11 Little Ways Life Tells You You’re Upper-Middle Class — Even If You Deny It
You Buy Name-Brand Coffee Beans
You save for retirement without bragging about it.
You Own More Than One Streaming Service
Paying Extra for Convenience is Normal
You Have a Separate Dedicated Office Space
Your Groceries Are Not Purely Survival
You Have Travel Stories That Aren't Road Trips
You Don’t Blink at Monthly Subscriptions
You Have Great Dental Insurance Coverage
Your Closet Has Aspirational Clothes
You Do Not Worry About Sales Tax
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The idea of class in America is a lot of times misinterpreted and thought as only two classes "rich" or "not rich". But the upper-middle class is living in a separate, safe, and very often an invisible place, a kind of financial and social cushion that influences the daily life in a very subtle way and whose members hardly ever realize it. Denial is a popular way of defending oneself; it is true that many people in this group still have mortgages and save money, thinking that they are very different from the inherited wealth stereotype. However, if you can discern the pattern of these silent, everyday conveniences, then you are probably stronger financially than you expect and that is a sign of living a life far above the economic median.