BlueGray
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- Oct 7, 2009
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Oh God. You are probably a little like my ex boyfriend. He'd say things like, "it was really hard for my family growing up. My parents were starting their own businesses, we had to eat American Chop Suey a lot. We had to build the house. And buy the horses."
Whatever bud.
(Sounds like an upper middle class version of poor to me.)
(I'm not really accusing you of saying you were poor, the "upper class attitude" is what made me think of it.
It's interesting how negative "upper class" is. Situations like that are what most people see upper class as.
Assuming I am upper class and not upper-middle, my experiences that feel most representative are the restaurant outings. There would be a large group of "successful" people in their 40s to 70s. There would typically be a few of their late 20s children and then my sister and I would be the youngest by 10-20 years. The general feeling from the people was one of respect. I would be this 10 year old kid having these "successful" people include me in conversation and treat me as an equal. I was taught that I am not inferior to anybody. My interactions with authority figures at school and otherwise are heavily based on this. I am an introvert but in such situations I become very outgoing, whereas most people my age seem to do the reverse.