Things that are unintentional status symbols.

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Anonymous wrote:Breastfeeding for longer than a few weeks.

How is that a status symbol? Its cheaper than formula?
I did it for a year working full time, hardly a status symbol

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This is a funny thread, OP! We have all sorts of photographers. High end a few times per year. Do we get a medal?

We still pay for the school photos because well, they are school photos. They capture the moment, as kitschy as it sounds. We have a display of the high end photos in a private section of our house, not for public display. Its for us, the family. So what?

These people who have something to prove with their half witted digs are hilarious!

Frankly, I don't think there are many "unintentional" status symbols in the D.C. area, as people are too busy wasting their time in pssssing contests; though 'tis fun to watch! Such train wrecks, they are.

I love reading about their idea of what should and should not be, as if they know

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Anonymous wrote:Breastfeeding for longer than a few weeks.

How is that a status symbol? Its cheaper than formula?
I did it for a year working full time, hardly a status symbol

Breastfeeding is indicative of your SES; bf moms (extended) are typically well educated professionals.

Note that I said typically...don't bother posting boring stories relating exceptions to this.

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maybe someone already said this, but my sister who lives in Manhattan says that that the larger the dog, the larger the apartment…

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Anonymous wrote:Ice cream paper bag from giant for your lunch bag. At least it was when I was a kid

I love this. Also the kids who, on picture day, had the largest packages and extras checked off for the most money. Though these aren't really status symbols (and may or may not even be linked to actual wealth status), they sure are for kids. Probably a different thread though.

Are you all saying these are high class or low class?

I have had (and will send DD) to school w/ lunch in a Giant ice cream paper bag b/c we are frugal and we recycle and care about the earth. We will re-use these paper bags (and Ziploc bags -- the sturdy kind) until they are not use-able anymore

On the other hand, school pictures? No, I will not buy them. I think they are cheap and low-class and my parents never bought them and I never buy them either. I consider people who buy a lot of them pretty low-class or climbing class. I spring for a professional photo shoot for DD for her Christmas card photo each year b/c I think those are nicer! My MIL asked me if she could have copies of DD's school pics and she has this pic frame with like 12 holes in it for each of her kids' and each of her grandkids' school pics over the 12 years of schooling and I think that is lower middle class and/or climbing class. I told her I do not buy school photos but I would be happy to send her extra copies of the Christmas card pics. I felt snobby when I was saying I did not get the school photos b/c I do not care for them, but I felt it also said something about us in that she automatically thought everybody does buy the school photos, without question, and I obviously do not.

So, all in all, with the paper bag issue and the school pics issue, I don't know if this is saying I am high class or low class or something in between!

Well, based on this post alone, I tag you as "low class." You are welcome.

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This is a funny thread, OP! We have all sorts of photographers. High end a few times per year. Do we get a medal?

We still pay for the school photos because well, they are school photos. They capture the moment, as kitschy as it sounds. We have a display of the high end photos in a private section of our house, not for public display. Its for us, the family. So what?

These people who have something to prove with their half witted digs are hilarious!

Frankly, I don't think there are many "unintentional" status symbols in the D.C. area, as people are too busy wasting their time in pssssing contests; though 'tis fun to watch! Such train wrecks, they are.

I love reading about their idea of what should and should not be, as if they know

Did you seriously just type "'tis" in a sentence?

Pretentious douchebaggery is not a status symbol. You must watch a lot of Star Wars and go to Ren Faires.

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Anyone care to explain what an ice cream paper bag is?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone care to explain what an ice cream paper bag is?

Oh, good. I'm not the only one who has absolutely no idea what that might be.

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Being articulate and having a large vocabulary.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone care to explain what an ice cream paper bag is?

Oh, good. I'm not the only one who has absolutely no idea what that might be.

Those freezer bags they used to provide at the grocery store when you bought ice cream to keep it from leaking on other things and cold, I assume?
Although I'm not sure why that's a status symbol- maybe if you have enough money to buy ice cream it means you have enough money for "extras?"

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^^i thought it was just a brown paper lunch bag. Although I don't see how that equates to status.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Breastfeeding for longer than a few weeks.

How is that a status symbol? Its cheaper than formula?
I did it for a year working full time, hardly a status symbol

Breastfeeding is indicative of your SES; bf moms (extended) are typically well educated professionals.

Note that I said typically...don't bother posting boring stories relating exceptions to this.

Breastfeeding moms are mostly lower SES. When well educated, they come from third worl countries.

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Breastfeeding moms are mostly lower SES. When well educated, they come from third worl countries.

Uh. Where did you get THAT data?

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Anonymous wrote:Being articulate and having a large vocabulary.

"Pretentious douchebaggery", if I do say so myself. Yes, that expression is high class, indeed.

Not so much, the vocab. Google is their friend

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Anonymous wrote:^^i thought it was just a brown paper lunch bag. Although I don't see how that equates to status.

Ice cream used to get packed in extra-thick paper bags for insulation. The bags were the size of a brown paper bag you'd use for a sack lunch, but the ice cream bag was essentially free, so using it would be a sign of thrift (vs buying a pack of brown paper bags).