Would you not date or be Friends with anyone cause of their social background?

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

it wouldn't bother me, as long as they're not assholes i don't mind.

How dare you . :mad:

I don't think I would have any issue with it, but then again can you all really say that use would be ok with dating a roman gypsy? And alot of upper class people I have met (Not all) have a very low opinion on the some of the poorer areas in Dublin and would have a massive problem with their sons/daughters dating someone from the area disregardless of how much a nice guy/girl they were, vice versa aswell.

I once had someone call to the door selling something, can't really remember why and when I answerd the door she asks me where I was from (Coolock) , then she asks originally (Coolock) , then asks where I got my accent from maybe expecting the thick Dublin accent and she found it unbelievable that I was actually well spoken??!

I don't mind their backround as long as they're not w*nkers or cnuts. I could care less what their social backround is.

jkrowling wrote: »

Personally it doesn't make a difference, once a person isn't a right jacinta then it doens't matter to me where they come from.

I have a southside friend who refers to me as her ONF - obligatrry, northside friend and loves me bringing her out to pubs in Finglas and teaching her friends the slang words that me and my group of friends would use. Don't think this was degrading I actually think it's quite funny.

But on the downside, a few years back (actually many, many moons ago!!), I was seeing this guy from Castleknock, still northside of the river but seen as a more upmarket area than Finglas. At the time he was the love of my life and I thought he felt the same way but a few months into the relationship we broke up because he didn't want me going out with his UCD mates or meeting his family because he couldn't bear the thought of telling them I was from finglas. :eek:

Looks like you were better off without tbh!

I dont see what where somebody is from has to do with who they are! Some people are products of their environments, but that doesnt mean that underneath they will automatically be sound/nice or a scumbag/knob end. That's more to do with the person and how they we brought up by their family imho

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Nope, it wouldn't bother me at all where someone is from.

I'm from a working class background and openly acknowledge it and am proud of it. My parents worked hard to give me a decent upbringing. I have a very neutral accent so you wouldnt know it when you met me and it surprises people a little when they find out..

Pretty much the same situation with me too. I'm from south inner city council housing, grew up living amonsgt drug dealers and bank robbers yet that never changed who I am today. Speaking to me you would never think I had that as my background, my accent is pretty neutral for a Dub, and many many people have even thought I was from outside Dublin.

I've got friends who have plenty of cash in their family, and friends who have little, yet I treat them all the same. As for dating, same situation...they get treated no differently as to how I'd treat anyone else.

I'm dating someone from the northside of Dublin, and I'm from the southside, and one of the wealthier parts of it too. Her family are probably better off than mine though, so go figure. Assuming that which side of a river you live on affects your social class is a bit ridiculous.

Most people don't advertise their social background, most posters here from so called 'bad' areas say they don't have much of accent, they probably don't wear certain clothes or hairstyles which many in certain areas do (whether upper, middle or lower class) Plenty of people on the northside dress like the southside stereotype and vice versa. I just flatly dislike anyone who defines themselves in this way, rich or poor. If I see uggs, abercrombie and bleached blonde hair or floral print leggings, giant hoop earrings and shortish red or platinum blonde dyed hair, I assume you don't have enough of a personality to seperate yourself from your surroundings.

Where you come from is irrelevant, it's all about you personally.

I'm from Tallaght. Grew up in a council house with my 6 sisters and brother. Dad was out of work after a broken back. We used butter vouchers and lived off benifits for a number of years. Have socialised with and distanced myself from utter scum. People have been shot, killed, robbed and terrorised on my road.

My girlfriend lived in Terenure in a huge big house, spent a number of years of her childhood in Belgium, has 1 sis and 1 bro, parents have always worked good jobs. Her bro plays rugby, her sis is an accountant and she is a financier of some description (I really should learn what she actually does, probably involves a WENIS).

2 very different social backgrounds, 2 very different people, 2 very different childhoods, 1 very happy couple.