Societys Rankings

Who decides who is who? Who decides what class, people slot into? Is it that everyone estimates their own class, and judges everyone else against that? Or is it that people judge by the way that other people portray themselves?

Is 'class' sorted by money, or by personality and community appearance? Is class the literal sense of how 'classy' someone is? Is it how much money they are worth, followed by classiness or vice versa?

What class are you in? What class would you say I'm in?
I personally think that I'm middle class. I'm not stinking rich, and I fart when I need to - bet you didnt see that coming! I use slang, and real words. I dont talk snotty and I try not to look down on people. I dont understand other peoples decisions but I try not to bag anyone for it. I congratulate people on good things. I dont go out for meals, I dont go to charity events, I dont drive a bmw or mercedes. I'm simply not a snob. I'm also not in the lower class spectrum, as I dont do drugs, drink alcohol, become homeless.. we're tidily dressed, own vehicles and we bring in a fair bit of money.. enough for a good lifestyle.
I'm a real person and consider myself 'down to earth', with enough money accessable. Hence me placing myself where I am.

We had a visitor today who really put me 'in my place'. I dont think it was meant to be like that, as this person was just being herself. She clearly had a lot of money behind her, was older, and incredibly well presented. It was obvious that we were not from the same socio economic circles. It was rather uncomfortable. WHAT made her like that though, was it her money or HER being her?

Take Britney Spears for example - this is not a dig at her, as I enjoy her music and she has my upmost sympathy. She has gone through absolute hell with the world all watching. She needs a break, she needs to hide away where no one is watching and get herself together. I hope she gets this. But as I was saying, she is worth millions, which puts her automatically into the upper class status catergory. But during her breakdown period, she wasnt exactly the most classiest person around, with the partying in raging clubs, going out with no underwear, shaving her head etc.. that wouldnt normally be 'accepted' as a high class person.

I personally know of someone who thinks of themself as high class, where she has literally no money, and lives day to day relying on sales (small ones) as income. But she still portrays herself as well off, and tells people that she is a well respected person in the community, and is 'up there' with the millionaires in her region. This is not the case at all. Is she actually a high class person because of where she puts herself? Or would this just be classed as dillusional? (please excuse the pun! lol)

I think that no matter how much we earn in a lifetime, I think we'll always be middle class simply because of our personality.