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[quote=Anonymous]Off the top of my head:

In the situation described in OP, she wouldn't be dropping a persona - that's who she is.  You're really asking why she doesn't mask that with a UMC persona, which is funny, since...

UMCs pride themselves on being able to sniff out their own, and can be very cliquey if you're not doing travel soccer, preschool violin, and jetting off to Europe.  I'm not interested in being a striver trying to win the approval of the mom brigade that is always talking about someone's kitchen reno.

When you grow up poor, you know that your circumstances can change quickly, so you don't spend what you might need tomorrow.  I didn't grow up poor, but I find a lot of UMC status spending wasteful, particularly when it's keeping-up-with-the-Joneses as opposed to something genuinely enjoyed or wanted.

Also, a la Millionaire Next Door, the UMCs may be surprised to learn that the people not consuming conspicuously enough for them are actually socking that away to retire early and get out of the DMV.

Finally, I love Ikea, and probably 1/3 of our house is Swedish do-it-yourself.  A UMC friend introduced me to it, actually.  I've got a few antique pieces I'd give up before the Ikea.  And you'll have to pry my ligonberry jam out of my cold, dead fingers.[/quote]

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