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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They don’t talk about money.

Kids have surnames for names.

They never seem ruffled. Any problem is solvable and they have a family safety net.

Not overly concerned with organic food, toys, clothes, etc.

Will offer you an alcoholic beverage any time of day you pop by.[/quote]

This is pretty much the only accurate description in this entire thread. The surnames can be middle names.[/quote]
lol. No. I think this is an accurate description of what most people THINK high class people are like.[/quote]

As an old-school DC money person (you don’t have to believe me; affects me not at all) I would say this is pretty accurate. Family name somewhere in the name (no “I love Hugo as a middle name!)”

Everything is solvable.

Most things seem like new money issues, because they are.[/quote]

As another old-money person, although not native to DC, the points about alcohol and everything being solvable thanks to the family safety net are right. The last-names-as-middle-names thing is wrong, as is the supposed lack of interest in organic food.[/quote]

Last names as middle names is VERY southern, WASP, or old money. They will fit those names in any way they can. Even girls are named Mary ____ or Ann ___ using family last names from either side and always said in full -as one name.  It’s the surest way to be sure everyone knows how important your families are/were, how much land they owned,  that they’re “society “, etc.  Every other southern WASP (male or female) is named Lee in some way or another so you’re sure to assume they’re related to General Lee. [/quote]

DH is a Southern WASP. I let his family name our son and his middle name is a family name. And I actually rejected two other name suggestions from DH because they sounded like law firms.[/quote]

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