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Organizations/Associations
Category: Relationships and Society Asked by: preppydne-ga List Price: $41.00 |
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27 May 2006 18:17 PDT
Expires: 26 Jun 2006 18:17 PDT Question ID: 732948 |
I am looking for organizations/associations that 1)are purely focused on being preppy, "preppyness" or 2)focus on attracting preppy members, and have events with members who are extremely preppy. This organization must have a Boston chapter or Boston events. The only thing I can find so far is the "preppy cafe", which focuses on retail and does not have any events of any kind. The stereotype of someone that is preppy, shops at Brooks Brothers, J.Crew, Burberry, wears lacoste (with the collar up), went to Boarding School and a top university after that, vacations on Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, or the Hamptons. Thank you for your help! |
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Re: Organizations/Associations
From: frde-ga on 28 May 2006 11:11 PDT |
We call them 'Sloan Rangers' in the UK - although they would consider some of the brands you mention rather 'chav' or naff I assume you have some cunning plan for infiltration and exploitation - they quite like a bit of rough - and they can spot a 'fake person' at 100 yards |
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Re: Organizations/Associations
From: myoarin-ga on 28 May 2006 11:30 PDT |
As a preppy from long before the "Preppy Handbook" was written, I believe this is a futile search. Preppies recognize/accept each other with some levels of differentiation - and thus would eschew an organization that tried to appeal to the full spectrum of preppies, which could only have a commercial goal, appealing to social climbers. Each school has its own alumni/ae organization; allegiance is to one's school, not to a greater world of preppies. The "St. Grotlesex" alumni/ae - including those of a few other New England prep schools - won't think someone who went to a Midwestern boarding school is one of theirs. Having recalled the expression "St. Grotlesex", I found this site for preppy meeting places in Boston area: http://www-tech.mit.edu/archives/VOL_101/TECH_V101_S0594_P007.pdf Unfortunately, the article is 25 years old, but was accurate at the time. A few years before it appeared, I dropped into the Casablanca and was greeted by two classmates from (another) 25 years earlier. (And don't believe that they all vacation in those places. ;) |
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Re: Organizations/Associations
From: myoarin-ga on 28 May 2006 11:50 PDT |
Frde's comment - slipped in while I was still writing - suggests that maybe I was too hard on Midwesteners. One who rowed in a crew that won the Interscholastics or did well at the Head of Charles or at Henley might pass muster. |
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Re: Organizations/Associations
From: preppydne-ga on 03 Jun 2006 08:18 PDT |
Yes, I recognize what I am searching for might be hard to find. However, I believe it exists somewhere. Preppy people love other preppy people and of course people are different, but I believe the preppy bond is a strong one. Once people graduate from boarding school/college it becomes harder and harder to find the preppy-types of people you went to school with! Of course I am loyal to my boarding school/college, but an "allegiance to a greater world of preppies" is exactly what I am looking for-even if the focus or philosophy isn't preppyness per say. |
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Re: Organizations/Associations
From: myoarin-ga on 11 Jun 2006 04:18 PDT |
Hi, - again, I have dropped by to read your comment a couple of times, and spent some time wondering why I feel differently about the subject. I disagree to your statement that "preppy people love other preppy people." They respect each other to the extent that they respect the school that the other one attended, and this knowledge gives them a certain common ground when they meet - just as discovering that a new acquaintance also served in the Navy, or played the same sport, or also had been in the Peace Corps. But just being a preppie from anywhere isn't sufficient. Preppie is a generic term; people don't introduce themselves as a preppie, but may admit to being one if asked, then naming their school unless they want to avoid mentioning the name out of reticence or modesty. From my experience, preppies don't need or want a generic affiliation. Like everywhere else in life, they just do what and go where they choose and aren't surprised to find others with a similar background, much like the website that I posted suggested. If you aren't running into many preppies in Boston, you probably have different interests and won't find that preppies you seek out on that basis alone won't have much in common with you. Just as well; old preppies who only have that point of orientation can be boring. :) |
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Re: Organizations/Associations
From: yorker-ga on 11 Jun 2006 11:01 PDT |
As usual, the sage Myoarin is right on target. My first question, Preppydne, is context: are you looking for Boston preppies for some business or professional reason (ie, you're writing an article about preppies, or you're trying to market to them)? Or is it a personal interest in joining/hanging out with such folk? Know that will help us answer you more accurately. Myoarin and Frde have apparently read your question as the latter, and both have provided some helpful guidance. To follow up on Myoarin's comment, imagine that your question was "I am looking for organizations/associations that are purely focused on members who were former members of the US Army's Special Forces". A little research could certainly point you in the direction of some appropriate contacts if you were interested in coming at it from the 'outside', but there's certainly no way that you could 'join' them or even hang out with them if you didn't share that background. It's much the same with preppies (although probably less useful from a national defense perspective :-). So, perhaps we'll be able to help you a bit better with a little more info. Are you a Boston preppy who's feeling lonely? Do you want to marry a rich, WASPy preppy? Are you writing a book about preppies? As an East Coast preppie myself (although of just a tad more recent vintage than Myoarin) who shops at Brooks Brothers, wears Lacoste, went to a top prep school and a top university and grew up summering in the Hamptons, I may be able to provide some pointers if I can figure out what the goal is [grin]. |
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Re: Organizations/Associations
From: myoarin-ga on 11 Jun 2006 13:08 PDT |
Hmmm, did I say something about doing what one chooses and not being surprised to find others with a similar background? Maybe we could run a poll here for St. Grotlesex alumni/ae. ;) |
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Re: Organizations/Associations
From: preppydne-ga on 24 Jun 2006 13:51 PDT |
Well Myoarin I do agree with what you are saying. Most people don?t actively seek out other preppy people. That being said, people do befriend other people that are similar to them. Go to Nantucket, you will find groups of girls who all wear the same clothing, went to the same schools, and come from privileged families. Do you think that is a coincidence, no. Do you befriend people that are similar to you, absolutely. So yes preppies to an extent do seek out other preppies, the extent it's done subconsciously or consciously depends on the individual. I am of course overly conscious of this fact, but mostly because the social network I had in college is gone-and I would like to rebuild that network here in Boston. Yorker to answer your question. I would say yes to all of the above! I am 22, so not quite sure if marriage is on the radar yet. But I would love to meet preppy/waspy guys! In all honesty, the preppy type is really the only type of guy I am attracted to. There is nothing cuter than a guy wearing a polo, pair of Nantucket reds, and some flip flops!. And, from my understanding preppy guys feel the same. To a very preppy guy, there is nothing hotter than a well-dressed preppy girl. She has to be pretty of course, but preppy girls usually are! I would like to widen my social circle for both career and personal reasons. People with certain pedigrees (attended boarding school, top colleges, etc.) tend to pursue similar career paths, and it is always good to widen your professional network of contacts. Also I would like to meet other girls that think going shopping to Saks Fifth Avenue sales or taking a beach trip to Nantucket, is as fun of an idea as I do! So I am looking for clubs or groups I can join, where I can accomplish the mentioned above! |
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Re: Organizations/Associations
From: myoarin-ga on 25 Jun 2006 04:50 PDT |
Greetings again, and again I have read your last comment a couple of times, wanting to but wondering how to reply. I am suspecting that you have moved to Boston a few months ago and still haven't found your "crowd". (You don't have to confirm, refute or explain. :) To repeat a bit: I think that you are trying to run after something that can't be chased. If you HAVE been in Boston for a while and not run into preppies, your interests and activities don't fit the mold, but it is superficial, and that is not to be regretted, though you do - your examples - perhaps hankering to pick up past school and college experiences. I had to smile a bit at reading them. You want to widen your social circle, which is certainly the right idea. I would suggest forgetting about preppies. If you haven't found them already, they won't be the persons who will be interesting to you or for career and social networking. Forget the clothes, they are only the uniform, not the individual, and those with character don't need to wear it. Looking for the uniform won't broaden your social circle. But if you are still desperate to find preppies, you might consider taking up rowing - not the 100% preppy sport it once was. Cambridge Boat Club, Union Boat Club. I seem to remember that girls from better-off families do volunteer work - the "right" kind, of course, but I don't know what that is, maybe helping with the Head of the Charles Regatta or something related to a church in the right section of town. There is one on Beacon Hill, or just going to the church of your choice near Harvard Square. Good luck! |
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