Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A house that it guest ready at all times!

Ability to serve a lavish dinner to friends at the shortest notice.

Not doing chores on the weekends.

"Carson, please let the kitchen know we want to have a formal dinner tonight."

LOL. Not exactly, but we have a 2x/week housekeeper, so the house is always clean, we're good cooks, have a well-stocked wine cellar and since we don't have to run errands or do chores all weekend, it's pretty easy to invite guests on short-notice. Again, not a status symbol -- or at least not an intentional one -- but something we value and are lucky to be able to pull off.

Anonymous wrote:A house that it guest ready at all times!

Ability to serve a lavish dinner to friends at the shortest notice.

Not doing chores on the weekends.

"Carson, please let the kitchen know we want to have a formal dinner tonight."

Anonymous wrote:A house that it guest ready at all times!

Ability to serve a lavish dinner to friends at the shortest notice.

Not doing chores on the weekends.

You're describing my household. I don't know if these things are status symbols, intentional or not, but I will say that they are luxuries we truly value and appreciate. We love having time to enjoy our family life and our friends.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A house that it guest ready at all times!

Ability to serve a lavish dinner to friends at the shortest notice.

Not doing chores on the weekends.

Good answer! The first one in several pages!

i didn't realize these were status symbols, but thought it was a way to have a nice life.

It is a way to have a nice life, but requires plenty of spare time and money, and to me those things are status symbols.

Some of these are just stupid and are not "status symbols" at all -- manners, erudition, bringing hostess gifts, thin or not. There are plenty of poor people out there who can hold a fork and who bring hostess gifts to parties. The fact that you think we don't says more about you than it does about us. Maybe you don't know any poor people, or don't invite them to your parties to know if we'll bring something or not?

Does "makes offensive assumptions about the poor" count as an unintentional status symbol?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A house that it guest ready at all times!

Ability to serve a lavish dinner to friends at the shortest notice.

Not doing chores on the weekends.

Good answer! The first one in several pages!

i didn't realize these were status symbols, but thought it was a way to have a nice life.

Anonymous wrote:A house that it guest ready at all times!

Ability to serve a lavish dinner to friends at the shortest notice.

Not doing chores on the weekends.

Good answer! The first one in several pages!

Anonymous wrote:For some people, living a short walk from a metro station.

Particularly if you never set foot in that station.

For some people, living a short walk from a metro station.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unintentional status symbols, in my opinion, are attributes that people acquire through privileged upbringing - erudition, prospective, foreign languages, musical instrument proficiency, good table manners, etc. Something money can't buy.

+1

Also, graciousness and humility; earned through appreciating what one has and NOT acting like a spoilt brat. How you treat others - if you are a wanker, you have no class, and probably no money. If you are gracious and humble, in spite of all of your education, accomplishments, etc. - then your parents taught you well and took time for you (you weren't pawned off on a nanny NOR were you ignored because your parents had to work three jobs).

It is, quite simply, whether you have enough respect for yourself to treat others decently.

I know plenty of wealthy wankers.

A house that it guest ready at all times!

Ability to serve a lavish dinner to friends at the shortest notice.

Not doing chores on the weekends.

Anonymous wrote:Not swearing every other word- the ability to articulate your feelings and thoughts with proper words as opposed to swear words to get a point across.

Eh - not swearing is over rated.

Not swearing every other word- the ability to articulate your feelings and thoughts with proper words as opposed to swear words to get a point across.

Anonymous wrote:Monogrammed towels, sheets (matching of course) and bar ware. Also clothes, shoes and other apparel and housewares.

No. Just no.

Anonymous wrote:Unintentional status symbols, in my opinion, are attributes that people acquire through privileged upbringing - erudition, prospective, foreign languages, musical instrument proficiency, good table manners, etc. Something money can't buy.

+1

Also, graciousness and humility; earned through appreciating what one has and NOT acting like a spoilt brat. How you treat others - if you are a wanker, you have no class, and probably no money. If you are gracious and humble, in spite of all of your education, accomplishments, etc. - then your parents taught you well and took time for you (you weren't pawned off on a nanny NOR were you ignored because your parents had to work three jobs).

It is, quite simply, whether you have enough respect for yourself to treat others decently.