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Old 06-29-2016, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee View Post
I'm with Bonny on this one. If a group of card players has been playing together for any length of time they are a "club" unto themselves and I don't think your wife and her friend should have tried to join them. A group of six of us play cards once a week and we would not appreciate anyone trying to break us up, it is our own private little social group for the time we are there.

I'm going to suggest that your wife call the contact for a club in which she is interested, and ask whether they welcome newcomers.
If it is your "own private little social group" it should meet at a private location rather than at a rec center which is open to public TV residents.

I wouldn't find it enjoyable to impose on an unwelcoming group but I personally don't think that it's very nice to be exclusive in the way you have described.