Although I am British, I moved away to another country when young, and got some of my English lessons privately, plus my family is quite posh, or at least, like

Although I am British, I moved away to another country when young, and got some of my English lessons privately, plus my family is quite posh, or at least, likes to talk that way. I moved back to the UK and on joining primary school there, my received accent was the first thing to go, much to my parents dismay, as it invites teasing and bullying. I can still talk in a reasonably posh way, but almost never use it, and adopt all sorts of mannerisms from my travels, my accent is, at a guess, a little bit estuary english, with other things thrown in. I've never really felt the need to up my accent, it doesn't make you the most popular person professionally to act better than everyone else, especially if you don't have vastly superior skills or superior standing to back it up, in fact it annoys me if someone tries it on me. I wouldn't say I act lower class than my standing, rather, I tend to fit in with my peers.