Our segregated society

I don’t quite remember how it all started, the best I have off-pat is around more than a decade ago Archana Puran Singh in her patent style used to say in a TV show “sporting a bright colour this monsoon ‘very H.S.’ gossiping loud sitting in a posh restaurant ‘very L.S.” and I think it stuck with me from that time onwards.
I, with few of my close friends took pride in making a list of what’s L.S and what’s H.S. and obviously it was as per our convenience. What ever we did, wore or spoke became a landmark and very H.S. (high society) and things that we didn’t approve of became very tacky, down market and L.S (Low Society).
With time I have matured and I would like to believe that I have turned into a very gracious and a well mannered lady. Back then it was all about dressing up, kind of people one hung around with and petty little things that decided the demarcation that we drew for H.S. and L.S. but now I have moved on to things which are universal.
Certain behaviour traits which is very infuriating and it’s demonstrated by people who are otherwise well turned out and very polite… for e.g. (this list is based on my personal experience)

Going on about their income and the kind of bonus they make or asking others about their income.
Bitching about their mother-in-law or in law’s in general.
Putting down someone on their face with tacky comments.
Showing off their recent purchase, which is not bad, but going on about the price without being asked certainly is.
Arguing with their maids, drivers in high pitch voice.
Discussing one’s sex life in detail.

I think I will go on forever so I will take a break but not before mentioning one more thing. I think the tackiest of all is girl’s going on a shopping spree on their boy friend’s expense. I was reading this month’s issue of Verve (I normally don’t read this regularly but this month’s issue was on bridal collection therefore I bought it). They chose Amisha Patel as their muse. No doubt she was photographed in some very pretty couture and jewellery, which I enjoyed looking at, but in her interview she went overboard and it presented her as not only snobbish (which is an understatement) but also very tacky and downmarket.
She went on raving about how brand conscious she is and how she loved to shop at France and London as a child which was still fine. But it almost got unbearable when she went on about her “poor boyfriend” that how he went mad locating a limited edition Dior ‘Jazz’ bag in pink for her birthday. And when asked about if they are a good match, all she had to say was, ‘we have similar Dolce & Gabbana and Valentino belts, and have matched them with similar colour t-shirts and shirts.’ I mean c’mon, I am sure there is more to that man than some belts and shirts. If anything else all she mentioned was how he took her for a holiday to the Maldives or showed her around the hotspots of London in his Ferrari with a personalised yellow number plate.
As if almost on cue the poor guy called her up to say I am happy to get married to you in a jeans and a t-shirt (mentioned in her interview).I am sure there are lot of us out there who can afford lot of things in this world but going on about it in this manner is really L.S. and downmarket.