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What’s interesting is what you’re describing of your rich acquaintances sounds solidly middle-class to me.
There’s a whole other level of rich out there that make your rich friends look practically frugal.
The problem is that everyone has a different definition of "rich". I think OC has a good definition.
I'm not personally a fan of "middle-class" meaning "has about as much money as me, or as much money as I'd like to have", or "anybody who has to work for a living, but doesn't need to use a food bank".
That's why there tends to be separation in the type of middle class. "Lower Middle class" "Upper Middle Class"
To me, this is like how "The Mid-West" is in central/Eastern USA, and "The Middle East" is not actually anywhere near the Mid-West, but in Western Asia.
Arbitrary phrases that sound like they would have concrete/objective definitions in relation to one another, but are actually defined by culture, history, and however the person using them interprets them, lol
Yeah, I wouldn't classify myself as rich, just middle class and I do some of those things, my mom and her boyfriend could do all of those things and I would not classify them as rich either, just upper middle class.
The actually rich people buy stuff that is so expensive that I couldn't afford it, even if I saved for years, and the price is mostly that high so they can show their rich friends just how rich they are.
I live in Germany, the definition of middle class might be different in other countries, though.