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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like this division of 13 classes, versus the 3 we usually discuss here.

In our young stage we are currently waffling between L2 and G4, with the ability to move up the G ladder as the next 5-20 years bring opportunity in our fields.

And culturally I'm a little more G, and dh is a little more L. But his job is the one that will get us up the G ladder. More than his family, he is a G. It's the whole thing where he goes back to the 'country' (really a suburb), and they give him a funny look because he's too 'uptight' / 'educated' / 'snobby' when we are really just at the bottom of the Gs.

There is a marked difference between L and G and it's so noticible in those return-to-home moments. But there is a lot of back and forth in terms of tastes, financial habits, etc.[/quote]

He will have a hard time fitting in with the Gs with a background like that.  Never true acceptance [/quote]

He really is different. There are similar backgrounded older Gs too. I think of several bosses, professors, mentors he has had that love to converse with him about catfish/crawfish/farm stuff (ha ha whatever it is they talk about), but they're all definitely Gs. They just grew up the same way. He really really doesn't fit in as an L anymore. He can fit in for about 5 minutes but then his education and modern attitude come through.[/quote]

Eh.  As an old money G I can say we absolutely notice those things, even if we don't voice it.  Of course you have commonalities- in the south they talk about crawfish, if you grew up in Philadelphia cheesteaks, etc- things that cross social and economic lines.  But there are major, tiny differences that set someone apart.  And the G's know the rules, and no one else does. [/quote]

We also notice ... do you know that.[/quote]

So long as you know *shrug* [/quote]

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