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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to one of the top NYC privates and it's pretty much what was described above.

It can be fun to see former classmates and their parents in the news, which happens a lot. But you also see a lot of the a-holes you knew growing up doing well, and that's annoying.

My DH went to public schools in his small upper-middle class hometown then to UVA. 
He is smarter than me but I am better educated. That's not necessarily gotten me any further in life though.

I can fit in pretty easily with an old-money crowd and know the social customs, the clubs and schools spoken about. 
Again, it's not necessarily gotten me much farther in life.

As I mentioned on another thread, I have friends from these schools who are massreurs, follow Phish, are carpenters and potters. Going to these schools doesn't guarantee you anything in life or guarantee that you want to be in the rat race. [/quote]

can you tell us about the social customs?[/quote]

DP.  But what do you want to know about?  How to use the extra stuff that comes with the Victorian sterling that you use every day?  How to gently work class markers into conversation without being too obnoxious - IYKYK-style?  Understand how to ride, play lacrosse, crew, field hockey which aren't really that rare?  The Eton kid I knew was not British.  He had no obvious elite markers.  He once got embarrassed at me when he thought I was trying to take a picture of the tea spread at the Savoy.  But when I told him I wanted a photo of his wife, he calmed down (that was before phone cameras).  Wasn't sure why the prospect of my photographing food was so gauche to him.[/quote]

Np. I’m curious about the elite/class markers if you don’t mind sharing more. It’s fascinating![/quote]

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