Subtle signs of class

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget Mormon rich and influencer culture!

Some of those people make serious coin doing that.

...I grew up around some pretty affluent Mormon families. I have relatives who are big donors to BYU.

It is a world unto itself.

Can the Stickley posters shut up for a sec? I wanna hear this.

Separate AMA thread.

Girl where? Looked through the last few pages of Off Topic and nothing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They don’t talk about money.

Kids have surnames for names.

They never seem ruffled. Any problem is solvable and they have a family safety net.

Not overly concerned with organic food, toys, clothes, etc.

Will offer you an alcoholic beverage any time of day you pop by.

This is pretty much the only accurate description in this entire thread. The surnames can be middle names.

lol. No. I think this is an accurate description of what most people THINK high class people are like.

As an old-school DC money person (you don’t have to believe me; affects me not at all) I would say this is pretty accurate. Family name somewhere in the name (no “I love Hugo as a middle name!)”

Everything is solvable.

Most things seem like new money issues, because they are.

As another old-money person, although not native to DC, the points about alcohol and everything being solvable thanks to the family safety net are right. The last-names-as-middle-names thing is wrong, as is the supposed lack of interest in organic food.

Last names as middle names is VERY southern, WASP, or old money. They will fit those names in any way they can. Even girls are named Mary ____ or Ann ___ using family last names from either side and always said in full -as one name. It’s the surest way to be sure everyone knows how important your families are/were, how much land they owned, that they’re “society “, etc. Every other southern WASP (male or female) is named Lee in some way or another so you’re sure to assume they’re related to General Lee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget Mormon rich and influencer culture!

Some of those people make serious coin doing that.

...I grew up around some pretty affluent Mormon families. I have relatives who are big donors to BYU.

It is a world unto itself.

Can the Stickley posters shut up for a sec? I wanna hear this.

Separate AMA thread.

Girl where? Looked through the last few pages of Off Topic and nothing.

I think PP meant please go start a new thread on affluent Mormon lifestyle instead of derailing the current one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget Mormon rich and influencer culture!

Some of those people make serious coin doing that.

...I grew up around some pretty affluent Mormon families. I have relatives who are big donors to BYU.

It is a world unto itself.

I still have 6 pages to read but I’d love to hear more about the lifestyle of wealthy Mormons! That’s something I know nothing about!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget Mormon rich and influencer culture!

Some of those people make serious coin doing that.

...I grew up around some pretty affluent Mormon families. I have relatives who are big donors to BYU.

It is a world unto itself.

I still have 6 pages to read but I’d love to hear more about the lifestyle of wealthy Mormons! That’s something I know nothing about!!!!

I am friends with someone who is close friends with a wealthy mormon in the DC area. I wont say the family name but it is recognizable- I just didn't realize they were mormon. They are really nice, religious, and try to be as normal as you can when you have extreme wealth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget Mormon rich and influencer culture!

Some of those people make serious coin doing that.

...I grew up around some pretty affluent Mormon families. I have relatives who are big donors to BYU.

It is a world unto itself.

I still have 6 pages to read but I’d love to hear more about the lifestyle of wealthy Mormons! That’s something I know nothing about!!!!

I am friends with someone who is close friends with a wealthy mormon in the DC area. I wont say the family name but it is recognizable- I just didn't realize they were mormon. They are really nice, religious, and try to be as normal as you can when you have extreme wealth.

Does the Mormon church have a sliding scale for tithing when it comes to the wealo. Do they also hyto show their w2 to prove they are tithing and get a temple pass?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don’t talk about money.

Kids have surnames for names.

They never seem ruffled. Any problem is solvable and they have a family safety net.

Not overly concerned with organic food, toys, clothes, etc.

Will offer you an alcoholic beverage any time of day you pop by.

This is pretty much the only accurate description in this entire thread. The surnames can be middle names.

lol. No. I think this is an accurate description of what most people THINK high class people are like.

As an old-school DC money person (you don’t have to believe me; affects me not at all) I would say this is pretty accurate. Family name somewhere in the name (no “I love Hugo as a middle name!)”

Everything is solvable.

Most things seem like new money issues, because they are.

As another old-money person, although not native to DC, the points about alcohol and everything being solvable thanks to the family safety net are right. The last-names-as-middle-names thing is wrong, as is the supposed lack of interest in organic food.

Last names as middle names is VERY southern, WASP, or old money. They will fit those names in any way they can. Even girls are named Mary ____ or Ann ___ using family last names from either side and always said in full -as one name. It’s the surest way to be sure everyone knows how important your families are/were, how much land they owned, that they’re “society “, etc. Every other southern WASP (male or female) is named Lee in some way or another so you’re sure to assume they’re related to General Lee.

We are suppsed to be impressed by that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No tattoos, proper grammar, no smoking, well fitted and tasteful clothes, shoes not down at the heels, well spoken and thoughtful, not reactionary or too loud in appearance or demeanor, everyone in family has at least a Bachelor's, ability to discuss politics or world dynamics without getting personal or overly hysterical, limited and tasteful FB/special media posts

Lots of upper class folks in worn shoes, especially among the waspy horsy types.

Lots of people beyond upper middle class that smoke. It’s almost like a bell curve.

Er, no. Smoking is an indicator that someone has no class. Regardless of the income/wealth level. You can't buy class, and a smoker doesn't have it.

Everyone has a socioeconomic class. That's what we are discussing here. Not "is this classy?"

SES is usually boiled down to your income, which is correlated with things like education and longevity. “Class” in the sense on this thread is your values and choices. There are plenty of loud, obnoxious, super-rich people.

And there are plenty of meek, whispery, mousy, little-kid-face-making, fake poor people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don’t talk about money.

Kids have surnames for names.

They never seem ruffled. Any problem is solvable and they have a family safety net.

Not overly concerned with organic food, toys, clothes, etc.

Will offer you an alcoholic beverage any time of day you pop by.

This is pretty much the only accurate description in this entire thread. The surnames can be middle names.

lol. No. I think this is an accurate description of what most people THINK high class people are like.

As an old-school DC money person (you don’t have to believe me; affects me not at all) I would say this is pretty accurate. Family name somewhere in the name (no “I love Hugo as a middle name!)”

Everything is solvable.

Most things seem like new money issues, because they are.

As another old-money person, although not native to DC, the points about alcohol and everything being solvable thanks to the family safety net are right. The last-names-as-middle-names thing is wrong, as is the supposed lack of interest in organic food.

Last names as middle names is VERY southern, WASP, or old money. They will fit those names in any way they can. Even girls are named Mary ____ or Ann ___ using family last names from either side and always said in full -as one name. It’s the surest way to be sure everyone knows how important your families are/were, how much land they owned, that they’re “society “, etc. Every other southern WASP (male or female) is named Lee in some way or another so you’re sure to assume they’re related to General Lee.

DH is a Southern WASP. I let his family name our son and his middle name is a family name. And I actually rejected two other name suggestions from DH because they sounded like law firms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget Mormon rich and influencer culture!

Some of those people make serious coin doing that.

...I grew up around some pretty affluent Mormon families. I have relatives who are big donors to BYU.

It is a world unto itself.

I still have 6 pages to read but I’d love to hear more about the lifestyle of wealthy Mormons! That’s something I know nothing about!!!!

I am friends with someone who is close friends with a wealthy mormon in the DC area. I wont say the family name but it is recognizable- I just didn't realize they were mormon. They are really nice, religious, and try to be as normal as you can when you have extreme wealth.

Does the Mormon church have a sliding scale for tithing when it comes to the wealo. Do they also hyto show their w2 to prove they are tithing and get a temple pass?

Rich Mormon relative here! No my family does not tithe in the traditional sense. They give a ton but it isn’t a tithe, it’s to specific causes at once. Nobody expects you to give ten percent when you have an ipo or sell your company.

[Anonymous]

Pp here again... my cousin is a lawyer and he got his first job at a large law firm that people don’t realize is run by Mormon partners...at least they don’t work much on Sundays. He went to Harvard Law which has a decent number of BYU and Mormon kids.

[Anonymous]

Also Mormon women in those circles like their plastic surgery. SLC has more per capita than Los Angeles.

[Anonymous]

And good majors for a Mormon wife are graphic design ( hey you might want to be a blogger), interior design, etc. Elememtary Ed is still in there but you should combine it with art or music. After all, you are supposed to create beauty. Art History is a bit too much of an East Coast city thing for NYC types and also not creative enough. Marketing is okay too.

[Anonymous]

Guys, I can't read the whole thread

Can someone summarize how to be classy for me? thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guys, I can't read the whole thread

Can someone summarize how to be classy for me? thanks

Not classy.