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Why Americans don’t found a social club?
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It does bothers me that so many Dominicans look up to a country that doesn´t take the time for something as symbolic as a single 24 hour official presidential visit. Symbolism is very important.
I also find it ridiculous that leaders of countries on the other side of the globe take time out of the busy schedules to make official visits to the DR. They don´t have it as easy to make those trips as the American president (takes more time and money to make that trip), yet they still do it. How long does a flight takes to go from Washington DC to Santo Domingo? What about from Madrid to Santo Domingo? Washington DC in summer has the same time as Santo Domingo, for Christs sakes!
But, that´s a topic for another thread.
It is not that unusal for americans to have clubs, i have come across quite a few....... i think it is actually a " brand ".
Americans woman's club of geneva....... replace geneva by any major cosmopolitan city.
( it is not exclusive to americans though, even though they make up the largest part of the ranks ).
No I think it was mis-credited to Groucho, who didn't say it but did say "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
I think it originally came from Freud but it was in one of Woody Allen's books
"https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7347-i-d-never-join-a-club-that-would-allow-a-person
There are plenty of those types of clubs that are "shared interest" clubs - bridge club, tennis club, flying club, Porsche club, etc.
Jeez you are a salty person, aint you ? Re-read slowly....... Americans woman's club of geneva, proposes activites and french lessons, etc..............
What kind of a human being goes around a forum trying to pick fights ? Smh
American Citizens Abroad, Inc. partners with The Association of American Clubs. The latter has clubs around the world. Regretfully, one does not exist in the DR. I have thought of investigating the interest in starting a DR chapter.
It doesn't matter if there are dozens of them, for the most part; this trend isn't part of the American culture. Best wishes in your endeavor, am sure with no time, your chapter will be full of Dominicans seeking imaginary prestige.
I could see it working. American Women's Club attracts hundreds of americans, back in geneva. Some people find it hard just to get up and go out and do stuff in a foreign country. AWC ( or AIWC ) proposes dozens of activities ( hiking, skiing, even just restaurant outings and bbqs, english library, etc ).
The typical member is wife of ( but sometimes husband of ) an american posted abroad for work, but not exclusively ( more and more pensioners, nowadays ).
Obviously the pool of persons in the dr would be much smaller....... but still, I could see it work. ( organised hiking groups, discovery of diffrent parts of the dr, etc......).
No really, just a counter BS vigilante if you will
Not trying to be rude or anything but you're starting to look like a troll.
Yeah, but that's women. It's just like the women only thread here on DR1. Women love to get together and blab about everything.
Well, suprisingly, they are not all american and they are not all women.....lol. They could do with a rename......
I found that after a couple of years here, the excitmemt of running around all over the place exploring the island kind of died down.........sadly as i am sure there is still a bunch of places i need to see.
I will do "touristy" stuff when i have visitors over.......and thats about it
So an incentive to do touristy stuff, but without the touristy vibes, sounds quite appealing.
There is a very active International Women’s Club in Santo Domingo, I’ve attended some of their events. Certainly not all Americans tho.
In the days of non-binary how can there be a "Woman's Only" Forum.
I think that violates the progressive agenda - bigly
Women are women when it is convenient or gives them an advantage. It's called a woman's prerogative to change their minds whenever it suits them". I love women and wouldn't have them any other way.
Promoting Middle Eastern "culture" or promoting their religious garbage?
Anywhere I've traveled to where they are "promoting" their culture it has
always been associated with the latter.
I think the most Americans who live in the DR have decided to do so in order
to get away from Americans.. Its like going to an Irish pub in the middle of
Thailand. Sheesh... If I was interested in doing that shouldn't I be in Ireland?