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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up similarly and with the same perception.

I think upper crust WASPs like to think of themselves as ultra-refined and more knowledgeable about most things than mostly everyone else.  Whether or not this is true is another conversation. Cruises aren’t “true” travel but are packaged experiences on a sort of floating Las Vegas, which is why the WASP community might see them as gauche/crass.  They kind of scream “new money.”  I’m not saying this is an accurate perception, but I think this is the perception.

It’s hard for me to unlearn this.  My husband, from a LMC background, loves cruises shamelessly and urges me to give them a try.  I just have no interest due to my snobby upbringing![/quote]

I grew up in this type of environment.  The snooty “this is how it’s done” extended to everything from insisting on SLACs, to which cocktails to drink, to which cars to drive (and not drive).  And just like I have grown to be my own person with regard to many things, I have also learned that I love to cruise.  I do other kinds of travel too but cruises can be a great getaway for certain places and with certain groups of people.  [/quote]

Yup!
My dad would have rather died than take a cruise.
[b]He also instilled in us that you never order chicken at a restaurant.[/b]

Lo and behold, I grew up and really enjoy cruises and have ordered chicken many times in restaurants!  Live and learn, I guess.[/quote]
What's up with this? [/quote]

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