Quote: (09-20-2011 08:21 PM)Ohiogang Wrote:
Athlone what if your brown but you kind of look like this guy
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Mrad+Moua...5&hovw=183
I understand these girls would be snobbish, somewhat racist, and self-absorbed, but who is generally most successful with these types of women? (The hot ivy league ones), assuming you are not white.
I'm black with a dark skin tone, for the record.
A guy who looks like the one in your photo will do fine. I know guys like that at my school (dudes with some iranian ancestry plus a few latinos) who do pretty well.
Quote: (09-21-2011 02:51 AM)iknowexactly Wrote:
Oh, I agree-- they're hard to get-- it's like they're from a different planet--everyone they know has beach houses, elite jobs in elite institutions, it's a world you just don't hear about because you never were, and never will be invited. The screening starts, literally, in nursery schools. It' s not just "do YOU go to Harvard?", it's "Where did your Parents go to school?"
. I just think they looked good. No chance of working class me/ anyone not preppy getting them. You're spot on there. Different gene pool with no desire to mix.
This guy knows the deal.
Quote: (09-21-2011 11:41 AM)basilransom Wrote:
I lived the life. I don't see it your way.
Why wouldn't you see it my way...?
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I'm white and upper middle class, but not a WASP.
...that's why.
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The girls definitely do respond to game, they aren't some superior form of being.
It isn't about superiority, it is about acculturation.
These are girls who are bred a certain way in a certain class. They aren't going to fuck around outside of it. Iknowexactly's characterization of them is absolutely spot-on from what I've seen. Even if they like you, you will need to move mountains to get near them(or they'd have to be out-of-their-mind wasted) if you're not bred in a similar manner.
It is not about their screening for money and asking questions-this class of people never does that, they're far too discrete. It is about being bred in their culture and assimilating. They do not need to ask if you're bred well-they can see it on you. It will show naturally if you are, and if you aren't then you WILL NOT be able to fake it. There are a million little tells that they'll spot before you even realize you're doing yourself in.
I should know-as a freshman, I showed them all without having a clue what I was doing. Things I got away with at home (among an entirely different class of people) and tought were entirely harmless got me quizzical (one could argue that a few were angry) stares here. It is a different world.
If you are white and upper-middle class, then you're already closer to this club, and they might respond to you a little better. You've been bred in a culture somewhat similar to their own (you do not need to be a WASP for this, btw). East Asian/Indian/Hispanic and upper-middle class or above does ok too.
If you are not upper middle-class (they will know) and/or intimately familiar with/bred in this culture, you're facing an uphill battle to deal with these type of girls, even if you are white.
God help you if you're broke(read: middle class or lower) and black/hispanic. Your game better be masterful and I hope you're all-conference in a money sport(football, basketball, maybe baseball). Lighter skin helps a little too.
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If you're emotionally bothered by people richer than you, sure you may have trouble. But I honestly didn't find people that judgmental about it. If you're in the social circle, it's not really going to matter much.
You're not getting into the social circle without without fitting in completely socio-economically.
These people are very, VERY good at spotting those who do not come from where they do. They can see it in your carriage, your clothing, your family occupation, etc. They read me like a book when I got here, and I foolishly helped them along because I, like you, didn't think money/class/culture mattered. I figured that, as students at my school, we were all inherently kin in a sense.
I couldn't have been more wrong.
This is about breeding. You cannot fake being "well-bred". You were either raised in that society (literally 90% of the kids at my school were) and/or are very close to that culture in some other way (example: maybe you're just middle class and white, but you're great at lacrosse and got recruited to play here-that'll bridge you with some wealthier bros) or you aren't. That, or you are just socially masterful enough to overcome your lack of assimilation (read: airtight game, elite social skills, extroversion, etc).
They do not need to ask you and they certainly will not do it openly. It will happen all on its own, and WELL before you notice.
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I used to monitor a campus gossip site, and money rarely came up.
They're not that open about it.
Excommunication is FAR more subtle than this. It is usually very polite. They will not have an open discussion about money and/or your lack of it. You simply aren't going to fit into their culture seamlessly (because you haven't been bred in it), and you'll slowly feel less than welcome/integrated. You'll feel alone even in their company.
The girl situation will deteriorate similarly. They won't fuck with a clear outsider who, by definition, has low status. They'll start shying away from you, and you won't know why. It'll seem kind of odd at first, like they're willing to be polite but for some reason are still inherently wary of you. By the time you get it, the process will have long been done.
You, being white and upper middle class by your own admission, already met the baseline for integration. You, naturally, would not feel any of this.
One more thing: I don't know what school you went to, but girls engrossed in the culture I'm talking about usually attend the following institutions:
Ivies
NESCAC
Those places are where the culture I'm talking about is most concentrated, and it is also where I am. If you didn't go to one of these, you and I have very different experiences.
You'll also find plenty at
these places (especially the ones in the Northeast).
And, of course, there are less significant populations out at many other schools (USC, Maryland, Ole Miss, etc), though they do not dominate here like they do at a Trinity, Hamilton or Princeton.
The concentration/nature of this culture at a school like Princeton, Cornell, Middlebury, Dartmouth or Penn is
very different from what you're going to see at a USC or Maryland.
We could both be coming from two very different environments.