People have been sharing the subtle signs a house is middle class – 16 low-level luxuries

9.

‘The good toilet paper. I grew up with a single mom that always bought the cheapest TP she could find. I still distinctly remember when I visited a middle class friends house and saw triple ply for the first time. My brain told me it was some sort of towel material and I was super fucking confused for a second.’
-NeCede_Malis

10.

‘Kids having cute bedding. The couple of dollars difference between plain sheets and blankets and the cute stuff with dinosaurs and unicorns is a giant gulf when you’re poor.’
-madcats323

11.

‘I remember when I was around 9 or 10 I went to my first sleepover. It hit me when we pulled up; absolutely no trash in the yard or weird scraggly trees growing through the fence, no peeling paint, no cracks in the windows at all, and there were no bare patches on their lawn from a fire.’
-a_leaf_floating_by

12.

‘I finally felt like I had “made it” when I moved into a house and found I had a room I had no idea what to do with. It’s been months and it’s still empty.’
-blahbabooey

13.

‘Actually, growing up in the 80’s-90’s I will tell you what I remember most about the middle class houses was the amount of fresh fruit and veggies they always had. Large bowl on the counter, plenty in the fridge and pantry. Not just cheap factory food.’
-AdorkableUtahn

14.

‘Matching furniture, matching appliances, dishwashers and ice makers.’
-verminiusrex

15.

‘A family room. Like a whole separate room from the living room with a tv and huge couches’
-likewhaa

16.

‘Books, shelves full of books. That was what hit me as a kid going to my posher friends’ houses. Now my parents didn’t read much when I was young, but I was massively into books so seeing walls of shelves with books around my friends houses made me think they were super clever and mega rich. I know, not necessarily true especially these days, but while I have never become rich myself, I guess I became middle class through education and life experiences, so my flat is filled with books I’ve read or will read one day. So, I guess I always thought that being middle class was associated with having a library of books :)’
-smallcoder

And finally, the definitive answer.

‘A couch that’s not up against the wall.’
-Disastrous_Soup_7137

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