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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"This is ridiculous. Very few UMC families are in elite circles with the rich and powerful. Many of us are simply dual income white collar worker bees."

Then you're not UMC. And you don't realize that many, if not most, of "the powerful" have salaries of $200K or less. You might have a nice income, but you don't belong to that elite UMC grouping. UMC people are not worker bees.  Many work around the clock, but their work often involves higher level thinking and relationship building. Or they have skills and credentials that garner high salaries, like physicians or CPAs. These aren't people who punch a time clock or get paid overtime. They might only earn about the same as a DC cop with seniority who pulls lots of overtime and side gigs, but how they earn that money is very different. [/quote]
I am a CPA and my spouse is a physician (since you brought those two professions up) and I echo what PP said: this is ridiculous. We don’t hang out with the rich and the powerful, we’re not inviting Congresspeople and their staff to our kids’ baptisms, and neither are most of our CPA / physician coworkers. I wouldn’t dare call our family middle class, though.[/quote]

Same here. HHI around 750-1 mil. DH is in finance, I’m an editor.

We don’t know any Congress people or anyone at the WH (and with the state of the GOP, I don’t want to either).

I doubt you could call us middle class though. We both have grad degrees and BAs from top schools.[/quote]

We have a $2m HHI. We live in an affluent neighborhood. A few former congressmen do live in our neighborhood. We wave hi but that is the extent of our relationship.

DH and I were high achievers. Our children are strong students and have every resource at their disposal. We know a few high powered people but not necessarily well. I’m sure one day if my kid was interested in a certain field, we would know a friend of a friend who could get my kid an internship or at least an interview. My kid would need to have the credentials and work ethic to make it though.

I find the wannabe UC to be the most obnoxious. They are constantly name dropping and just annoying to be around. They don’t really know anyone but pretend to know everyone.[/quote]

What’s a wannabe UC person? [/quote]

They are people who only do things that make them look rich. You will know them when you meet them. They are often not actually rich.[/quote]

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