So, as I've mentioned before, I grew up in Manhattan and went to (gasp!) private school for grades K-6 with some kids who are.....
Let's just say that Ivan ka Trum p was a couple of grades behind me and leave it at that.
So I find myself perusing facebook, and I happen upon the new profile picture one of them has posted. It's her. Riding a polo pony. Her polo pony. And, for the record, she was the one who stated snottily when I got a horse in the 6th grade, "Your horse cost $4000? MY pony cost $48,000." (And it didn't even win.) She's moved on to hunters now, and still competes as an adult.
Is it so very wrong that when I happen upon her facebook status reading something like, "I am so mad about the tax increases Obama is levying on the wealthy. I can't wait until the November election season," I really really want an anonymous comment option on facebook -- like they have on blogs -- that enables me to post something like, "Don't worry princess, Obama isn't going to take away your precious polo ponies."
Gah!
I feel a little hypocritical since it peeves me to no end when other people label me bougie, but come on. At least I'm not a walking republican princess stereotype. Stereotype of other things, sure. But republican princess?
Not in a million years.
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This makes me glad that I went to public school for elementary school. (P.S. 11 :) Nobody made fun of you for having inferior ponies. They mostly just threatened to beat you up :) (Seriously though, everyone was pretty poor.)
I do wish I had gone to private school for middle school though, because man, public JHS is rough in Manhattan...
You know how they have the 'Like' feature of statuses? They need to have a 'You're a tool' feature as well. But make it anon for obvious reasons.
Haha Fizzy, when I was bad my parents used to threaten to send me to *public school* in NYC with all the violent kids.
I think that might have been preferable to the pony contests, actually.
She's still living in her childhood, and likely always will.
You've grown up and moved on to that funny thing called reality.
She "competes"?! How does she exactly "compete" like making the summer games of 2012? Or does she merely prance around and pretend.
And let's face it:
you're normal, you probably had normal parents
would YOU want the don ald for a dad????
not me, not in a million years
Hello,
I started following your blog a week or so ago after I saw your comments on "Pre Med for Non-Traditional ..." (Ad2b). Thank you for sharing your experience and offering your advice.
On another note, this post reminded me of the 'I had a pony' Seinfeld episode and made me laugh.
... well, yes, but does she have a brother?
Been a lurker for a long while, but I have to say that this post made me laugh out loud. In addition to the "thumbs up" button on Facebook, there should be a "flippin' the bird" button as well. Keep on keepin' on, OldMDGirl.
Dr. G -- Interestingly, she's a pretty high level manager at a large consulting firm, so she does have a pretty serious job that entails a lot of work. Not *totally* living in childhood fantasy land like some other people I went to school with. I mean, she's allowed to be a Republican and to dislike Obama. Her comments just annoy me because I mean come on. They could raise taxes a LOT and she'd still be fantastically well off. On the other hand it sucks a lot to watch your portfolio wilt away. On the other hand it sucks even more if your portfolio was small to begin with.
G -- She does, actually.
When you wrote " bougie" I actually read that as boo-zhee, as in the bougies that we use to intubate difficult airways and then pass endotracheal tubes over. Had to reread before I understood your meaning...
RAG -- That's funny. Been in the hospital a bit too much lately, perhaps?
;-)
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