

Teetime Thu 14-Apr-16 14:32:30

No - working class or as DH says a Champagne Socialist. grin

f77ms Thu 14-Apr-16 14:33:44

If you google" define middle class" there is a Q and A which will give you a score and a class ! you may be surprised by the result as it seems to be about the activities you are involved in and the people you mix with . I am working class .

theMulberryTree Thu 14-Apr-16 14:37:32

I think there are subtle differences. Like the size of your TV. What programmes you watch. What radio stations you tune into. The paper you read.

(That I know what quinoa is grin)

mollie Thu 14-Apr-16 14:37:52

Working class with some pretensions towards betterment grin

f77ms Thu 14-Apr-16 14:43:13

This should be an interesting thread grin

ninathenana Thu 14-Apr-16 14:43:35

When I was working for market research our house hold was classed as 'Working class' as H was not in charge of anyone at work. Their criteria was all about the major breadwinners job.
If I really had to declare myself anything it would be lower middle class as we live quiet comfortably and have savings, know which piece of cutlery to use, have good manners etc.
However, do we really care these days?

kittylester Thu 14-Apr-16 14:48:11

f77ms smile

f77ms Thu 14-Apr-16 14:51:58

I Have savings , have good manners , go to the Opera , own my own home and also know which cutlery to use but am Working class . I don`t think people who are working class have bad manners and don`t know which cutlery to use lol .

shysal Thu 14-Apr-16 15:06:42

Apparently I am traditional working class. There are now 7 British classes.
Take the test

janeainsworth Thu 14-Apr-16 15:22:00

Yes <sigh>

NanKate Thu 14-Apr-16 15:40:21

Thanks Shysal I have done the test and I am 'Established Middle Class'. I was hoping they would not ask what newspaper I read, as I would have been immediately downgraded grin Yes you've got it the DM, with occasionally the 40p version of the Independent.

mollie Thu 14-Apr-16 15:46:17

Mmmm, technical middle class.

whitewave Thu 14-Apr-16 16:01:31

Oh and me mollie which seems daft

Gracesgran Thu 14-Apr-16 16:01:36

So much of it goes on income in most of the "quizzes" I have seen. I don't think I have a hope as I am statistically poor - but that's another area for a different debate smile

All I can think of at the moment is the TW3 (I think) sketch with the two Ronnies and John Cleese ... found it

Maggiemaybe Thu 14-Apr-16 16:03:14

Well, I'm a new affluent worker, apparently.

^This class group is sociable, has lots of cultural interests and sits in the middle of all the groups in terms of wealth:
This youthful class group is economically secure, without being well off
These people have high scores for emerging culture, such as watching sport, going to gigs and using social media
They do not tend to participate in highbrow culture, such as classical music and theatre
People in this group are likely to come from a working class background
Many people in this group live in old manufacturing centres of the UK in the Midlands and North West^

Pretty accurate, apart from the fact that youthful might be a tad flattering, and I specifically said no to watching sport and yes to listening to classical music and going to the theatre.

Maggiemaybe Thu 14-Apr-16 16:04:15

Oh, and I'm not a worker (not now, anyway) grin

BBbevan Thu 14-Apr-16 16:07:58

Well I am Technical middle class . Who would have though it..?

Anniebach Thu 14-Apr-16 16:09:58

Traditional Working class

Lona Thu 14-Apr-16 16:14:08

Me too Annie.

boheminan Thu 14-Apr-16 16:14:24

Traditional Working class

Falconbird Thu 14-Apr-16 16:25:00

Interesting thread. I spent a lot of my childhood on a council estate and at my school that was considered to be working class.

I started off as lower middle and now I think I'm lower middle again.