Anonymous
12/26/2022 10:01
Subject: Re:Subtle signs of class
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Decor from other countries, not decor from TJ Maxx.
The decor from other countries is such a clear indicator of a tasteless boomer house. I’ve been to too many estate sales with houses filled with expensive souvenirs at decor, yet the owner could never be bothered to update the 70s kitchen or replace the brightly colored shag carpet. Not saying decor from tj maxx is the right answer either
+1
No one wants 1970’s crap from where your spouse was stationed.
Anonymous
12/26/2022 09:26
Subject: Subtle signs of class
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For fun, rate my class - DH went to HYS for ugrad and law school I went to Gtown for ugrad and law school. Our parents were lawyers, doctors and politicians for 4 generations. Before that, farmers and merchants.
We make $300k + retirement + investments but no trusts except an interest in a rather large acreage in a family trust but nothing titled to us besides our house and our starter home.
We have 1 DC with a name like Charlotte "last name as middle name". Charlotte X's college and grad school, should she choose to pursue it, are fully funded by another family trust. She currently attends public school, but there is funding available for private. We live in close-in 20816 in an old but renovated single family house.
This is just for fun, so don't say something like your class is ZERO because it's tacky to ask!
MC trying way too hard to be UC
+1. Charlotte is very MC.
Anonymous
12/26/2022 09:20
Subject: Subtle signs of class
Oh totally!
Things that say class to me are as you say a lot of books, items from different cultures, furniture that is thoughtfully curated (doesn’t have to be expensive). Instruments for sure. Art, even if self made. Things that are unique.
Signs of the opposite to me are those puffy leather sofas, signs that say stuff like live laugh love, a lot of Raymour and Flanagan looking stuff, bad lighting, linoleum and anything ‘fake fancy’. Also fake tree at holiday time screams no class
Things that say class to me are as you say a lot of books, items from different cultures, furniture that is thoughtfully curated (doesn’t have to be expensive). Instruments for sure. Art, even if self made. Things that are unique.
Signs of the opposite to me are those puffy leather sofas, signs that say stuff like live laugh love, a lot of Raymour and Flanagan looking stuff, bad lighting, linoleum and anything ‘fake fancy’. Also fake tree at holiday time screams no class
Anonymous
12/26/2022 08:23
Subject: Subtle signs of class
I come from a working class family.
I attended private school with wealthy people.
Most Americans are only one or two generations away from having been dirt poor. Unless you are descendants of the Rockefellers, your family had a grandparent somewhere who came from nothing and worked very hard to make money.
I attended private school with wealthy people.
Most Americans are only one or two generations away from having been dirt poor. Unless you are descendants of the Rockefellers, your family had a grandparent somewhere who came from nothing and worked very hard to make money.
Anonymous
12/26/2022 08:20
Subject: Re:Subtle signs of class
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Decor from other countries, not decor from TJ Maxx.
The decor from other countries is such a clear indicator of a tasteless boomer house. I’ve been to too many estate sales with houses filled with expensive souvenirs at decor, yet the owner could never be bothered to update the 70s kitchen or replace the brightly colored shag carpet. Not saying decor from tj maxx is the right answer either
Old money doesn’t remodel to keep up with trends.
Anonymous
12/26/2022 08:02
Subject: Subtle signs of class
Anonymous wrote:”Classier than ivanka” 😂 this person thinks class means fashion , jewelry & money
plus loads of plastic surgery and plastered-on makeup in any and all situations
Anonymous
12/26/2022 07:39
Subject: Subtle signs of class
Also, OP, one needs to know the secret hand signal to discretely flash when meeting someone. You would only notice it if you knew it, and it signals your old money status. I bet other classy people here know what I’m talking about.
Anonymous
12/26/2022 03:57
Subject: Subtle signs of class
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You don't support Trump.
how can you say that because it doesn't get classier than Ivanka imo
Ivanka is proof that money can’t buy good taste. The entire family is proof.
Anonymous
12/26/2022 01:36
Subject: Re:Subtle signs of class
Anonymous wrote:Decor from other countries, not decor from TJ Maxx.
The decor from other countries is such a clear indicator of a tasteless boomer house. I’ve been to too many estate sales with houses filled with expensive souvenirs at decor, yet the owner could never be bothered to update the 70s kitchen or replace the brightly colored shag carpet. Not saying decor from tj maxx is the right answer either
Anonymous
12/26/2022 01:36
Subject: Subtle signs of class
Watch how the kids interact with other parents or adults. That says everything. For example, I remember as a teen, there was practically a script for what certain types of kids would say to my parents (who didnt know my parents well). It was polite.
Anonymous
12/26/2022 01:19
Subject: Re:Subtle signs of class
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Generally, yes. Books are a definite sign of class as is a tasteful home. Clean and calm and smells fresh (like outside fresh not plug-ins stink).
Idk about ass but I know a woman who keeps her house sparkling clean and reads books and she is always bad mouthing and kissing ass
Anonymous
12/26/2022 00:26
Subject: Subtle signs of class
Anonymous wrote:Outing myself as one of the lauded PPs in the dcum “tell me your DC’s names and I’ll tell you about your life” and I’ll add the importance of names as a class marker. I can and do make assumptions about your background and lifestyle from your name/spelling and DC’s names.
And your signature.
Anonymous
12/25/2022 23:52
Subject: Re:Subtle signs of class
Anonymous wrote:Generally, yes. Books are a definite sign of class as is a tasteful home. Clean and calm and smells fresh (like outside fresh not plug-ins stink).
Idk about ass but I know a woman who keeps her house sparkling clean and reads books and she is always bad mouthing and kissing ass
Anonymous
12/25/2022 13:04
Subject: Re:Subtle signs of class
Shabby antique couches. Dusty 1st editions. Oils and water colors. Dog fur. Faded oriental rugs. Old black and white photos of ancestors traveling abroad to ski and sail. Moths. Plain food / no food. No fake plants.
Anonymous
12/25/2022 12:58
Subject: Re:Subtle signs of class
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Generally, yes. Books are a definite sign of class as is a tasteful home. Clean and calm and smells fresh (like outside fresh not plug-ins stink).
Rows of mass market paperbacks by Stephen King, Dean Koontz, et al are not signs of class. If anything they signal a limited sphere of knowledge.
Stephen King is actually one of the best writers of his generation. Snobs don’t recognize his skill.
+1. -- Definitely very talented. --MA in Lit.