social classes and dating

welcome to the class system....

i say bathroom darling, i'm from new orleans.

and, in the circumstances, i would say that posh carries with it the connotation of not only having money, but also possessing a certain lack of tact when approaching the subject of money in everyday life. for instance, i would expect a posh girl to openly and happily tell a much poorer friend about her new gucci purse, and how she was buying one from chanel the next day, with the birthday money mummy gave her.

now, a girl with class would realize how tactless that would be, and in general, would keep a bit quieter about her money when with people less fortunate.

Methinks that has little to do with 'class' or even income.

Come on, if you liked someone then it wouldn't make a difference how much their folks earn. Even my most snobbish friends base their prejudices entirely on the person (i for one wouldn't date a chav) and NOT on their parents.

So I would guess this girl actually wasn't that interested and that the poster has the wrong end of the stick when it comes to the reason he was dumped...

I would like to point out that salary income does not necessarily equal class.

there's no way it was JUST because of that. no way.

we're not living in some sort of 'woman of no importance' universe where the class divide prevents people from socialising and forming meaningful relationships.

only to you, my friend

hah why jump on the poor girl? maybe all privileged people should cover up their backgrounds to make people like you happy?

what exactly are you talking about? people like me?

as my parents bought me my own house for my sixteenth birthday, i think you perhaps misjudged the state of my wallet.

my family is old american money, and we have houses in europe, africa, and multiple properties in the states.

i'm merely suggesting that she will be more liked if she doesn't shove money in people's faces, as people tend to resent it. tact and graciousness are key if you want to be accepted out of your class. you'll also find, that with these two things you're far more admired by your "betters" aswell.

old american money...

old is rather relative isn't it

i'm merely suggesting that she will be more liked if she doesn't shove money in people's faces, as people tend to resent it. tact and graciousness are key if you want to be accepted out of your class. you'll also find, that with these two things you're far more admired by your "betters" aswell.

old american money...

old is rather relative isn't it

what exactly are you talking about? people like me?

as my parents bought me my own house for my sixteenth birthday, i think you perhaps misjudged the state of my wallet.

my family is old american money, and we have houses in europe, africa, and multiple properties in the states.

i'm merely suggesting that she will be more liked if she doesn't shove money in people's faces, as people tend to resent it. tact and graciousness are key if you want to be accepted out of your class. you'll also find, that with these two things you're far more admired by your "betters" aswell.

here we go again, when i said people like you i didnt mean poor people.

people like you - meant those people that start screaming whenever anyone brings up how much class or money they might have, who gives a dump?

quit acting like youre some victim of ghastly posh people trying to get one over you. perfect example is that quote there^, that was nothing to do with how much money or class you have - it was because i though that your post was a bit off - but you get all hysterical about it being because you arent rich or posh enough

i'm hardly hysterical, i was just raised in a household where mentioning money, religion, or sex were hardly good topics for discussion due to their inflammatory nature.

It's generally taboo to discuss money socially here, with one major exception: it has always been tradition for a father, before allowing someone to become engaged to his daughter, to enquire as to the man's financial standing and prospects. Rightly so, I'd argue.

After half a year of dating, my ex gf found out i was "poor" by which i mean that my parents earn together around as much as one of hers. This wasn't a secret, it just never came up. After finding this out she has decided that she wants nothing to do with me at all. Any advice on how to take this, cause this kind of betrayal cuts deep, and i thought we where closer than that.