Grups, Revisited
I am remiss in that it has taken me so long to write a follow up to my original post on Grups, or grown ups who have kids and dress and act young.
My friend Blogenheimer astutely pointed out that New York magazine has a habit of running articles that purport to detail a trend, but that are actually just vague, and whose only references are friends of the author’s. His wife Queenie pointed out, also astutely, that most of the people in the Grups article didn’t sound very nice.
I was quick to identify with the article, but think that Mr. and Mrs. Blogenheimer’s points are well-taken. In fact, the urge to identify with the article reminded me of the gazillion online quizzes that will tell you what book you are, what personality your blog is, and on and on. These things, as the Grups article was, are entertaining. They are not meant, though, to stand in for the complex totality of a person, and should not be mistaken for anything scientific or even very meaningful. I want to apologize, then for jumping on the Grups bandwagon. I’m off it now.