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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I have learned not to pay attention to this kind of stuff. Middle school and high school were hard for me, I choose not to revisit those years.

Club, tennis clothes, running schedules, whatever....when I see grown women acting as if they are teenagers, it makes me laugh.

So in other words you haven't recovered from your high school ostracization.

Spoken like a true tennis skirt wearing country clubber.

Anonymous wrote:Arlington here. Oh yeah.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I have learned not to pay attention to this kind of stuff. Middle school and high school were hard for me, I choose not to revisit those years.

Club, tennis clothes, running schedules, whatever....when I see grown women acting as if they are teenagers, it makes me laugh.

So in other words you haven't recovered from your high school ostracization.

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I have learned not to pay attention to this kind of stuff. Middle school and high school were hard for me, I choose not to revisit those years.

Club, tennis clothes, running schedules, whatever....when I see grown women acting as if they are teenagers, it makes me laugh.

Anonymous wrote:Perspective from a SAHM who just returned to work part-time. One of the things I noticed while home for a number of years is that I felt like I interacted with a broader variety of people than I did when I was working (with a rather homogeneous group of lawyers).

While working, I interacted primarily with PPL who shared a common experience and educational background and with my friends and family. When your interactions with adults are dictated by the bus stop, who is room parent in your kids class, or in your aerobics class, you're "social circle" is less homogeneous than when you're working. You don't necessarily have anything in common with the PPL you interact with on a daily basis. Your world views just clash more often. I think it's been a great reminder of what kids' lives are like. Our kids are in school with kids whose families don't necessarily share our values. It forces you to be a little more thoughtful about what your values are and to teach your kids why you make the choices you do.

One other thing to note. Demanding jobs weed out the truly crazy. The school bus stop does not. There are more really wacky PPL out there then I ever imagined. For a while I thought I should right a novel about the characters in my Montgomery County neighborhood. Who would of guessed?? Working dad's who miss this scene have no idea what we endure.

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, and I don't mean this in a rude way, but read the kids with special needs forum.

When my son was in preschool, we thought (mistakenly it turns out) that our son had some neurological issues. Keeping up with the Jones's was completely off of my radar, when I thought my kid's future and happiness was on the bubble.

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Anonymous wrote:I personally am really tired of hearing people talking about their vacation homes on the Cape.

You know you wish you could join us regular folks at Great Wolf Lodge.

Great Wolf? I was thinking of the pool at the Super 8.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Seriously, who gives a crap what someone else wants to wear to a Starbucks. I'd make fun of someone in a tennis outfit or bike shorts if I knew they never actually played tennis or rode a bike but otherwise WTF?

Anonymous wrote:I personally am really tired of hearing people talking about their vacation homes on the Cape.

You know you wish you could join us regular folks at Great Wolf Lodge.

Anonymous wrote: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.