Membership at Chevy Chase Club

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Anonymous wrote:It's not very nice. You would do better to join Congressional at this point. But good luck, it's already well into March.

What does that matter?

Martha Stewart and Congressional agree; your beds should already be planted by now. You missed the window.

lol

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the point is that if you’re not generally part of the financial class that one would expect to have $100k on hand to drop on a country club membership, you probably don’t run in the same circles as other members and wouldn’t be likely to be approached about joining.

There are some old money types who would still fit right in without having the cash. Chevy Chase is less splashy than Congressional, more old money American aristocracy.

But if you have neither money nor old money breeding then yeah.... probably pointless to even worry about.

If you are old money without the cash you are in fact White Trash and no longer old money.

You’re very wrong about this. These types are likely educated, cultured and have many old money friends who still have money.

Exactly. And their kids, even if they’re average looking, have “pedigree” and tend to marry (back) into real money. I personally witnessed this happen with several sorority sisters. The totally average looking UMC “old money” gals married relatively young and married well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can only join if you’ve lived in this area for like 20 years.

So what’s the playbook to get into this place?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can only join if you’ve lived in this area for like 20 years.

So what’s the playbook to get into this place?

Be rich, have someone in your household work in BigLaw or an elite lobbying firm, be willing to look past problematic membership practices and a patently racist past, care deeply about social status, be better than normies in all verifiable ways and don't shy away from your betterness. Send your kids to top private schools - Cathedral schools are extra points.

[Anonymous]

Sad that people pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to go to some park or whatever. Donate that money to the children of Gaza or some other charitable purpose!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can only join if you’ve lived in this area for like 20 years.

So what’s the playbook to get into this place?

New money and Trump supporter or heavily GOP pretty much dominates the membership these days. It is not really an elite club. If you are looking for elite, old monied, cultured and well mannered types that are also nice I would recommend Kenwood. Very low key but lots of nice families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can only join if you’ve lived in this area for like 20 years.

So what’s the playbook to get into this place?

New money and Trump supporter or heavily GOP pretty much dominates the membership these days. It is not really an elite club. If you are looking for elite, old monied, cultured and well mannered types that are also nice I would recommend Kenwood. Very low key but lots of nice families.

Lol!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can only join if you’ve lived in this area for like 20 years.

So what’s the playbook to get into this place?

New money and Trump supporter or heavily GOP pretty much dominates the membership these days. It is not really an elite club. If you are looking for elite, old monied, cultured and well mannered types that are also nice I would recommend Kenwood. Very low key but lots of nice families.

Oh no. Somebody hasn't been scrutinizing the candidates who have been put up for membership well enough. Read those club reports, my darlings!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sad that people pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to go to some park or whatever. Donate that money to the children of Gaza or some other charitable purpose!

So no Disney for you this year? I’m sure you e already donated that vacation money, right OP.

Oh wait, the poors don’t need to donate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can only join if you’ve lived in this area for like 20 years.

So what’s the playbook to get into this place?

Lots of funny input here. Pretty straightforward IMO:

1) Have a good reason for joining (e.g., genuine interest in the activities)
2) Don't be a tw@t
3) If you have (actual) friends who are members, express to them your interest in exploring membership -- they can help you navigate

Third point is important. You shouldn't want to join club X Y or Z because you think it's prestigious or will be good for your social standing / career (if you do think this way, see point #2... you're probably a tw@t), but rather because (A) your friends and broader circle are members there (so it's a nice, familiar place) and (B) you will get a lot of use out of it for yourself and your family. 99.9% probability your friends (who are members) will be excited that you're interested because that means you get to hang out there together. Not rocket science!