Mrs Simpson's "Application" - Is this Woman for Real?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They say that you cannot buy class. But Mrs Simpson's really does prove that you can.

I have some very good friends who, though they had done extremely well financially, remained a little "rough around the edges". An example: at one luncheon I noticed one of them drinking from the finger bowl.

For people such as this, Mrs Simpson's provides a truly wonderful opportunity to ascend the social scale: if not for them then at least for their children. One cannot put a price on an opportunity like this. Whilst I love these friends dearly, and would do anything for them, their Coarseness has always created a certain distance between my husband and I and them.

Thanks to Mrs. Simpson's, our children will no longer know this same distance. Their six children have truly turned into lovely young adults there.

I think it you have the opportunity and the funds to do something like this, you should. Yes, it may result in your children looking down on you slightly as a result, but do we not all hope for our children to be better than ourselves? And the location is simply fabulous - nothing exudes class and taste like Potomac.

Bwahaha!!!!

[Anonymous]

http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/work-education/i-have-to-dance-kids-and-cotillions/

Why is it so hard to teach your children this stuff anyway? I learned (born in 1989) that you said please/thank you, eat with utensils, sat with legs closed, respected adults with eye contact etc. what is happening?!?!

[Anonymous]

how much is ms simpsons? total cost?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/work-education/i-have-to-dance-kids-and-cotillions/

Why is it so hard to teach your children this stuff anyway? I learned (born in 1989) that you said please/thank you, eat with utensils, sat with legs closed, respected adults with eye contact etc. what is happening?!?!

Because someone obviously raised you well. As opposed to what the article points out - BEST LINE EVER!!!!

“Mothers often say to me, ‘I get so little time with my children, I want it to be quality time. I don’t always want to be correcting them.’ And they will gladly pay someone else to do it,” says Johnson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They say that you cannot buy class. But Mrs Simpson's really does prove that you can.

I have some very good friends who, though they had done extremely well financially, remained a little "rough around the edges". An example: at one luncheon I noticed one of them drinking from the finger bowl.

For people such as this, Mrs Simpson's provides a truly wonderful opportunity to ascend the social scale: if not for them then at least for their children. One cannot put a price on an opportunity like this. Whilst I love these friends dearly, and would do anything for them, their Coarseness has always created a certain distance between my husband and I and them.

Thanks to Mrs. Simpson's, our children will no longer know this same distance. Their six children have truly turned into lovely young adults there.

I think it you have the opportunity and the funds to do something like this, you should. Yes, it may result in your children looking down on you slightly as a result, but do we not all hope for our children to be better than ourselves? And the location is simply fabulous - nothing exudes class and taste like Potomac.

Were you the person that wrote the home model descriptions for the April Fools "Tyson's Corner Urban Moms"? That was some brilliant shit, and this is almost as good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK, rarely am I at a loss for snark to post on DCUM but this one has even me perplexed. We, as parents of a cute little rising 4th grade DS, just got this thing in the mail. Truly, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Was muth-a presented?" "If yes, please specify year and city?" (I was presented with a new cell phone that I won at a raffle in Baltimore in 2011; does that count??)

"Has your child had any previous Ballroom Dancing instruction?" (Oh, sure.. he started when he was two. Sic on the improper capitalization in this question, just FYI.)

"Please list Social Clubs" (All I can think of is the neighborhood Friday night wine-drinking group, but I doubt this is what she has in mind.)

"How long has the family lived in the Washington area?" (OMG, it says AREA! Do they let in people from Burke? What about Rockville?)

Please tell me that this is all a joke and that Mrs. Edmund Gordon Simpson, as she so elegantly signed the (poorly written) cover letter, is just a relic from about 1958?

You realize that this mockery reflects even more poorly on you than it casts disdain on Mrs. Simpson, right? You sound utterly without class, and I don't mean in a finishing school sense -- I mean in a common decency sense. If this wasn't for you, fine, great. Shred the application. But to put on the airs you did and try to ridicule it? Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, rarely am I at a loss for snark to post on DCUM but this one has even me perplexed. We, as parents of a cute little rising 4th grade DS, just got this thing in the mail. Truly, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Was muth-a presented?" "If yes, please specify year and city?" (I was presented with a new cell phone that I won at a raffle in Baltimore in 2011; does that count??)

"Has your child had any previous Ballroom Dancing instruction?" (Oh, sure.. he started when he was two. Sic on the improper capitalization in this question, just FYI.)

"Please list Social Clubs" (All I can think of is the neighborhood Friday night wine-drinking group, but I doubt this is what she has in mind.)

"How long has the family lived in the Washington area?" (OMG, it says AREA! Do they let in people from Burke? What about Rockville?)

Please tell me that this is all a joke and that Mrs. Edmund Gordon Simpson, as she so elegantly signed the (poorly written) cover letter, is just a relic from about 1958?

You realize that this mockery reflects even more poorly on you than it casts disdain on Mrs. Simpson, right? You sound utterly without class, and I don't mean in a finishing school sense -- I mean in a common decency sense. If this wasn't for you, fine, great. Shred the application. But to put on the airs you did and try to ridicule it? Get over yourself.

Look! Mrs. Edmund Gordon Simpson herself has commented! Didn't realize you knew how to use the internet!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They say that you cannot buy class. But Mrs Simpson's really does prove that you can.

I have some very good friends who, though they had done extremely well financially, remained a little "rough around the edges". An example: at one luncheon I noticed one of them drinking from the finger bowl.

For people such as this, Mrs Simpson's provides a truly wonderful opportunity to ascend the social scale: if not for them then at least for their children. One cannot put a price on an opportunity like this. Whilst I love these friends dearly, and would do anything for them, their Coarseness has always created a certain distance between my husband and I and them.

Thanks to Mrs. Simpson's, our children will no longer know this same distance. Their six children have truly turned into lovely young adults there.

I think it you have the opportunity and the funds to do something like this, you should. Yes, it may result in your children looking down on you slightly as a result, but do we not all hope for our children to be better than ourselves? And the location is simply fabulous - nothing exudes class and taste like Potomac.

I love you

[Anonymous]

Do it if you want to, discard it if you don't. Some people take their kids into a class for some polish and manners and others do not. It is not that meaningful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They say that you cannot buy class. But Mrs Simpson's really does prove that you can.

I have some very good friends who, though they had done extremely well financially, remained a little "rough around the edges". An example: at one luncheon I noticed one of them drinking from the finger bowl.

For people such as this, Mrs Simpson's provides a truly wonderful opportunity to ascend the social scale: if not for them then at least for their children. One cannot put a price on an opportunity like this. Whilst I love these friends dearly, and would do anything for them, their Coarseness has always created a certain distance between my husband and I and them.

Thanks to Mrs. Simpson's, our children will no longer know this same distance. Their six children have truly turned into lovely young adults there.

I think it you have the opportunity and the funds to do something like this, you should. Yes, it may result in your children looking down on you slightly as a result, but do we not all hope for our children to be better than ourselves? And the location is simply fabulous - nothing exudes class and taste like Potomac.

Thank you, Mrs. Simpson (or the modern-day proprietor of Mrs. Simpson's, who purchased the rights to use the name and mailing list using cold, hard cash), for this completely objective analysis. The urgency of preventing one's offspring -- descended as they are from -- one shudders at the mere thought -- "new money" -- from embarrassing themselves and precluding future social mobility by drinking from a fingerbowl simply cannot be overstated. And, may I say, that we parents whom you hope to inveigle into shelling out the big bucks for this training are so very appreciative of your condescension.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do it if you want to, discard it if you don't. Some people take their kids into a class for some polish and manners and others do not. It is not that meaningful.

I think the point being made is that this one establishment, in particular, seems to be a bit over the top. There are plenty of manners classes, dance instruction groups etc. in the Washington area that do not request applicants to detail a pedigree.

My question is, if they are oh-so-exclusive as they seem to want to portray, then WTH do they need to do a mass mailing to solicit participants? Shouldn't they who are in the know, who are born into the class and deemed from conception to be worthy, be invited to participate, while the rest of the unwashed masses are ignored?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do it if you want to, discard it if you don't. Some people take their kids into a class for some polish and manners and others do not. It is not that meaningful.

I think the point being made is that this one establishment, in particular, seems to be a bit over the top. There are plenty of manners classes, dance instruction groups etc. in the Washington area that do not request applicants to detail a pedigree.

My question is, if they are oh-so-exclusive as they seem to want to portray, then WTH do they need to do a mass mailing to solicit participants? Shouldn't they who are in the know, who are born into the class and deemed from conception to be worthy, be invited to participate, while the rest of the unwashed masses are ignored?

But then people complained bitterly about not being invited, and want to know how you get an invite, blah blah blah. Being exclusive raised the ire of the unwashed masses, but when you invite the unwashed masses they object to the wording of the invitation. Lose-lose.

FWIW I filled out the application and left all those section blank since I did not debut and do not belong to any fancy clubs, yet my child made it through the screen. It's not that big a deal. As others have said, if you are interested in it fill out the firm. If you aren't then recycle it.

[Anonymous]

I didn't make the mass mailing list..who should I complain to?

[Anonymous]

GO there around pick up time some night. Walk around back and you will see a bunch of these kids smoking dope and making out.

[Anonymous]

But the lemon in the finger bowl makes it so delightfully refreshing.