Things that are unintentional status symbols.

[Anonymous]

Multiple children requiring extensive fertility treatments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are people jumping all over the "unintentional." Every purchase in life is intentional -- you had the free will to buy it or not. I'm guessing the OP wanted to just talk about status symbols -- someone buys a North Face bc they want a fleece and look turns out they're wearing what someone else considers a status symbol.

No one accidentally buys a NorthFace without caring, on some level, that it has a visible NorthFace logo. Don't be dense. If NorthFace is not an intentional, purposeful statement of status, I don't know what is.

Put another way, anything with an obvious visible logo, denoting the item as expensive (overpriced) is intentional.

I think of unintentional as things wealthy people do, for their own pleasure/enjoyment/whatever, that they do NOT do to display their wealth, but somehow inadvertently, indirectly displays their wealth.

I think the best examples were ironmans and SAHMs (where the family is not living frugally.)

It's pretty hard to think of examples because most wealthy people either shout it from the rooftops, or don't want anyone to know. Not much in between.

[Anonymous]

OP here,

I agree with 22:47.

So while wearing only expensive heels shows outrightly that you are wealthy, there are certain things that indirectly show that you have money.

[Anonymous]

Wearing not only slippers but your bathrobe to a daytime function at your grandchild's elite private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wearing not only slippers but your bathrobe to a daytime function at your grandchild's elite private school.

No. That is just weird.

-OP

[Anonymous]

It happened. Old money for sure, well known at that.

[Anonymous]

Cars.

Rich people drive Mercedes Benz.

Poor people don't.

They drive Kias.

Or Hyundais.

[Anonymous]

Wearing a very faded blue "Y" baseball cap.

[Anonymous]

Thin gold wedding band. Eschewing other jewelry as gauche or exploitative of the workers who mined it.

[Anonymous]

Not realizing how student loans make for a very uneven playing field post-college. I didn't for many years.

[Anonymous]

Very beat up expensive shoes for pre-k drop off.

[Anonymous]

Crazy-busy sahm of four kids all in elite sports.

[Anonymous]

Having a regular lawyer that is used
Having well travelled children
Having a blended family with all the kids in private school
Having a money clip
Being hyper groomed or having a hypergroomed spouse
Custom tailoring
Destination surgery at top hospitals
Lavish landscaping
Decor from exotic travels

[Anonymous]

Money clip. What about using a fat produce rubber band? Foggetaboutit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thin gold wedding band. Eschewing other jewelry as gauche or exploitative of the workers who mined it.

Interesting, I love looking at peoples wedding jewlery and I've found in some circle I run in the older rich women only wear thin bands really. I wonder if this is a thing at all. I have indeed noticed it.