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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I appreciate your post. I think it was articulated honestly and with grace.

I came from humble beginnings but with a mother and father that had a sophisticated taste in arts, culture, learning, food and travel. I grew up surrounded by an appreciation and knowledge of these things.

However I was solidly lower middle class. Everyone went to public school. I didn’t know you could hire someone to paint your house. I didn’t know what landscaping was. I didn’t know that people owned ski gear. I didn’t know that braces weren’t a huge deal/expense. I could go on and on.

I went to college and did a study abroad program in South Africa that brought people from all different schools together. The girls from Colby, Bates, Claremont McKenna, Tufts were what you describe. They travelled *before* the semester even started hiking Kilimanjaro or going to Madagascar. They had high end hiking boots I had never even heard of and they were broken in. Their teeth and skin was perfect. Etc etc And not only could you spot them, you could spot us middle class kids a mile away. Our clothes, sunglasses, ability to pick languages, confidence, maturity - just wasn’t as elevated or refined.

Fast-forward 30 years. I am UMC but not them. I never will and my children won’t either. However they do still have sophisticated exposure to culture, travel, art just like I did as a lower class kid 😎[/quote]

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