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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also dislike the culture among the parents.  It feels a lot like a fraternity and sorority.[/quote]

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I didn't realize joining a community pool was going to be like going back to high school, and that my perfectly nice non-team member child would be on the social dud list.  This is just so fucking weird and cliched.  Can't wait to get away from this $700 summer of watching a bunch of little snots and their nasty parents hang out together.[/quote]

So sorry that this is your pooL. We are NVSL and a small team so all parents on swim team ( about 6 weeks) do spend a lot of time together. Maybe it feels cliquish but there is no attempt to.  I have one swimmer and one non-swimmer and both are welcome.  We have two phonemes on team  who swim at a very high level year-round and their parents are the most helpful! I have one who has a lot of success in summer and starting to as year-round but he is very introverted and ONLY speaks to 3-4 friends. Quite painful actually but he loves swimming.  Maybe you would think he thinks highly of himself but he really just has a hard time saying hi to both kids and parents.

I will say the first summer or two can feel intimidating as you have to learn the sport, what's involved, the different meets but once you see an entire team of kids cheering for a little 6 year old .....it will warm your heart.  It is a great sport, but is timely, expensive, and can get extremely competitive in this area but what you are describing can happen in any group activity - at least I think so! One of mime tried a drama group and I felt there was a core group there, for example.  I understand the feeling but I don't think unique to swim. Hope you find a pool you love![/quote]

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