“Lower class: wife doesn’t work; Middle class: wife works; Upper middle class: wife doesn’t work”

A statement about work and the social classes was posted on X/Twitter by Halberstam on November 4, 2022, and received over 212,000 likes:
   
“Lower class: wife doesn’t work
Middle class: wife works
Upper middle class: wife doesn’t work
Upper class: wife runs a small business that loses $10k/month”
 
 
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Halberstam
@parkavedegen
Lower class: wife doesn’t work
Middle class: wife works
Upper middle class: wife doesn’t work
Upper class: wife runs a small business that loses $10k/month
10:47 AM · Nov 4, 2022
 
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Mehul 🇮🇳
@mehulmeh
This doesn’t happen in india infact. -lower class wife works hard , middle class wife may or may not work,upper middle class - wife doesn’t work upper class - to kill boredom wife runs an ngo or is an activist.
4:34 PM · Nov 4, 2022
   
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I am Dilfbert’s assassinated corpse
@SoyMethDad
Lower class: wife works 3 casual jobs that earn less than it costs to feed a family of 3
Middle class: wife works one 50 hour a week job that costs enough to cover food but not rent
Upper middle class: wife doesn’t work
Upper class: wife runs a hedge fund that loses $100k/month
9:01 PM · Nov 4, 2022
   
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Rickey Halliday
@RickeyHalliday
Lower class: wife doesn’t work because childcare is comically expensive.
Middle: wife doesn’t work because childcare is comically expensive.
Upper-Middle: wife also works to afford comically expensive childcare.
Upper: wife doesn’t work because she doesn’t need to.
11:52 PM · Nov 4, 2022
 
iFunny
gssq
7 nov 2022
Halberstam @parkavedegen Lower class: wife doesn’t work Middle class: wife works Upper middle class: wife doesn’t work Upper class: wife runs a small business that loses $10
   
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bayarin.crypto aja
@mainanlilin
in Indonesia would be :
Lower class : husband doesn’t work
Middle class : wife helping husband’s work
Upper mid class : wife doesn’t work
Upper class : wife work for flexing as influencer on social media
only single woman work to find a husband
11:52 PM · Jan 25, 2023
 
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Rothmus 🏴
@Rothmus
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Lower class: wife doesn’t work
Middle class: wife works
Upper middle class: wife doesn’t work
Upper class: wife runs a small business that loses $10k/month
5:06 AM · Mar 19, 2024