Just venting-I am so over the Country Club Mom Club

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Anonymous wrote:I personally am really tired of hearing people talking about their vacation homes on the Cape.

You know you wish you could join us regular folks at Great Wolf Lodge.

Great Wolf? I was thinking of the pool at the Super 8.

You can join us in the kiddie pool in the back yard.

Yeah, great wold lodge ain't cheap! Want to go there for DD bday and its $495/night!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We live in a "well to do" neighborhood in DC and no, I really don't see this. Assuming this would mostly be in MD/VA suburbs?

Not in my MD suburb.

Not in mine either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I personally am really tired of hearing people talking about their vacation homes on the Cape.

You know you wish you could join us regular folks at Great Wolf Lodge.

Great Wolf? I was thinking of the pool at the Super 8.

You can join us in the kiddie pool in the back yard.

Yeah, great wold lodge ain't cheap! Want to go there for DD bday and its $495/night!

Wait, what?? I am the PP who made the comment about Great Wolf Lodge. I had no idea! I just saw a commercial on tv and thought it would be a fun weekend trip for my DD. Yikes, never mind.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally am really tired of hearing people talking about their vacation homes on the Cape.

You know you wish you could join us regular folks at Great Wolf Lodge.

Great Wolf? I was thinking of the pool at the Super 8.

You can join us in the kiddie pool in the back yard.

Yeah, great wold lodge ain't cheap! Want to go there for DD bday and its $495/night!

Wait, what?? I am the PP who made the comment about Great Wolf Lodge. I had no idea! I just saw a commercial on tv and thought it would be a fun weekend trip for my DD. Yikes, never mind.

Get on their email list. They gave plenty of deals.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is this real? If I met a vapid woman like the OP described I wouldn't want to be around her. Who the hell goes to Starbucks in a tennis skirt? Someone who obviously didn't really get a workout in.

Boring life...so glad I live in DC and don't know any of these people.

You are so much better than them, PP!

So, from a working dad's perspective, the closest counterparts are probably some of the guys who live in DC and bike or run in to work downtown and show up at the elevator sweaty and under-dressed for the office every morning.

Can't call them poseurs because it's legitimate, tree-saving exercise. The only problem is they drip, they stink, and they talk about the conditions outside like they just climbed Mount Everest, and everyone else has to pretend to be interested.

Lol and please dont dry your stinky socks on the office heater.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is this real? If I met a vapid woman like the OP described I wouldn't want to be around her. Who the hell goes to Starbucks in a tennis skirt? Someone who obviously didn't really get a workout in.

Boring life...so glad I live in DC and don't know any of these people.

You are so much better than them, PP!

So, from a working dad's perspective, the closest counterparts are probably some of the guys who live in DC and bike or run in to work downtown and show up at the elevator sweaty and under-dressed for the office every morning.

Can't call them poseurs because it's legitimate, tree-saving exercise. The only problem is they drip, they stink, and they talk about the conditions outside like they just climbed Mount Everest, and everyone else has to pretend to be interested.

Lol and please dont dry your stinky socks on the office heater.

Working mom here. I think it is really gross when people do this. I admire them for doing it but I don't want to smell it.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, and I don't mean this in a rude way, but read the kids with special needs forum.

When my son was in preschool, we thought (mistakenly it turns out) that our son had some neurological issues. Keeping up with the Jones's was completely off of my radar, when I thought my kid's future and happiness was on the bubble.

What does this have to do with anything? So instead of worrying about the tennis moms you were a hypochondriac over your special snowflake and somehow that is enviable?

It has to do with perspective, and it has to do with worrying about the things worth worrying about. Not sure where you're getting "hypochondriac" from or calling my child a "special snowflake" without any knowledge of our situation. I assume to be combative and nasty.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, and I don't mean this in a rude way, but read the kids with special needs forum.

When my son was in preschool, we thought (mistakenly it turns out) that our son had some neurological issues. Keeping up with the Jones's was completely off of my radar, when I thought my kid's future and happiness was on the bubble.

What does this have to do with anything? So instead of worrying about the tennis moms you were a hypochondriac over your special snowflake and somehow that is enviable?

It has to do with perspective, and it has to do with worrying about the things worth worrying about. Not sure where you're getting "hypochondriac" from or calling my child a "special snowflake" without any knowledge of our situation. I assume to
be combative and nasty.

I agree how could you say this. Having a special needs kid does put things in perspective. Besides why did you use the word ' snowflake' that smacksof reverse racism.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is this real? If I met a vapid woman like the OP described I wouldn't want to be around her. Who the hell goes to Starbucks in a tennis skirt? Someone who obviously didn't really get a workout in.

Boring life...so glad I live in DC and don't know any of these people.

You are so much better than them, PP!

So, from a working dad's perspective, the closest counterparts are probably some of the guys who live in DC and bike or run in to work downtown and show up at the elevator sweaty and under-dressed for the office every morning.

Can't call them poseurs because it's legitimate, tree-saving exercise. The only problem is they drip, they stink, and they talk about the conditions outside like they just climbed Mount Everest, and everyone else has to pretend to be interested.

Did they mention nearly clocking me as they were running a red light on Connecticut? I was the woman pushing the preschooler in a stroller running to get out of their way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow- I play tennis on the municipal courts all the time and sometimes wear my tennis clothes doing errands before or after. Never thought it bothered people to see me in tennis clothes. It's a great sport that I love to play. Not sure why anyone cares about other people's athletic wear (be it running, soccer, yoga, tennis, etc..) I find this post very strange.

Thank you pp! I don't belong to a country club but I do play 4-5 days a week all over the place and I'm on various teams. Never imagined that people would be irritated by my clothing while running errands before and after a match. FWIW, I wear crops under my skirts until the weather warms up and I make sure my skirts are the appropriate length for a woman of my age (I've seen some awfully short skirts and nasty legs over the years).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My wife complains about this a lot. This tension must be exclusively a women thing. Men seriously don't notice this shit, and we could care less about a tennis outfit.

Nah, it's not a women thing. It's a very specific subset of failure-to-launch-from-high-school thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow- I play tennis on the municipal courts all the time and sometimes wear my tennis clothes doing errands before or after. Never thought it bothered people to see me in tennis clothes. It's a great sport that I love to play. Not sure why anyone cares about other people's athletic wear (be it running, soccer, yoga, tennis, etc..) I find this post very strange.

Thank you pp! I don't belong to a country club but I do play 4-5 days a week all over the place and I'm on various teams. Never imagined that people would be irritated by my clothing while running errands before and after a match. FWIW, I wear crops under my skirts until the weather warms up and I make sure my skirts are the appropriate length for a woman of my age (I've seen some awfully short skirts and nasty legs over the years).

I don't care if you wear your tennis clothes. I don't care what you wear under your tennis skirts. I don't care how long or short your tennis skirts are. I don't care what your legs look like. I really don't.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow- I play tennis on the municipal courts all the time and sometimes wear my tennis clothes doing errands before or after. Never thought it bothered people to see me in tennis clothes. It's a great sport that I love to play. Not sure why anyone cares about other people's athletic wear (be it running, soccer, yoga, tennis, etc..) I find this post very strange.

Thank you pp! I don't belong to a country club but I do play 4-5 days a week all over the place and I'm on various teams. Never imagined that people would be irritated by my clothing while running errands before and after a match. FWIW, I wear crops under my skirts until the weather warms up and I make sure my skirts are the appropriate length for a woman of my age (I've seen some awfully short skirts and nasty legs over the years).

I don't care if you wear your tennis clothes. I don't care what you wear under your tennis skirts. I don't care how long or short your tennis skirts are. I don't care what your legs look like. I really don't.

I care, but I am am a guy.

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Anonymous wrote:Don 't worry, that's a sure sign of nouveau riche. They are probably acting that way out of insecurities. Don't partake in the gossip, just bad form.

I am wondering about the insecurities of people who comment on the insecurities of the "nouveau riche".

I think it is pretty funny how all these middle class folks hate the "nouveau riche" Why? It always sound so much like jealousy to me. If they had money would they be the "pretend old money"?

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Anonymous wrote:You know who they are. They play tennis and insist on everyone seeing them in their tennis skirt at Starbucks. They always seems to have a juicy little morsel about someone else's kid, but they would never actually call it gossip. They clearly have had Botox but say things like I would never say never to Botox. Their kids do no wrong. The say "the club" at least 4 times in even short conversations. When they meet you, they need to find out if you know someone in their circle, otherwise good luck being accepted. It goes on and on and on. Bla Bla Bla. Am I the only one experiencing this?

She probably doesn't even know you are there. Are you the blobby one in the back with the glare on your face?