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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of the firms in DC pay for the monthly membership dues.  My DH's firm does, but you are on your own for the initiation fee.  We are also in the $300-$600K income range and don't feel like we're flush with cash to spend $150K for the initiation.[/quote]

it's just not a priority for you.  It is for others.  I bet you could come up with $100K if it was one of your life's goal to become a member.  We're [b]not wealthy by any means (single $250K income)[/b] but even we could find the funds if we absolutely wanted to.  As it stands, we're not members (and will never be) but some of our friends from school are.  It's the expected thing to do for many and the center of come DC social circles.  For some people, they wouldn't see their friends or family members if they weren't members themselves.  So not everyone who ponies up the 100K views it as a trivial amount of money and has millions in the bank.   The people we know that are members still watch their budgets and buy their kid's clothing at Target.  They're not lighting $100 bills on fire.  They just factor in the money like the rest of us factor in what is important to us (be it fully funded college accounts, foreign language lessons, international travel, etc. etc).  [/quote]

Agree with this.  We are on waiting list for one of top 3 and are not uber wealthy.  My husband is passionate about golf and it's one of his lifelong dreams to be able to play easily on a really good course.  We prioritize country club over lavish vacations or a second home.  We couldn't do both and for us, we are choosing a club because it's something we as a family can use year round and get the most bang for our buck.  [/quote]

Actually, HHI of 250k (especially with one income) *is* considered wealthy by the vast, vast majority of people in the United States.[/quote]

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