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[quote=Anonymous]So, yes, they are stuffy. The fact that they went to and Ivy does not matter. You have already identified that his friends are stuffy. It will be a problem if you are not confident but you seem confident so don't worry about it.

Rarely does a woman love all her husbands friends for various reasons.

I have found from my Ivy friends that most marry somebody that balances the situation. So maybe you will like their wives. (warning some make strategic moves for marriage and get a Type A wife and that can be a night mare)

Examples, from my situation

#1: Wife has to constantly tell husband at social events to stop "lecuring". He will go into a 20 minute soliloquy about something that interests him in an effort to "educate" the rest of us. Wife will say, okay we all have gone to college, we don't desire lectures. (She does it nicer than that.)

#2: At a social event, Ivy dude approached me and another guy (who he worked with) and said, "we won't need you anymore, I have something to discuss with Joe." Wait, I am in the middle of a converstation, and I am not your secretary. I gave him my glass of wine and asked him for a refilll.

#3: I have had at least 5 Ivy peeps offer to write letters of recommendation for my kids for college. They don't even know what their grades are. They are not going to an Ivy (well 1 might but I doubt it).

I do find the social skills lacking, and they think they are the smartest/most powerful guy in the room and they will tell you. I can get you into that school. I know the director of that or the CEO of this business. Everybody else sort of ignores it and I don't even think they notice.

OH Lord I could go on. Even if you dump your H friends in your 30's, 40's they are all over the place in DC. The lacrosse coach, the father of your childs BFF, the defensive coordinator of your 10 yo football team (I know right, they have defensive coordinators at 10), they are like stinkbugs, you can't get rid of them.  (They all dress the same so you can at least identify them easily.) :D
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