Not sure if this is the best comm for this post, but it really hit home with me, and is getting some good discussion in my circles.
Not sure if this is the best comm for this post, but it really hit home with me, and is getting some good discussion in my circles.
Rock climbing only cost like $150 for the gear and it will last you for years. But a membership to an indoor climbing gym in a place like that is likely over $100 a month. Even sports like soccer if you're playing in a club, which I assume her rich co-workers were, can get expensive. I had to drop out of rugby because not only was the $40 a month for dues hard for me but I also could never mesh with the team cause everyone would go out to eat together after almost every practice and I could never afford to.
This is true. I've never been big into rock climbing, but I have some friends who are and I live in an area with a handful of natural walls not too far away, so all of my experience has been pretty cheap. But your point on club dues and the extra social outings is fair. I don't have much experience living outside the rural/suburban parts of the Midwest, so I forget that folks will find ways to make their social groups even more exclusive.