Here Is A List Of All The Embarrassing Things That People Do In Order To Pretend To Be Upper Class

Some people try very hard to look richer than they are, and the results can be painfully obvious. From flashy purchases to fake accents, the effort to seem upper class often ends up doing the exact opposite.

In this roundup, people share the most embarrassing things they have seen or heard from those trying to pass as posh. The stories range from debt-fueled vacations to luxury cars, designer labels, and over-the-top weddings, all with one thing in common, the performance is hard to miss.

And once people start noticing the act, it is usually already too late.

1. Sounds like a stressful holiday...

Taking out loans to get your family on a little vacation.

My friend is doing this. I told him to save up for a trip like that. Apparently, stuff around the house is stressing both him and his significant other so badly with their kids that they are fighting over taking out $20,000 or $30,000 to go on a vacation. One vacation. Then it’s back to fighting and whatnot. Absurd.

Imagine knowingly going into debt to go on one vacation. They both work too, which is even more baffling.

That kind of spending usually comes with a lot of pressure.

2. Please avoid the credit card "wealth" trap

My uncle and his wife are perfect examples.

They bought a brand new Mercedes that they can’t afford, live in a house that’s too big for them, bought a caravan in a park where the ground rental is nearly $50,000 a year, and they bought their kids expensive bikes that were never used. And what did they use to pay for all this?

If you guessed credit cards, then you are correct. Credit cards and loans from my grandmother, which they will never pay back.

Then they make fun of my mother and me for being working class. They might as well spit on my grandfather’s grave since he was working class through and through.

It gets worse when the attitude comes with it.

3. Stop this!

Talking about how expensive everything you have is and how much money you have.

I’ve found that truly wealthy people don’t feel compelled to talk about it constantly.

4. Who needs to spend so much on a party?

Getting married in a big, fat wedding by taking out loans and borrowing from friends.

Plus, getting super expensive rings when you can’t afford one-tenth of it.

5. Valid point

When I sold cars for five years, the people with the worst credit, income, and finances were always trying to stretch to buy the most expensive and newest car. They were the easiest to impress with new features, special colors, and performance specifications.

The people with the best finances were always looking for a basic Corolla or Camry. They were usually replacing a 15-year-old Toyota they handed down or sold online. After having that experience, whenever I hear someone say they “special ordered” a “special color” or that theirs “only x amount of this car made,” I just think to myself that they are a sucker and probably have bad credit.

And when I see someone driving an old beat-up car, I don’t automatically think they are broke; instead, I think they are probably hoarding cash and have a nice retirement ahead of them.

That showroom logic says a lot.

This is similar to a roommate refusing to pay rent after splurging on luxury items.

6. The fake accent is a good test

My aunt has a house in a really expensive area of Dublin (D4). She speaks as if she was born in that posh area; however, we’re from a small village in the middle of nowhere in County Limerick.

My uncle and father speak with the local accent. She and her children live off Aldi ready-made meals while she buys expensive designer clothes that consume most of her salary. She also gets my grandfather to pay her rent. Additionally, her children don’t always have shoes that fit them, or they are even a size too small. They’re often tiny on them.

7. Psst, they are a bad investment, too!

Struggling to scrape together the minimum payments on a luxury car.

8. Have you noticed things that people do to seem rich? Share them in the comments below!

9. Labels

Wearing brand clothes that have the huge name of the brand on them. I used to work in one of the brand stores, and these were literally made for the lower class that wants to show off.

More expensive and higher quality items never had this flexing on them.

10. Preach

Rich people on Instagram are probably mostly fake rich, buying followers.

If I were a billionaire, I would not want to be tagged partying on a yacht.

Especially not in 2020.

11. You should never talk down to people!

Talking down to working-class people. Don’t get me wrong; there are definitely snooty upper-class people; however, in my interactions with them as a working-class person in services, they’ve always been extremely nice.

My guess is because we both know who we are in “society,” so there are no pretensions.

Fake upper-class people have to completely reinforce the class divide.

Part of me thinks it’s resentment at what they might have used to have been, and the other part thinks it’s how they think other upper-class people behave.

12. And if by "show off" you mean "tax write off"

Appearance of wealth, but no philanthropy.

Philanthropy is how true upper-class people really show off.

13. Oh, honey...

Shopping in the curtains aisle of Walmart and openly declaring to me (an employee trying to zone) that we “have no taste.”

14. This is so cringe

Talking about possessions, slipping dollar amounts into conversations.

Acting like you’ve been there before.

15. Huh...

I work at an exotic car rental branch.

I have plenty of customers who rent our cars and ask us to take the ID tags off the key ring (understandable). Then I have some who insist they get the same license plate each time and will flip out if I give them the same model as usual but with the plate one digit off.

They’re trying to create the appearance to whoever that they own the car and get themselves trapped in a situation where they have to keep renting to maintain the illusion. That charade never lasts long.

For another financial blow-up, read about the fight over refusing to fund friends’ lavish trip.