5th Generation I can relate to a degree with where you're coming from I think. Not me personally, but in the Hall I go to. There are two upper middle aged couples. Both couples are doing pretty well financially. I can't go into specifics as to what the husbands do for a living as it will potentially blow my cover. However, the one couple, is very blue collarish if you will. The husband is the type who likes to get dirty. He's the type who will spend a small fortune on hardware, tools, etc.. Very nice couple. Unless you knew what they did for a living, you'd never guess they were as well off as they are. The other couple, is very "proper." The wife who's ok in my book, she's very concerned about appearances, somewhat materialistic. Who am I kidding, she is materialistic. Her husband the breadwinner, very nice guy, very brainy and quite well off, yet very down to earth. He could care less about what he owns, or what other people think of him or his success. He'd be just as content to be mopping a floor somewhere on a graveyard shift.
What's funny about the two couples is, the people in the Hall, and the Circuit as well, are more cold toward the "proper" couple. It's classism through and through in my personal opinion. There's a resentment I pick up on that people have toward them simply because they're financially well off. This couple is the one that will take the CO and his wife to a 5 star resteraunt. His wife is the one who will wear real pearls to the Memorial. Nothing wrong in those things, but some people for whatever reason catch offense to that. Meanwhile the blue collarish couple who are well off, people adore them. Again a lot of it has to do with appearances. Like I said, you'd never know this guy is a millionaire looking at him or even hanging out with him. That's just not his style. But its funny seeing how people treat one another in the hall based off whatever social heirarchy is present.
