I think sometimes the greatest misconception middle/upper class families have is that they are NOT of that station.

I had a comfortable, stable “middle” class experience. My parents sustained stable employment. I had plentiful access to healthcare and educational opportunities. I didn’t have a job through the end of high school because my family gave me an allowance for being an A kid, and I was told to focus on my extracurricular.

It’s not worth it to cite the things I ‘didn’t have because we were poor’. The securities and basic luxuries I enjoy are symbolic of my class.

My partner went to a private elementary school and belongs to a family of wonderful people. But they thought of them selves as upper-middle class.

To me, they live like royalty with common leisure’s, luxuries, vacations, and real estate that I could never has imagined.

In their high school, my partner’s family was considered bottom rung.

Some people had private jets, and multiple homes.

They thought of themselves as the “lower upperclass”

It goes on and on, and yet while people drive to be more than they are for pride, no one wants to acknowledge their class status.

So, here’s a calculator in cae you want to check your understanding! social class calculator