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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you framing this as a UMC thing? I would be upset if my kids were not into any activities besides video games. But do I care if it is not "UMC?" Who freaking cares?[/quote]

I think the point is that, across multiple threads on this forum, people are exploring what it means to be MC and UMC and how people arrive at or maintain that status.

Look at the thread on raising kids in UMC DMV communities. Tons of posts ended up being about the wearing of Lululemon.  There is a lot of discourse on this site about explicit class markers.

One of the characteristics that supposedly sets the rich apart from MC and UMC is that they do not spend a lot of time contemplating these issues.[/quote]

This is the most asinine, mind numbing thread…and that’s saying a lot for DCUM, yet here I am.  It’s real easy to look rich, but who really cares?!  My dad’s company did service work for somebody, who when he was alive, was one of the most wealthy people in DC.  He had a lot going on, but the last thing he cared about was flaunting his wealth.  He lived in a modest home in Potomac, wore cheap suits, drove a Ford Taurus and vacationed in Fenwick Island.  He also haggled my dad’s company about the price every time.

As for skiing, yes it’s expensive.  That’s why I only do it once or twice a year, and it’s usually just Tomberline in WV.  As another poster said, the issue with OP’s kid isn’t that they don’t like “UMC” activities, but that all they like is video games.  Nothing wrong with video games, but need to have other hobbies or interests.[/quote]

Let me guess: was the company Mars?[/quote]

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