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[quote=Anonymous]We started at an area private school last year, and I am discovering through casual conversation and functions that many of the school parents belong to country clubs, one club mostly, although others as well.  The women play tennis (several women show up to events in tennis whites and discuss inter-club tennis matches), I assume they and/or their husbands play golf, etc.  My husband and I neither play tennis nor golf.  We both grew up solidly middle-class (in the real sense, not in the sense that everyone thinks they are middle class even if they earn 250K+, LOL), went to public schools and country clubs were just never on our radar screen at all--not that we were against them, it just was never part of our experience at all.  (If it matters, we are one of those families where we chose private school for the education only, and are definitely way below most of the school financially, although we are not poor and are not receiving financial aid.)

I have a few questions if anyone can help:

--Will we be left out socially given that we are not country club members?  How much private-school socializing takes place at country clubs, esp. if many of this school's families are members?

--Out of totally random curiosity, what does it cost roughly to join a country club and maintain a membership?  What are typical incomes for  country club families?  What is the typical social class of country-club members?

--I seriously doubt we have any real interest in trying to join one, and also I'm 99.9% sure that we couldn't even afford it anyway even if we were interested, but again, out of curiosity and the tiny chance of interest: How does one become a member?  Is there any reason at all to join if one doesn't golf or play tennis?  Is it the sort of thing where families have been members for generations and new people aren't invited/welcome?

Thanks!

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