People List 25 Things That Scream “I’m Middle Class”

Over time we automatically learn to analyse patterns and identify key giveaways of people’s routines so that we can profile them. Whether it’s a person’s social groups, career choices or even food choices, our preferences can define us in many ways. Eventually, we can reverse-analyze the results to make approximate assumptions of which category people may fall into based on their choices. One Reddit discussion openly discused the identifiable signs that indicate someone is from the ‘middle class’. Scroll to read a few of the top suggestions folks responded with, which we’ve shared in the gallery below.

#1

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Having a second, older refrigerator in your garage that you only use for storing beers.

#2

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When you can’t be bothered to work an extra day for $100, but spending $100 in one day still hurts you.

#3

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A plastic bag filled with more plastic bags.

#4

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Having a two-car garage but not being able to park your car in it because you have years worth of Christmas decorations and lawn tools stored in there.

#5

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When there are people behind you and in front of you in the classroom.

#6

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Starbucks or 3rd wave coffee. Target. House in the suburbs. Newish car. Vacationing at Disney. Gym memberships, summer camps, craft beer and bottle wine,, basically having a modicum of nicer things but not really rich. By contrast, The poor are more likely getting coffee at home, going to Walmart, apartment or trailer, old shite car, vacationing in the back yard if at all, no money for gyms or summer camps, Budweiser or box wine.

#7

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Driving several hours away to take a 5 day vacation. Eating cereal in your hotel room for breakfast, but going out for dinner. It’s nice, but not too nice.

#8

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Being to rich to get free help and to poor to afford help.

#9

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Being in debt due to large luxury expenses (cruises, oversized house, college for unmotivated/dumb kid) and looking down on those who are in debt due to small luxuries (cigarettes, hair weaves, soda).

#10

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A full pantry.

I have a couple less advantaged friends and one saw the inside of my pantry and was like… Y’all have food in there???

I should have sent him home with a box of cans and snacks…

#11

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Caring whether you’re lower middle, middle middle or upper middle class.

I tell people I don’t care about class, secretly suspect I’m actually upper middle class, but am middle middle middle class in reality.

#12

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Using your old t-shirt as a rag/doormat.

#13

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Driving a Tesla model 3.

#14

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Doing your own yardwork.

#15

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Having a new car and the 2nd car is a old one.

#16

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Buying the biggest TV you can afford, without considering the size of your living room.

Now you’ve got a huge a*s TV, but the room isn’t large enough that you can sit at a comfortable distance to watch it.

#17

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Not having to worry too much about expenditure but not really living life to the fullest.

#18

Framed photos of the occupants of the house. Family photos, kid school photos, wedding photos.

Rich people hang artwork. Poor people don’t bother with frames if they hang pictures at all.

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#19

Olive Garden.

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#20

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Saying you are broke while wearing name brand clothing.

#21

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Saying you have no money while going on multiple vacations a year.

#22

Having a “live, laugh, love” sign in your house.

Image source: anon

#23

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Pocket money.

#24

Image source: anon, Valeria Ushakova

Yoga pants and two kids while sipping on a $10 coffee from Starbucks.

#25

Image source: ND_5913, Tomasz Kulesa

Over spending on status symbols (phones, name brand clothes, gaming systems, other luxury items) so that you project wealth and your family “fits in” when it is financially damaging to do so.