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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swimming comes across as so elitist. The expensive pay-to-play model is bad enough but then you have forced volunteering or an expensive payout? I can't see how my mom would have been able to handle that. I'm now married to a successful college swimmer and it is funny that she is the one who isn't interested in being involved in the toxic competitive swim culture. [/quote]

Our summer swim is $125.  So elite.[/quote]

Plus the pool membership itself, the suits, the gear, etc.[/quote]

They may be at a public pool.  You can get cheap suits.  Our team does not care what kind. [/quote]

Literally every sport costs money if you're going to do it around here. Even basketball and soccer, which is just one ball for the whole team. Life isn't fair. I grew up doing zero sports because my family couldn't afford it. I didn't cry and grouse, and neither did my parents. Now my family and I belong to the community pool, which is just a pool--no tennis court, etc. and yes we pay the feel to belong each summer, which feels like a lot. But the way things cost these days, it breaks down to a bargain. You cant go to the theater for 4 people without spending $100. Zava zone, sandy spring, even bowling adds up. So $500 for the summer and $150 for my kid to swim 5 mornings a week for 7 weeks and the amount of times we go to the pool as a smaller for fun? Cheapest thing we could do all summer besides hiking, which we do, but it's hot and buggy.

I'm sick of the "it's not fair" people. Life's not fair! Let's move on. [/quote]

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