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Yeah but 25 years ago, oh la la.
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25 years ago, I was 11, and barely knew what a Volvo was.
And I stand corrected; my husband pointed out that while we are still not young, he’s a professional and I was in the past, and we’ve both lived in urban areas. He says we’re yuppies; I say we’re too old to be. So thanks to the OP for starting another marital debate. 
It’s a good-natured debate, as we tend to tease each other and joke around a lot.
MissGypsy writes:
> 25 years ago, I was 11, and barely knew what a Volvo was.
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> And I stand corrected; my husband pointed out that while we are still not
> young, he’s a professional and I was in the past, and we’ve both lived in urban
> areas. He says we’re yuppies; I say we’re too old to be. So thanks to the OP for
> starting another marital debate.
If you’re 36 years old, you’re young enough according to the definition of “yuppie.” As I said, in about 1984 I read something that defined the term as requiring at least that you be less than 40 and make more than $40,000. Adjust the salary requirement for inflation.
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Those were quite funny, but it’s become a bludgeon embraced by poeple fighting some battle in the culture wars. I have heard the term used on people who:
-Drive a European car
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Well, I’m a girl, and that whole “girl in tie” thing is pretty dated or Avril Levign-ish, so no.
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Well, then, you may be mischaracterized as a yuppie as a way of allowing someone to express their class resentments or anti-intellectualism. Or both.
I was once called a yuppie when I was 22 and supporting a pregnant girlfriend working as a bellhop. I blame the cat.
The cat got your girlfriend pregnant?
Around here, you can’t be a yuppie if you don’t do your grocery shopping at Whole Foods.
Alot of those faddish terms wreck my head. It’s really cool to use some derisive, stereotypic, nomenclature for people better off or worse off than you. There’s an author/pundit/bullshitter here called David McWilliams whose stock-in-trade nowadays seems to consist of coming up with these terms for various groups in Irish society.
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The cat got your girlfriend pregnant?
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In case you needed another reason, people: Get those pets fixed!
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MissGypsy writes:
> 25 years ago, I was 11, and barely knew what a Volvo was.
>
> And I stand corrected; my husband pointed out that while we are still not
> young, he’s a professional and I was in the past, and we’ve both lived in urban
> areas. He says we’re yuppies; I say we’re too old to be. So thanks to the OP for
> starting another marital debate.
If you’re 36 years old, you’re young enough according to the definition of “yuppie.” As I said, in about 1984 I read something that defined the term as requiring at least that you be less than 40 and make more than $40,000. Adjust the salary requirement for inflation.
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Ok, we’re halfway there. Husband is over 40, so I can be a yuppie but he can’t. Yet he makes more money, and we’re no longer urban. Can we be half-assed former yuppies? 
Sheesh, we’re paying for college for one kid, senior pictures for another, kindergarten materials for another, Pull-Ups for another, and diapers and formula for another. That’s just not very yuppie. We’re more like broke, tired people.