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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also dislike the culture among the parents.  It feels a lot like a fraternity and sorority.[/quote]

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I didn't realize joining a community pool was going to be like going back to high school, and that my perfectly nice non-team member child would be on the social dud list.  This is just so fucking weird and cliched.  Can't wait to get away from this $700 summer of watching a bunch of little snots and their nasty parents hang out together.[/quote]

This is so true.  But it's even worse if you're new to the team and you're a social outcast because everyone else has known each other since preschool age and your child is forced to sit through a 4 hour meet with no one talking to her.  Those are long 4 hours because you're actually only swimming for like 2 min.  Such a waste of time.  [/quote]

Isnt that just part of being a newcomer? No worse or better with swim team. Of course the parents who have known each other for years talk to each other! Nothing snobby about that. We didn't have many friends the first summer we swam. Now the fourth, we do. [/quote]

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