Dating/marrying outside of your social class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Temper, temper. Very low-class.

Sorry, but plenty of UMC and even higher have terrible tempers. I'm not saying it is elegant, but it is prevalent. Enjoy your quiet bubble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm UC girl married to a MC guy. My father is an Ambassador and I grew up in a bubble of the glamorous elite. I met my DH at a prestigious DC think tank and because he had received a very good quality education, I did not relaize my DH's middle class roots until I met his family. His parents are cute but very LM/MC. It's not really a problem except I don't really have much in common with them.

My DH is a curious mix of traits from both classes. He loves his Wild Turkey and white bred but enjoys reading history books for fun. He also entertains my tastes and takes me to the opera and the theater often.

I like that he has MC work ethic but UC tastes.

Bred or bread?
Misspelling or pun?

[Anonymous]

I had a friend long ago that was an executive secretary for a well known lawyer. She was not snobby in the least, very educated put together but down to Earth girl. Her boss, happens to be my cousin, introduced her to his friend, a janitor.

My friend fell in love with her janitor boyfriend and they married. After they married he told her he OWNED the buildings he cleaned.

Twenty eight years on, they are still married and he still cleans his own buildings. Nothing about him says money. He's fun to be around.

[Anonymous]

17:02. You both sound like people with whom I would like to sit at a dinner party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blue collar guy here, wearing a wife beater and watching Fox News before I head out to my welding job. No way those pissy white collars guys who sit in a cube all day are better than me. Most of those needy Lexus driving know-it-alls couldn't fix a flat tire if their family's life depended on it.

So go ahead ladies, marry that effete desk jockey you are so attracted to and leave defending the country and fixing the kitchen sink to real men like me.

MC = cubicle; UC = corner office
Signed,
Married cubicle who graduated to corner office = lucky SAHM!

[Anonymous]

I married within my social class, but my husband's family thinks they are several echelons above. It is so funny to watch. Major entertainment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Temper, temper. Very low-class.

Sorry, but plenty of UMC and even higher have terrible tempers. I'm not saying it is elegant, but it is prevalent. Enjoy your quiet bubble.

MC/LMC people tend to be obsessed with brands and labels and they also are uncomfortably snobby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I married within my social class, but my husband's family thinks they are several echelons above. It is so funny to watch. Major entertainment.

If you can laugh at your ILs, you are truly blessed!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I married within my social class, but my husband's family thinks they are several echelons above. It is so funny to watch. Major entertainment.

If you can laugh at your ILs, you are truly blessed!

Agreed. The funniest is when they are at their meanest. But I have seen them hurt some people, and that's not cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a friend long ago that was an executive secretary for a well known lawyer. She was not snobby in the least, very educated put together but down to Earth girl. Her boss, happens to be my cousin, introduced her to his friend, a janitor.

My friend fell in love with her janitor boyfriend and they married. After they married he told her he OWNED the buildings he cleaned.

Twenty eight years on, they are still married and he still cleans his own buildings. Nothing about him says money. He's fun to be around.

Nice urban myth. Either your friend is braindead (marrying a guy with no clue of his financial state), her husband is secretive/dishonest (he misled her until marriage), or you are full of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a masters degree and a white collar job but I happily date blue collar guys if they are smart and interesting and can fix stuff. I find competent people very sexy. Some white-collar guys seem so helpless when they have no practical skills. So I've dated cops, firemen, military, contractors, electricians, etc.

Totally agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was wondering how often this happens? I know of two coworkers who are married to blue collar men. I was surprised when I found out. Felt a little sorry for them like the had to settle, but they are both pretty charming smart and nice. I immediately rule on guys based on education and or profession. I just didn't think differences like that could work. Am I wrong?

"There are no blue collar men, only blue collar jobs." - a quote from my dad, a line cook who put 3 kids through college, and we are now a doctor, a lawyer, and university professor.

Your father is a great man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blue collar guy here, wearing a wife beater and watching Fox News before I head out to my welding job. No way those pissy white collars guys who sit in a cube all day are better than me. Most of those needy Lexus driving know-it-alls couldn't fix a flat tire if their family's life depended on it.

So go ahead ladies, marry that effete desk jockey you are so attracted to and leave defending the country and fixing the kitchen sink to real men like me.

We are perfectly happy to use you as cannon fodder and let you plumb our toilets. Glad you are happy too.

PP, you are an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was wondering how often this happens? I know of two coworkers who are married to blue collar men. I was surprised when I found out. Felt a little sorry for them like the had to settle, but they are both pretty charming smart and nice. I immediately rule on guys based on education and or profession. I just didn't think differences like that could work. Am I wrong?

"Blue collar" men often make more than the white collar. So some people are laughing all the way to the bank that they don't have college and grad school loans to pay.

This, dumbass. Plumbers make more than architects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:17:02. You both sound like people with whom I would like to sit at a dinner party.

You are a hilarious try-hard. Everyone knows that prepositions shouldn't technically go at the end of sentences. But you just can't use "with whom" and not sound like douchebag. Welcome to 2015.