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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My wife complains about this a lot. This tension must be exclusively a women thing. Men seriously don't notice this shit, and we could care less about a tennis outfit. [/quote]

Arlington SAHM here.  What's your wife like?  Because I feel like it's me noticing it rather than them flaunting it.  [/quote]

She is an Arlington SAHM too. She's a Type A, somewhat mellowed by kids, who are now in late ES. I don't think she would ever belong to a country club (not our speed), but I also think she lets the tennis skirt-wearing set bug her for whatever reason. I'll see those flashes of insecurity that we're not "keeping up." But then I just laugh it off, tell her that's not our scene, and she snaps back to reality.

As for what causes tensions between men? In North Arlington, maybe a $150,000 car. Or frequent exotic travel. There are a few of those. But even then, not really. It could just be me, but I'm very much "take me as I am" and I'll do you the same courtesy. I'm secure enough with who I am and what I have accomplished that I never feel small, even when a neighbor comes home and parks his Lambourghini next to my 6-year-old Odyssey. Because I know I could replace the Odyssey anytime I wanted to -- I just don't want to.

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PP here.  I totally get it.  You sound like our people.  I get the flashes of insecurity, too, even though a lot of that "stuff" is just not us.  I think it's the visible reminder of cliquey-ness.  If she can tolerate a preschooler, send her my way.  I'm the one not wearing workout clothes of any kind.[/quote]

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