My husband pointed out something really useful the other day: a lot of stereotypical marital fights (about “you’re not pulling your weight” or “you don’t appreciate all the work I do”) are really about a resource constraint: your household does not have enough money.
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My sense is that since access to money for white-collars is often mediated by class membership, it's hard to disentangle the signaling considerations from actual needs and financial constraints.
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Even people short on money, when they talk or think about their finances, are often mostly just expressing anxiety about class membership.
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Being in a financial position to have almost anything - but not everything simultaneously - is pretty awkward. Leaves so many value-laden choices up in the air for discussion/reevaluation/conflict
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this was an awkward transition for us from two theater salaries to two programmer salaries: once “is there literally money in the account” is no longer the criterion it makes value judgments much harder
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A shrinking middle class in Canada wake up call - PMJT created a Ministry of Middle Class Prosperity. When Minister was asked who r seen as middle class - paraphrasing ... those who can afford to put their kids in hockey. :)
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