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So DH and I came to the realization last weekend that we are kind of yuppies! Not in the negative way of being snotty, spending excessivly on designer stuff, etc. but more in our activities.
Since graduating college a few years ago, DH's and my interests have changed. We've started playing golf, are taking tennis lessons, we've joined a wine club - and since we're just 23 and 24, these activities and interests just seem to make us a bit yuppie.
Anyone else feel like they are kind of yuppie?
Um, us. *Raises hand tentatively.*
Which is ridiculous, because we don't have money, but the neighborhood we live in is famous for being overloaded with yuppies. And, well, I kind of like some of the stuff. I'm not into the "hey, I'm DESIGNER" stuff, but clothing, location, Whole Foods, yoga, etc are my splurges.
I also have a horse. I don't think that helps. I pasture board her for cheap! And I worked for lessons most of my life! Haha, I don't think I can save myself from this one.
@Mrs.KMM: I definitely feel like a "yuppie" from time to time.
FI's hobby is sailing, my hobby is horseback riding and I've been known to sport argyle and cable knit sweaters. FI and I also love wearing our boat shoes on weekends.
I'm only 26 but we are turning into Muffy and Biff from the country club!
lol my MOH teases me all the time bc she says me and FI are yuppies now and that is just what I did NOT want to be! :) But adding up the circumstances I can kind of see her point:
- two mid-20s professionals (lawyer and corporate accountant)
- just bought a 4 bedroom house in a nice new subdivision in the 'burbs
- 1 dog, 2 cats
- plans in the works for an actual white picket fence (HOA mandated)
- he drives an audi a4 and i just bought a toyota rav4
she says all i need now are a couple of kids and a soccer practice to get to lol.
Us? Maybe?
ETA: Reading other people's responses, probably not. Neither of us is particularly preppy. We're just both professionals.
@lilyfaith: Yeah - the city we live in near Dallas is know for being one of the most yuppie areas of the Dallas metro area. Certainly doesn't help our case either.
@CorgiTales: No house for us yet (but probably in a couple of years we will have one), but DH is a consultant and I've got an engineering degree and work in the medical device field (not as an engineer though). Our jobs certainly don't help with the yuppiness either - especially DH's consulting. Plus we have a dog.
Yep, add me to the list :S
-FI and I are both insurance agents
-Recently bought a 3 bedroom house in a family friendly suburb
-Argyle? Check. Sweater vests? Check. Golf League? Check.
-I'm a horse person too... and Dressage at that (doesn't get much more yuppy than dressage!)
-Ideal weekend = going to greenhouses to get ideas for our landscaping, quiet dinner in, and going to local wineries (sp?) for tastings/tours.
We've turned over to the dark side... oh well :P
Ummm, yeah, somehow I’ve turned out to be a yuppie.
The only reason we joined BJ’s (like Sam’s Club) was to be able to buy cases of Pelligrino bottled water (imported from Italy). That’s the only thing we ever buy there, besides steak. We go through more than a case a week.
My husband drives a Mercedes sports coupe in a state where it can snow for 5 months out of the year.
I’m currently wearing a button down top and a cable knit sweater.
We walk our cat around the yard/neighborhood on a leash.
The only non-yuppie tendency I have is I hate Whole Foods with the fire of a thousand suns.
My friends tell me that DH and I are both yuppies and waspy. We joke that we are totally Tod and Margot from Christmas Vacation!
I thought it was worse--I thought we were HIPSTERS.
Then my friend said, "You know, there's a difference between being a hipster and just being white."
You know that "stuff white people like" book/blog? I took the quiz and I'm like, 90% white.
I DO like coffee! I DO like study abroad! I DO like yoga!
@prettylizy: same here with the dressage! BUT I have a Mustang. Not exactly your typical Warmblood-y dressage horse.
ETA: we have a dog and a Prius, too. Wow, these are stacking up fast.
Hee hee, this thread is funny.
My biggest contribution is both FI and I drive Priuses and we shop at Whole Foods. Although maybe this makes us more crunchy than yuppie? :)
But ditto what JennyW1 said! Bring on the travel to developing countries! Bring on the yoga! Bring on the reusable grocery bags!
@MissBoston: I forgot about the Priuses and the Whole Foods! No Prius, but we do occasionally ride our bikes...to Whole Foods. (They're not fixed gear, though so...)
I have a question, though. What is the difference between a:
1. Yuppie
2. WASP
3. Prep
Or are they six-of-one-half-dozen-of-the-other?
@prettylizy: I do the hunters and the equitation... so I hear you on the horse yuppiness. Right now I"m trying to save enough money to buy a new saddle and lease a horse to do the 3'6" eq.
@gabrielleelise1981: I have to admit I've taken my cat out on a leash too...
@JennyW1: I LOVE that website... So funny.
Just had to post because it's so exciting to see other dressage riders! @lilyfaith, @prettylizy, I did dressage as well for a number of years :) Unfortunately, I haven't been able to figure out how to continue riding in NYC.
So I guess that we're yuppies as well? We're totally into the wine tasting thing, and Dh has an interest/obsession with high end scotch. I kinda sorta <3 brooks brothers men's clothing (their women's stuff is too stuffy even for me), a pair of boat shoes is on my must-buy-for-fall list and my pearl studs come out fairly often :)
@hilsy85: Oh - forgot about the pearl studs that never leave my ears! And DH and I both own boat shoes. He pretty much lives in button downs and polo shirts and I wear a ton of cardigans to work.
@moderndaisy: LMAO. we do that too.
we are total "urban yuppies" and i'm not ashamed to admit it!
totally rocking out the yuppie uniform right now--a cardigan, silk shirt, and pearls.
Hmm. you raise an interesting question.. I think a lot of times they are interchangeable, but not necessarily the same thing. Like we might be a bit yuppie because of the Priuses and Whole Foods, but I wouldn't consider us WASPy at all.
@JennyW1: I think they overlap, but that Prep has more to do with personal style than anything else. Yuppie has, I think, replaced WASP as the number of professionals and people of a particular socioeconomic background who aren't white or protestant has grown.
@hilsy85: Similarly, I like Whole Foods, etc., etc., but don't own button downs, pearls or anything even remotely in the argyle family.
My family is very distressed.
@JennyW1: I tend to see the terms a little differently. Here's my generalized thoughts on the different terms. (Others feel free to provide different views on these).
Yuppie - Young professionals who are making their own way in life and though, while successful, make their own money and choose to spend it on the nicer things/lifestyle that money can provide (such as things brought up in this thread: Whole Foods, pearls, tennis, golf, horses, nice clothes, etc).
WASP - Young people who come from family money; "Trust Fund Kids" in a way. Typically grew up in a life of extreme wealth and priviledge and had everything in life handed to them and have continued this lifestyle into their young adult life. Some of the lifestyle things can be the smae as yuppies (golf, horses, etc) but also move into more expensive things like yachting.
Prep - I see this as more of a style of dress (ie prepy clothes) than a lifestyle and think the prepiness can fall under both Yuppies and WASPs.
I'm pretty sure I'm a yup, but I always thought of preps/wasps as a kind of East Coast subdivision of yuppies--like yuppies are white, upper-middle class suburban or urban professionals who like nice things (like Oprah) while with preps/WASPs, there's something a little more blueblood with the yachting and the horses (sorry if I'm offending any of the horsey ladies) and the penchant for seersucker (like Martha).
How sad is it that I WISH I could be preppy/waspy? I love wearing pearls. I play golf. I think little animals embroidered on one's socks are cute. But it's just one of those things--people who are preppy/WASPy are just that way effortlessly and as hard as I try, I have about as much success as Liz Lemon would. It appears one does not wear Lily Pulitzer without sufficient training :(
@Mrs.KMM: I though WASP stood for white anglosaxton protestant. And the stereotype and the stereotype was not showing a lot of emotion and british properness and all that fun stuff.
Edit: Just looked it up on Wiki - apparently inherited wealth is a big part of it. I always thought it was just making fun of protestant awkwardness like the monty python sketches.
TOTALLY. FI says I have turned into an extreme BUPPIE = Black Yuppie
I am a managemnt consultant for a large firm
wear pearls
I run outside avidly (sooooooo b/yuppie)
LOVE Whole foods/trader Joes
Pencil skirts/dresses only
I Happy hour like it's a lifeline
I had to stop when I found myself wondering if I should get Tory Burch flats....i dont wanna be tooo cliche. I will NEVER do the Uggs tho. EVER.
And to give some context, I was born/raised in inner-city NYC in a VERY tough neighborhood,so FI is like WHO ARE YOU. I know where I come from tho and that keeps me grounded and thoughtful
@troubled: Yup I'm pretty sure that's true...WASPs are known for having a stiff upper lip. However, they're also known for their boat shoes and love of cable knit sweaters! :)
@JennyW1: It's not somethiing you have to be born with! I was a total tomboy until I was like 10--and then I put on my first cardigan and felt something change within me, lol. You go rock Lilly Pulitzer like it's your job!
@Aubergold:Ahhhh I'm dying for a pair of the TB flats. And I have the Uggs...
@hilsy85: LMAO....please dont tell me you wear them with skirts?...........lol im kidding.
@JennyW1: Recipe for WASPiness:
1) Gin (those living below the Mason Dixon line may substitute Jack Daniels) to taste
2) Use of the word "summer" as a verb
3) Large bank accounts, preferably of the non-offshore variety
4) Total lack of irony and/or self-awareness
5) Unfortunate childhood nickname
Appropriate college majors for WASPs include: Fine Art, Art History, French, French Literature, English or any combination thereof (women); Business, Political Science, History, Philosophy, English or any combination thereof (men).
@hilsy85: Aww, thank you for your support! I just have to work on not spilling my burrito hot sauce on it and we'll be all set.
Tory Burch flats?? Swoon! (DH is funny--"Why would you want someone else's initials on your toes??" Me: "Shut up and play your video game.")
@Aubergold: hahah no no, just with jeans.. Does that make it not so bad? :)
@teaadntoast: Love it! I met soo many girls in college who went by "Bunny" or "Bitsy".
@teaadntoast: Haha! Use of the word "summer" as a verb is definitely a sign of a WASP to me!
Why does that make you a yuppie?
My husband loves to golf although I just can't get into it. Him and the guys go to the local high school tennis court in nice weather to play tennis. And if we had the extra money we would def join a wine club!
It just happens to be the things you like! Not yuppie at all. :)
Ah! I always thought of it as becoming a Dallas-ite. :-) I'm from San Antonio. But since I became a professional and moved here, I've
1) bought a Jetta
2)bought a coach purse and wallet
3)iphone
4)love pearls
5)wear flats or heels all the time... unless i'm out working, then I wear cowboy boots.
6)enjoy wine tasting and pairing food with wine
7)work out every day
8) like having people over for dinner parties
9) enjoy going abroad and our house is european themed.
10)am saving up for Louboutins.
eek! We don't golf, or sail though.
I've always had a horse, but I ride western. And I work at a horse magazine so... I consider myself a Fort Worthian more than associating with Dallas. Either way, I guess I'm a yuppie. I'm not a hipster, though. And I'm not a WASP--my Dad's mom was, but my mom is a Jewish/Italian new Yorker. :-)
Before I moved to NYC and became voluntarily jobless while my FI is going to graduate school, I was definitely a yuppie! :) Lived in a loft-style apartment downtown, drank wine, shopped organically, took the dog for a walk in the park... No golf though!
@hilsy85: There's a dressage barn with school horses up at the top of central park. Called Riverdale Equestrian Center (I think), you should check it out.
@hilsy85: I haven't been there for a lesson, but my friend went. She said the facilities are REALLY nice, but wasn't a fan since she does the jumpers and they only had dressage horses as school horses.
But if dressage is your thing, it sounds like a fantastic place.
I commute 45 min each way to a barn in NJ so I can do the hunters/eq.
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