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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there any stories you can share? I haven’t seen this topic for a while now so I am starting a new thread.[/quote] 
Large inherited furniture that doesn’t really fit in a smaller house
Pedigree college education in something like archeology, comparative literature, cultural anthropology, or art history
Old fashioned good manners and educated speech patterns 
Family burial lots in prestige cemeteries 
Sends thank you notes
Well travelled [/quote]
And children have access to education money for college from generational trust [/quote]

This is my husbands moms family! She actually told me she is genteel poverty but lives in a pretty nice UMC house in Florida. She keeps all of her inherited stuff very nicely, but she definitely showed me three real gold pocket watches she had inherited.

My husband had lovely manners and a great education, and excellent values. I’m the moneymaker. None of his siblings work high earning jobs.

But I disagree that this is genteel poverty, this is more downward mobility from UC to UMC.

I care more about education than class. You can be poor and if you have had a good education, no one can take that from you. And you still have way more options than a poor person without a good education. [/quote]

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