Social Climbing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The video games are a problem. You are pretty much sunk. The sooner you realize this the better, and this is not a LOL kind of situation. Fairly bad situation for your kids, much less yourself. Your chess move is next.

I know, right? 300k, Falls Church. I mean just a sad situation all around /s
The only bad situation I can think of re: OP’s kids is that their mom is going to give them a complex by being a striver.

90% of non-natives in the D.C. area are strivers.

And the natives are losers. Why else live in DC if it’s not for work? DC isn’t a city like NY where people actually want to live and visit. It’s a company town. It’s almost worse to grow up in DC, go away to college and then decide that you want to return.

Why so much disdain for DC Natives? Is NYC the only place the natives are acceptable to you? That’s just sad. Makes me wonder if you have any friends, and if they detect your feeling of superiority (by birth location … what a weird thing to feel superior about ).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a friend who you go to Starbucks with in yoga pants, get dressed up and eat lunch at the mall, and go on walks in sweatpants and chit chat. Get your husband to stop playing computer games and instead go with you to wineries wearing decent clothing on occasional weekends with friends. If you are not great looking, learn how to wear makeup and get a professional haircut. Also it helps if you make money and invest it. Go on a trip and take pictures of yourselves and post it on social media. You're welcome.
(Most of this is not actually worth doing though--climbing a social ladder is a superficial aspiration and will not enhance your karma or your happiness.)

This sounds so suburban middle class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The video games are a problem. You are pretty much sunk. The sooner you realize this the better, and this is not a LOL kind of situation. Fairly bad situation for your kids, much less yourself. Your chess move is next.

I know, right? 300k, Falls Church. I mean just a sad situation all around /s
The only bad situation I can think of re: OP’s kids is that their mom is going to give them a complex by being a striver.

90% of non-natives in the D.C. area are strivers.

And the natives are losers. Why else live in DC if it’s not for work? DC isn’t a city like NY where people actually want to live and visit. It’s a company town. It’s almost worse to grow up in DC, go away to college and then decide that you want to return.

Why so much disdain for DC Natives? Is NYC the only place the natives are acceptable to you? That’s just sad. Makes me wonder if you have any friends, and if they detect your feeling of superiority (by birth location … what a weird thing to feel superior about ).

DP.

I mean, she isn’t wrong; locals are losers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The video games are a problem. You are pretty much sunk. The sooner you realize this the better, and this is not a LOL kind of situation. Fairly bad situation for your kids, much less yourself. Your chess move is next.

I know, right? 300k, Falls Church. I mean just a sad situation all around /s
The only bad situation I can think of re: OP’s kids is that their mom is going to give them a complex by being a striver.

90% of non-natives in the D.C. area are strivers.

And the natives are losers. Why else live in DC if it’s not for work? DC isn’t a city like NY where people actually want to live and visit. It’s a company town. It’s almost worse to grow up in DC, go away to college and then decide that you want to return.

Why so much disdain for DC Natives? Is NYC the only place the natives are acceptable to you? That’s just sad. Makes me wonder if you have any friends, and if they detect your feeling of superiority (by birth location … what a weird thing to feel superior about ).

Right. News flash, not everyone wants to live in NY City.