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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being wealthy sounds kinda dull. Entire classes of food, types of clothing, types of automobiles, brands of resorts and entire states and regions of the country are off limits diebto their tackiness. Sounds hard to keep track and awfully limito. [/quote]

I don't know.  I'm not "wealthy", but I know/knew a (very) few of the VERY wealthy, and they didn't talk about or care about any of the issues DCUM posters mention and fret about and analyze when they discuss what is "classy" or "tacky."  The wealthiest family I've ever known mostly wore (dirty) riding clothes and tatty things that didn't look new, and their giant fridges were certainly stocked with some things that are considered "tacky" on DCUM.  They had a house in Myrtle Beach, which has been deemed "tacky" by DCUM, and the mom collected squirrel figurines, which lurked all over their giant house (I'm sure squirrel figurines are "tacky").  They also had a house in Scotland, and I was invited there once in high school; the house was huge, but really, really cold and the furniture was actually threadbare and moldy in places, and we spent the entire time outside hiking, not going to balls or having high teas or grand dinners a la Downton Abbey.  The daughter of the family was friends with me, even though my family wasn't "wealthy", and I was never made to feel "tacky"; the parents mom seemed to be best friends with our riding teacher, who was a nice lady but not "wealthy" at all.  The dad was not very social but had "hunting buddies", some of whom were decidedly--wait for it--poor.  I spent a lot of time with the family in my teens, and had no idea "tacky" was a thing: I just realized they had a lot more money.

I always think of this family when I meet or read about someone who is obsessed with labels and doing the "classy" thing because I think they really want to be like this family.  The whole "classy" vs "trashy" debate cycle is fodder for the ASPIRATIONAL crowd, who might have some money, but who reallyreallyreally care about impressing others and being recognized as "classy."

I can't imagine anyone in the family I described using the words "tacky" or "classy" at all, ever. [/quote]

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