Posted by alexandra_k on February 1, 2014, at 17:52:12
In reply to Re: the natural order, posted by alexandra_k on February 1, 2014, at 17:24:28
of course the 'upper class' thing is relative... or, more, i need to adjust to it turning out to be quite different from what i initially took it to mean. and so i still get that wrong sometimes.
it used to be about:
royal.
the first son got the inheritance. a life of leisure.
the second son went to the university? lawer? doctor? profession. 'middle class'. working.
the third went to the church.or something like that.
university professor... is considered to be a... humble thing. i guess some could earn a lot more in industry / private business. not so for philosophy ahahahaha.
but you need a patron. someone to... pay you. support your life. to whatever standard you manage to get... so they feel good about... being around you...
i don't suppose trophy wives do wonders for their childrens educational prospects... i guess that is what those private boarding schools are for... thats whats good about getting wives into caring things... education... midwifery...
and getting your hair done your nails done your spray tan having your personal training etc etc etc is totally a full time job. caring what the twits are tweeting about you...
and of course that is different from royal. having a private business operating out of the basement of a million dollar cottage in ponsonby (for the tax breaks on your house and your car etc etc) is different. the strain of having to decide whether your kids should go to private school x or private school y is different. whether this or that school gets more people into bio-med, into med...
i would have loved boarding school. i thought. but that's probably because of reading too much mallory towers and the like. i would have had to have taken up lacrosse.
things are going to be okay... they are... its going to be okay. i'm mostly away from these people... those people... people who... are made uncomfortable by my existance. i am okay here. mostly. i think.
this just kind of threw me because i really wasn't expecting...
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