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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I a transplant?  I've lived here since 1994.  I'm 45.  I sure feel like a native at this point.[/quote]

Yes, you are a transplant. If you can't answer "where did you go to school?", then you are a transplant. [/quote]

Transplant here, currently engaged to a Native.
I strongly agree, that school identity is a key distinguishing feature among my Native friends. Typical conversation: "Oh, do you know Tim?" "No - which high school did he go to?" "Oh, he went WJ, he ran around with James and the lacrosse guys." "Oh wow, small world!" 
Even if you've lived here for 25 years as an adult, you're still a Transplant.

The Natives really stick together. They all grew up in the same neighborhood, attended the same schools, do favors for each other in business and real estate, socialize together (same country clubs, swim clubs, BBQs, etc.) and are raising kids together.

The only way to truly break in to their inner circle is to marry into it. The Natives I met through my fiancee are very lovely, kind, and genuine people. Many of them come from Old Money. Lots of business owners among the Natives. Lots of connections into the highest reaches of Federal government (usually through parents and close family friends).[/quote]

You do realize that the overwhelming majority of DC "Natives" have never stepped foot in a country club, were never on a swim team, and had nothing to do with lacrosse, right?  BBQing?  Now that might be another matter.

You need to get out more, and discover the real DC.

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Well she did use WJ as the high school which is not in DC, but Rockville somewhere. So her fiancée isn't actually a native Washingtonian either. [/quote]

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