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Tom-the-eagle Flag Croydon 29 Sep 19 5.19pm

Originally posted by sickboy

One dunk then the whole lot in.

Bit like me and the Mrs

 


"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

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View sickboy's Profile sickboy Flag Deal or Croydon 29 Sep 19 5.29pm Send a Private Message to sickboy Add sickboy as a friend

Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle

Bit like me and the Mrs

Sex , biscuits. It works in lots of ways.

 

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View SpyroCrystal's Profile SpyroCrystal 29 Sep 19 5.50pm Send a Private Message to SpyroCrystal Add SpyroCrystal as a friend

Working Class parents are real people


Middle Class parents believe in 'democracy', universities, fake smiling, what other people think of the family status and little humour.

 


Big up the Palace!!!!

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View the.universal's Profile the.universal 29 Sep 19 6.38pm Send a Private Message to the.universal Add the.universal as a friend

Originally posted by SpyroCrystal

Working Class parents are real people


Middle Class parents believe in 'democracy', universities, fake smiling, what other people think of the family status and little humour.

aka “I’m completely right and you’re totally wrong”. As I said before, if you’re happy to dish out stereotypes about others, you should be ready to accept them about yourself. Most people aren’t happy to do that.

 


Vive le Roy!

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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 29 Sep 19 7.23pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Middle class are bothered about what people think of them or what they do or their lifestyles.
Working class dont give a feck and you lot can go do one.
That's really the difference.

 

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Tom-the-eagle Flag Croydon 29 Sep 19 8.01pm

I’m not even sure what classes are what these days. The lines have definitely blurred in recent years.

I think now these classes have their own sub classes.

To me someone of middle class should be someone like a doctor or bank manager (when that meant something).
Now days there is however also a lower middle class. To me this would be someone who live on a new housing estate and drive a BMW, upwardly mobile but without the breeding and probably only one generation removed from working class stock. Maybe a sales manager or programmer by profession.

Likewise the working class now has a subclass. Chav. This class really has little in common with ‘salt of the earth’ working class who are trying to move forward in life.

Personally I don’t equate income to social class. Status more so but not income or wealth. Accents, manners and attitude are the giveaways.

Interesting stuff.

On a personal level, and I’m actually a bit embarrassed to admit this, but I often feel a bit inadequate around people I deem from a higher class. My wife’s friends and family are all proper middle class and socially I often find evenings a bit awkward. I usually find heavy drinking and a subtle hint of violence helps the evening along.


 


"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

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View silvertop's Profile silvertop Flag Portishead 29 Sep 19 9.07pm Send a Private Message to silvertop Add silvertop as a friend

Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle

I’m not even sure what classes are what these days. The lines have definitely blurred in recent years.

I think now these classes have their own sub classes.

To me someone of middle class should be someone like a doctor or bank manager (when that meant something).
Now days there is however also a lower middle class. To me this would be someone who live on a new housing estate and drive a BMW, upwardly mobile but without the breeding and probably only one generation removed from working class stock. Maybe a sales manager or programmer by profession.

Likewise the working class now has a subclass. Chav. This class really has little in common with ‘salt of the earth’ working class who are trying to move forward in life.

Personally I don’t equate income to social class. Status more so but not income or wealth. Accents, manners and attitude are the giveaways.

Interesting stuff.

On a personal level, and I’m actually a bit embarrassed to admit this, but I often feel a bit inadequate around people I deem from a higher class. My wife’s friends and family are all proper middle class and socially I often find evenings a bit awkward. I usually find heavy drinking and a subtle hint of violence helps the evening along.


Is not the dividing line the absence or presence of net curtains?

 

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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 29 Sep 19 9.25pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle

I’m not even sure what classes are what these days. The lines have definitely blurred in recent years.

I think now these classes have their own sub classes.

To me someone of middle class should be someone like a doctor or bank manager (when that meant something).
Now days there is however also a lower middle class. To me this would be someone who live on a new housing estate and drive a BMW, upwardly mobile but without the breeding and probably only one generation removed from working class stock. Maybe a sales manager or programmer by profession.

Likewise the working class now has a subclass. Chav. This class really has little in common with ‘salt of the earth’ working class who are trying to move forward in life.

Personally I don’t equate income to social class. Status more so but not income or wealth. Accents, manners and attitude are the giveaways.

Interesting stuff.

On a personal level, and I’m actually a bit embarrassed to admit this, but I often feel a bit inadequate around people I deem from a higher class. My wife’s friends and family are all proper middle class and socially I often find evenings a bit awkward. I usually find heavy drinking and a subtle hint of violence helps the evening along.


Heavy drinking and hints of violence mmmmm.
Normally sorts the wheat from the chaff.
Got any invites?

 

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View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 29 Sep 19 11.41pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

Originally posted by cryrst

Heavy drinking and hints of violence mmmmm.
Normally sorts the wheat from the chaff.
Got any invites?


sorts out the civilised from the savages

 


the 'Net-We-had' at the Etihad....again

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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 30 Sep 19 6.17am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle

Personally I don’t equate income to social class. Status more so but not income or wealth. Accents, manners and attitude are the giveaways.

If accents are the giveaway where does that put people like Steve Parish who is very wealthy but fails the accent test by a large margin

 

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W12 01 Oct 19 9.07am

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

If accents are the giveaway where does that put people like Steve Parish who is very wealthy but fails the accent test by a large margin

He has working class parents but went to a private school (like my children). Yet apparently there is no "social mobility" in this country.

 

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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 01 Oct 19 9.35am Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle

On a personal level, and I’m actually a bit embarrassed to admit this, but I often feel a bit inadequate around people I deem from a higher class. My wife’s friends and family are all proper middle class and socially I often find evenings a bit awkward. I usually find heavy drinking and a subtle hint of violence helps the evening along.


I think that is a feeling many people have without wanting to admit it. Ex- public schoolboys, for instance, usually have a natural confidence which the rest of us lack to some degree. Doesn’t mean they necessarily know what they’re talking about but it sounds as if they do.

 

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