whole wheat bread and labels

I have been in the upper middle class my entire life, but I never realized my social class could affect the food I like, until now. Because my parents had choices on what kind of food to feed me while I was growing up, they went for the more expensive whole wheat bread and also lactose free milk (although it wasn't a choice for them- they are lactose intolerant).

When I first went to kindergarten and had a carton of milk and a slice of wonder bread with my lunch. My parents told me that I had refused to eat and drink it because I didn't like the way it tasted. I now realize it was because my parents raised me drinking lactose intolerant milk and whole what bread that I had only developed a taste for that.

Not only has the upper middle class lifestyle conditioned me to only like certain foods, but it has also condtioned me to only like certain clothes and things. For example, a simple wallet. I got a wallet from limited too when I was in grade school. My mom got it for me to put my allowance in (my whole $5 a week). My friend saw my wallet and asked if she could get one, so her mom told her to save up her allowance and then took her to target, to buy one that looked so similar to mine that the only difference was that her's didn't say limited too on the front. Even though they were no different, I wanted to get the one from limited too just because it was from there. I have also noticed this in my older years as well. I went shopping in florida with my mom at this insane mall in hollywood. We went into the juicy store and I got a green zip up. I probably could have gottten that zip up anywhere else for less, but I got the juicy one instead.

Through the video and discussions we have had, I truly feel like my class has affected me as a person.