Country Clubs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live in North Arlington and thinking of joining a club. Most people I know belong to Congressional or Chevy Chase CC. I know mostly political types and doctors' kids that go there. DH wants to look at Waahington Golf CC. Is it the same caliber of people as in the other two (i.e. is it just a matter of geography?) I don't know anyone who goes there but he thinks it's great. It may be, just trying to get a sense of the "rankings" as folks would see them.

You need to meet some members. Without knowing any members you will never become a member. You need a sponsor. Also lose the pretentious attitude that is so New Arlington. Old Arlingtonians can make you out a mile away so try to fit in better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Golf and country clubs are for d-bags.

Everyone in this thread needs to check their rich white privilege.

"Privilege"? "Check their rich white privilege"? Who says things like that?

It's not a privilege when your family has been building it for generations, Moonbeam. And i plan to pass on even more to my children and grandchildren. That's what families do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Golf and country clubs are for d-bags.

Everyone in this thread needs to check their rich white privilege.

"Privilege"? "Check their rich white privilege"? Who says things like that?

It's not a privilege when your family has been building it for generations, Moonbeam. And i plan to pass on even more to my children and grandchildren. That's what families do.

I hope this was sarcastic?

If not, I shudder at the obliviousness

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Golf and country clubs are for d-bags.

Everyone in this thread needs to check their rich white privilege.

"Privilege"? "Check their rich white privilege"? Who says things like that?

It's not a privilege when your family has been building it for generations, Moonbeam. And i plan to pass on even more to my children and grandchildren. That's what families do.

I hope this was sarcastic?

If not, I shudder at the obliviousness

You aren't cool. You aren't funny. You aren't ironic.

But you ARE jealous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Golf and country clubs are for d-bags.

Everyone in this thread needs to check their rich white privilege.

"Privilege"? "Check their rich white privilege"? Who says things like that?

It's not a privilege when your family has been building it for generations, Moonbeam. And i plan to pass on even more to my children and grandchildren. That's what families do.

I hope this was sarcastic?

If not, I shudder at the obliviousness

Sarcastic? No, Moonbeam, it was not sarcastic. And do shudder away, as it may help keep you warm today. But please do so in silence; SJWs are as insufferable as they are illiberal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You must not play golf, PP.

I don't. My husband does. I don't think playing golf is the main motivation for joining those clubs though. Of course it factors in but wouldn't you agree the main reason people join is to say they belong to a club and like what it signifies about them?

It was our 100% main motivation. I (wife) played 60 rounds, husband played 40. We played at least another 30 times with our kids. Even IF the nice public courses were $100/round (they are more expensive) that would be about $15,000 right there, with the hassle of dealing with long rounds, no advance tee times, and playing with strangers/not being able to play in league play/competitive golf. It also would leave us without access to a great teaching pro or practice facilities.

Our kids wouldn't have a swim team and I wouldn't have had a tennis or paddle tennis league. Dining there and fun events like Memorial Day, 4th of July/fireworks, and Labor Day are icing on the cake.

For us, golf was 100% the main motivation for joining. Frankly none of my girlfriends played golf and joining opened up a whole world of golfing friends / opportunities to play at other courses/clubs/outings to me. Women golfers only make up 20% of the population- so if you are a woman and play and DONT belong to a club it's awfully lonely. The companionship and competitive play club membership offers offsets some of the snobbishness in the older population.

We joined for the golf, too. If you are a golfer, it really makes a difference to belong to a club. And i agree about women golfer, specifically. IT's hard to find friends to play with.

So if you lived in an elaborate HOA with 5 pools, a great swim team, and countless tennis courts and one spouse plays golf 12-15x a year, you'd agree a CC was silly then? I don't golf and my DH spends $2-3k/year playing. He never has issues getting the tee times he wants. If he played any more often, I'd feel like he was shirking his parenting duties.

I don't know that I would say that it was "silly", many people use them for work connections or do enjoy the social benefits, but yes, in your case it wouldn't be a benefit to your family like it is to mine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Golf and country clubs are for d-bags.

Everyone in this thread needs to check their rich white privilege.

"Privilege"? "Check their rich white privilege"? Who says things like that?

It's not a privilege when your family has been building it for generations, Moonbeam. And i plan to pass on even more to my children and grandchildren. That's what families do.

I hope this was sarcastic?

If not, I shudder at the obliviousness

Sarcastic? No, Moonbeam, it was not sarcastic. And do shudder away, as it may help keep you warm today. But please do so in silence; SJWs are as insufferable as they are illiberal.

Well, Sunshine, I guess my point about you being oblivious is made.

[Anonymous]

SJW?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Golf and country clubs are for d-bags.

Everyone in this thread needs to check their rich white privilege.

"Privilege"? "Check their rich white privilege"? Who says things like that?

It's not a privilege when your family has been building it for generations, Moonbeam. And i plan to pass on even more to my children and grandchildren. That's what families do.

I hope this was sarcastic?

If not, I shudder at the obliviousness

You aren't cool. You aren't funny. You aren't ironic.

But you ARE jealous.

I am wealthy with an inheritance and money to pass onto my children and grandchildren. I am fully aware of my privilege, given that I did nothing but to happen to be born into a particular family in order to have this wealth. I am also completely aware of what my wealth, and my skin color--which I did nothing to inherit--mean for me, and the sheer fortune of having been born into particular place and time mean for me. I did not "build" any of this wealth, given that I've only been working for a decade and in a position that doesn't pay particularly well, but that I can pursue because I have family money that allows me to pursue this profession.

It is utterly distasteful for someone who is born into tremendous wealth to not acknowledge her privilege. It also means that you have likely been poorly educated. Unfortunate that your wealth did not buy you intelligence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Golf and country clubs are for d-bags.

Everyone in this thread needs to check their rich white privilege.

"Privilege"? "Check their rich white privilege"? Who says things like that?

It's not a privilege when your family has been building it for generations, Moonbeam. And i plan to pass on even more to my children and grandchildren. That's what families do.

I hope this was sarcastic?

If not, I shudder at the obliviousness

You aren't cool. You aren't funny. You aren't ironic.

But you ARE jealous.

I am wealthy with an inheritance and money to pass onto my children and grandchildren. I am fully aware of my privilege, given that I did nothing but to happen to be born into a particular family in order to have this wealth. I am also completely aware of what my wealth, and my skin color--which I did nothing to inherit--mean for me, and the sheer fortune of having been born into particular place and time mean for me. I did not "build" any of this wealth, given that I've only been working for a decade and in a position that doesn't pay particularly well, but that I can pursue because I have family money that allows me to pursue this profession.

It is utterly distasteful for someone who is born into tremendous wealth to not acknowledge her privilege. It also means that you have likely been poorly educated. Unfortunate that your wealth did not buy you intelligence.

Isn't it amazing how you can be anything you want to be on the Internet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Golf and country clubs are for d-bags.

Everyone in this thread needs to check their rich white privilege.

"Privilege"? "Check their rich white privilege"? Who says things like that?

It's not a privilege when your family has been building it for generations, Moonbeam. And i plan to pass on even more to my children and grandchildren. That's what families do.

I hope this was sarcastic?

If not, I shudder at the obliviousness

You aren't cool. You aren't funny. You aren't ironic.

But you ARE jealous.

I am wealthy with an inheritance and money to pass onto my children and grandchildren. I am fully aware of my privilege, given that I did nothing but to happen to be born into a particular family in order to have this wealth. I am also completely aware of what my wealth, and my skin color--which I did nothing to inherit--mean for me, and the sheer fortune of having been born into particular place and time mean for me. I did not "build" any of this wealth, given that I've only been working for a decade and in a position that doesn't pay particularly well, but that I can pursue because I have family money that allows me to pursue this profession.

It is utterly distasteful for someone who is born into tremendous wealth to not acknowledge her privilege. It also means that you have likely been poorly educated. Unfortunate that your wealth did not buy you intelligence.

Isn't it amazing how you can be anything you want to be on the Internet?

Darling, you jealousy is showing. Tuck it away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Golf and country clubs are for d-bags.

Everyone in this thread needs to check their rich white privilege.

"Privilege"? "Check their rich white privilege"? Who says things like that?

It's not a privilege when your family has been building it for generations, Moonbeam. And i plan to pass on even more to my children and grandchildren. That's what families do.

I hope this was sarcastic?

If not, I shudder at the obliviousness

You aren't cool. You aren't funny. You aren't ironic.

But you ARE jealous.

I am wealthy with an inheritance and money to pass onto my children and grandchildren. I am fully aware of my privilege, given that I did nothing but to happen to be born into a particular family in order to have this wealth. I am also completely aware of what my wealth, and my skin color--which I did nothing to inherit--mean for me, and the sheer fortune of having been born into particular place and time mean for me. I did not "build" any of this wealth, given that I've only been working for a decade and in a position that doesn't pay particularly well, but that I can pursue because I have family money that allows me to pursue this profession.

It is utterly distasteful for someone who is born into tremendous wealth to not acknowledge her privilege. It also means that you have likely been poorly educated. Unfortunate that your wealth did not buy you intelligence.

I do not acknowledge my "privilege", whatever that means. However, I do acknowledge my family, which has toiled here for generations. And I acknowledge the families of many others, who established, fought and died for, and maintained this wonderful country. That is not "privilege". That is the result of hard work and sacrifice, to get your children and their children to a better place. If you feel guilty about what you have, then donate it all to charity and move abroad. But it is an insult to your ancestors to say that you were "born into a particular family". Good grief. Your ancestors must be rolling over in their graves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Golf and country clubs are for d-bags.

Everyone in this thread needs to check their rich white privilege.

"Privilege"? "Check their rich white privilege"? Who says things like that?

It's not a privilege when your family has been building it for generations, Moonbeam. And i plan to pass on even more to my children and grandchildren. That's what families do.

I hope this was sarcastic?

If not, I shudder at the obliviousness

You aren't cool. You aren't funny. You aren't ironic.

But you ARE jealous.

I am wealthy with an inheritance and money to pass onto my children and grandchildren. I am fully aware of my privilege, given that I did nothing but to happen to be born into a particular family in order to have this wealth. I am also completely aware of what my wealth, and my skin color--which I did nothing to inherit--mean for me, and the sheer fortune of having been born into particular place and time mean for me. I did not "build" any of this wealth, given that I've only been working for a decade and in a position that doesn't pay particularly well, but that I can pursue because I have family money that allows me to pursue this profession.

It is utterly distasteful for someone who is born into tremendous wealth to not acknowledge her privilege. It also means that you have likely been poorly educated. Unfortunate that your wealth did not buy you intelligence.

I do not acknowledge my "privilege", whatever that means. However, I do acknowledge my family, which has toiled here for generations. And I acknowledge the families of many others, who established, fought and died for, and maintained this wonderful country. That is not "privilege". That is the result of hard work and sacrifice, to get your children and their children to a better place. If you feel guilty about what you have, then donate it all to charity and move abroad. But it is an insult to your ancestors to say that you were "born into a particular family". Good grief. Your ancestors must be rolling over in their graves.

What did you do, pray tell, that constitutes "toiling"? And by "you," I mean you as an individual, and not your ancestors, who may have worked hard and sacrificed. I do not feel guilty for what I have. But, I also realize acknowledging privilege and appreciating it are not mutually exclusive. You, on the other hand, seem not to be able to understand this.

[Anonymous]

NP here. Just a question as to how I'm supposed to "check my rich white privilege."? I get it. Being white had given me advantages and I try to understand and be sensitive to that. I wasn't born With money. DH and I were both the first in our families to go to college. We financed college and law school, so I'd say we earned the money we have.

So what does that mean with respect to belonging to a CC? We can't? We should be more grateful? What exactly is the white privilege poster expecting of me?

[Anonymous]

Anyways.
Burning tree , Chevy chase , congressional , Columbia , Kenwood
Would be the pecking order for the whole region.

Woodmont for Gods people .