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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh god, have you seen parent swim team culture? It is the worst. Lots of SAHMs with too much time on their hands inventing "necessary" volunteer tasks like making dumbass gift bags and pressuring other moms to volunteer. You have to set out chairs, time races, etc. if he does not want to do it, let it go. Plus at ten, most of the kids will have been doing it a couple years and he might be the odd guy out.

Sign him up for more lessons, though. Give him the option between group or private. He needs to be able to swim better than that.[/quote]

What?   It’s always been an all volunteer thing and you have to do your part.   It’s not just sahp.   This kid cannot swim so it’s silly.  [/quote]

do your part? timing races, sure. putting together stupid gift bags and organizing overly elaborate "banquets"? no. not necessary.[/quote]

You lumped in setting out chairs and timing with making the gift bags. Do what you feel adds value, say no to what you think doesn’t add value and stop complaining. [/quote]

So the problem is that the sahms that create make work then like to complain that THEY have volunteered X hours so everyone else should work X hours. But if we just cut down the stupid make-work, we would all have to volunteer fewer hours.

I'm guessing you are the SAHM that likes to gossip about the moms who "don't do enough" as you tie little bows around some gift bag crap.[/quote]

Love posters who think they know all about other posters. Are you psychic?

And your animus against SAHMs is really out if date.

Let me explain in small words.

I am happy to volunteer my time so my kids can have a fun, well-run meet. I do what I feel adds value - timing, S&T, starter. I say no to things I don’t think add value or I don’t like to do. I don’t complain about volunteering. I don’t listen to the whiny parents who complain that they have to volunteer but expect meets to somehow just magically happen.

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Right, so you agree that you have to spend time volunteering for swim team yourself. Most women who has jobs outside the home think all that volunteering is a PITA to fit into their already busy lives and OP should factor that in to whether she wants her son to do swim team. We stopped. It was too much BS volunteering and gossip from the other cliquey SAHMs about how much all the busier moms sucked. No thanks.[/quote]

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