Define your class.

[Teddy_boy]

What class in society do you consider yourself to be part of?
Are you upper class, middle class, or working class? Or even part of the much publicised in the tabloids under class?
And can you say what it is that defines the class that you consider ypourself to be part of?
I am working class , as my family always has been.Though i am living a more comfortable lifestyle than my grandparents did.

[Buenchico]

Teddy-Boy:
I'm amazed that anyone actually bothered to read through that lot!

[askyourgran]

Business class.

[anneasquith]

if we did not have a " class " system. our country would be a nicer place to live !!!!!!

[Teddy_boy]

Buenchico i am working class but i am watching question time at the moment.Sorry if that clashes with my stereotypical roots.But thats just the way i am.

[Teddy_boy]

annesaquith a bit simplistic in my opinion.But possibly true.

[Count-A-Strong]

Chris, I never even intimated that there was anything 'wrong' with standing at the bar. I merely pointed out that some ( probably people who consider themselves upper class) might think of standing at any type of bar to be something which would define them as a certain class.

[Buenchico]

T-B:
That only goes to show that the boundaries are flexible ;-)
(BTW: I hate 'Question Time'. Anyone with an ounce of sense should be able to predict most of the answers well before the participants open their mouths!)

Anne:
Every country seems to have some form of class system, even if it doesn't use the 'labels' which we're using on this thread. For example, the USA is often referred to as a 'classless society' but there's still a social hierarchy which is dependent almost entirely upon income.

[BAKERS DOZEN]

I was in Mrs Grundy's class. She taught us we are all equal.

[Teddy_boy]

Yes buenchico , in the USA the president who most people suggest as the best ever, JFK.Was actually from a family of bootleggers who raised their money through various illegal means.So much so that even today a TV series about the Kennedy family made in the USA is being shown in the UK and around the world.But not in the USA.Seems it is too honest.You can buy class in a classless society like the USA if you have enough cash.

[venator]

if you care about it, you're down the ladder

[Teddy_boy]

Yes bakers dozen.But i learnt in school that some are more equal than others.According to mr Orwell that is.

[Buenchico]

A rather belated reply to Lottie:
So which bar shall we meet in then? (I promise not to talk about cricket!)

[cupid04]

When I was a kid my dad was a salesman [a very good one], he always put on a
posh voice when taling on the phone which made my sister and I giggle. Does that
make me posh class, no! Still have to work for your money whoever you are.
I consider my self quite down to earth and normal. I live in a three- bedroomed
semi, as does my sister, yet she puts on airs and graces and only ever invites you
round when she has bought something new to show off and impress.

[starone]

So how would you classify the queen and her family? Are they also working class, since they presumably call the little they do 'work'. And would you be prepared to walk backwards out of someone's company as if they were a god (or goddess)? Not that I would ever get the opportunity, but if I did I could not possibly bow and scrape to anyone, whatever clas they are supposed to be.

[smart1]

Sorry TB for the delay in replying - Jordan, despite her millions, is very definitely working class.

[Buenchico]

She's also not been called 'Jordan' for quite some time now.

I wouldn't even recognise her if I met her but (despite not reading those journal which idolise 'celebrities') I do know that she just calls herself 'Katie Price' these days.

[smart1]

I understand Buenchico, but no matter - Katie Price - Jordan - working class, despite her millions. She is sadly still unaware of that.

[Buenchico]

Let's just say that she's more 'Basildon' than 'Bahamas', Smart1 ;-)

[smart1]

OK - happy to go with that BC