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cross-class relationships

Can’t Buy Me Love

February 12, 2016 by Taylor Chapman 1 Comment

Being Poor in a Cross-Class Relationship We had just turned 18. We had just started dating after two years of friendship. We had just walked into one of my worst nightmares: Which friggin’ fork do I use first?!? My boyfriend was wealthy, and I was poor. It normally didn’t affect our relationship very much, because […]

Filed Under: Class cultures, Money Tagged With: class cultures, cross-class relationships

A cross-class dating anecdote

October 22, 2012 by S.M. Miller 1 Comment

At Brooklyn College, part of the City of New York’s public higher education system, I began to be acutely aware of class.  I asked a co-ed for a date, she agreed and gave me her address to pick her up on Saturday.  I noted that her address was in Flatbush, a middle income community unlike […]

Filed Under: Class in Higher Education, Classism in Everyday Life, First Generation College Students Tagged With: academia, cross-class relationships, first generation college students

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