Things that are unintentional status symbols.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is cracking me up.
I guess my family is of the shabby [/b]gentile[b]variety of ...!

Shabby Gentile, as opposed to a genteel Jew? Hahahahaha!

I'm from a family of shabby Jews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot wait to donate my POS Saab to charity. Who knew that eyesore was a good thing ....

I was thinking about replacing our well running Saab with a Honda......maybe I should hold on to the Saab after all...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I cannot wait to donate my POS Saab to charity. Who knew that eyesore was a good thing ....

I was thinking about replacing our well running Saab with a Honda......maybe I should hold on to the Saab after all...

Yes, park it in the driveway and as DCUMers drive past we'll give you that knowing nod.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is cracking me up.
I guess my family is of the shabby [/b]gentile[b]variety of ...!

Shabby Gentile, as opposed to a genteel Jew? Hahahahaha!

I'm from a family of shabby Jews.

LOL LOL LOL!!!

[Anonymous]

Sitting down with your own personal stationary to write a nice note saying what you would like for dinner at a wedding -- now that is having too much extra time.

[Anonymous]

Only wearing white in season
Knowing how to sail
Having gone away to summer camp
Not asking people what they "do" (almost everyone in DC fails at this)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:sending your child on an international service trip

letting your child do unpaid internships instead of having a job

Oh, gawd, no -- take a look at the thread on this on the College Forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only wearing white in season[i][b]
Knowing how to sail
Having gone away to summer camp
Not asking people what they "do" (almost everyone in DC fails at this)

Oh no to this one (underlined). Nobody, no matter what their class, should wear white out of season. End of story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:sending your child on an international service trip

letting your child do unpaid internships instead of having a job

Oh, gawd, no -- take a look at the thread on this on the College Forum.

I know, I pulled it up from there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sitting down with your own personal stationary to write a nice note saying what you would like for dinner at a wedding -- now that is having too much extra time.

We did not have cards in our invitations (not EVER done in the UK) but we did not have a sit down meal so no need for people to choose their meal (I am sure lots of people will chime in to criticize, but we had two caterers and everything was delicious, I just prefer to graze and mingle instead of being stuck sitting at a table.)

What I don't get is how, you know what your dinner choices are - is that included in the invitation - that is weird - please join us and let us know if you like chicken or fish?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only wearing white in season[i][b]
Knowing how to sail
Having gone away to summer camp
Not asking people what they "do" (almost everyone in DC fails at this)

Oh no to this one (underlined). Nobody, no matter what their class, should wear white out of season. End of story.

Oh please - no one should ever wear white shoes in or out of season (how ugly!!!) but white pants can look great any time in the right fabric.

[Anonymous]

Asking this question on DCUM college forum -

" My 17 yo son's community service trip to Africa was cancelled. Need a solid backup. Any ideas? "

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sitting down with your own personal stationary to write a nice note saying what you would like for dinner at a wedding -- now that is having too much extra time.

We did not have cards in our invitations (not EVER done in the UK) but we did not have a sit down meal so no need for people to choose their meal (I am sure lots of people will chime in to criticize, but we had two caterers and everything was delicious, I just prefer to graze and mingle instead of being stuck sitting at a table.)

What I don't get is how, you know what your dinner choices are - is that included in the invitation - that is weird - please join us and let us know if you like chicken or fish?

You've never seen this? Are you still in the UK?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sitting down with your own personal stationary to write a nice note saying what you would like for dinner at a wedding -- now that is having too much extra time.

We did not have cards in our invitations (not EVER done in the UK) but we did not have a sit down meal so no need for people to choose their meal (I am sure lots of people will chime in to criticize, but we had two caterers and everything was delicious, I just prefer to graze and mingle instead of being stuck sitting at a table.)

What I don't get is how, you know what your dinner choices are - is that included in the invitation - that is weird - please join us and let us know if you like chicken or fish?

You've never seen this? Are you still in the UK?

Not from the UK - my husband is. I have seen lots of invitations, but I cannot remember what they said and I don't recall elaborating on the meal choices in a formal invitation. It has been a while and we are out of the stage in life that all our friends are getting married.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only wearing white in season[i][b]
Knowing how to sail
Having gone away to summer camp
Not asking people what they "do" (almost everyone in DC fails at this)

Oh no to this one (underlined). Nobody, no matter what their class, should wear white out of season. End of story.

That rule doesn't apply anymore. Even Emily Post said so.

http://www.vogue.com/fashion/most-wanted/how-to-wear-white-after-labor-day/

http://fashionista.com/2012/09/a-quick-guide-to-wearing-white-after-labor-day#awesm=~oD1OZiwpE3xaxL

http://www.luckymag.com/style/2013/09/white-after-labor-day

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/mens-fashion/white-after-labor-day-090313