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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what do ya’ll say about people who grew up MC/UMC but now make a lot of money and have amassed millions?

Because I would say we are still UMC even though we have a lot of money relative to the population (I don’t think it is easy to change your class just because you have a grad degree and a high HHI) but this always gets shouted down when the topic comes up on the money board.

Can you be middle class yet have a bank account with say, 5 million?[/quote]

More importantly- how did you make this money? And can I (early 40s woman) get into this profession??[/quote]

finance + selling stock in an IPO[/quote]

"Upper Middle Class" isn't a thing. It's a story affluent working people tell to themselves and their children. Having $5m in the bank (particularly if you also own an expensive home, etc) means you're not any level of middle class. You may not feel that way because you're usually looking up and not down, and because your nest egg isn't so big that you can stop working (given current lifestyle) or guarantee the same level of success for your children, but it's true. Figure out how to describe yourself to yourself without leaning on the words "middle class" because doing so contributes to generations of little assholes who think they've bootstrapped themselves into life as a debt-free college grad because they were "upper middle class."

Also the classiest thing imo is a destitute but socially prominent long-term houseguest, preferably in an accessory building. [/quote]

Actually, UMC is a thing that’s been documented by sociologists like Paul Fussell and many, many others. It’s a mindset about choices (education and a piano vs. a new car) and values. The mindset can be free of asset amounts. If you don’t want to raise little assholes, banning the words “UMC” won’t help, just don’t talk about your money and make them get jobs in high school, etc....[/quote]

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