Embarrased of In-Laws

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Anonymous wrote:I hate when people on this forum talk about blue collar workers like we're all redneck, poorly educated Republicans from the south. My DH is a unionized tradesman. I'm a bartender. Neither of us have degrees. We are blue collar. We are liberal, life long Democrats. We live in DC. Stop stereotyping us.

I am blue collar too. I'd rather hang out with my down to earth blue collar crowd than with the DC elitists any day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did they raise your spouse? They must not be totally awful.

Well, thankfully they had the sense to send him to good schools. He also tends to lean very right and is dismissive of higher ed and still stubbornly eats white bread to make a point. haha. Love him to bits though!

Dismissive of higher education? What the F does that mean? What is happening to this country. We are proud to be stupid!! WTF?????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did they raise your spouse? They must not be totally awful.

Well, thankfully they had the sense to send him to good schools. He also tends to lean very right and is dismissive of higher ed and still stubbornly eats white bread to make a point. haha. Love him to bits though!

Dismissive of higher education? What the F does that mean? What is happening to this country. We are proud to be stupid!! WTF?????

Read Richard Rodriguez and Richard Hoggart's writing on the 'scholarship boy'. Normal for stupid parents to shun kids who get educated.

There's nothing cool about living in some backwards rustbelt town with a heroin and domestic violence problems and parents who don't value education. Stop glorying the 'simple' life.