We had dinner with a couple from Minnesota who had been staying with us for the weekend. We discussed a number of things, including plans for moving back to Minnesota.

Kim’s Comments on Schools in the Twin Cities:

She says the schools in the Minneapolis and St. Paul, are “just shit.”

When our friend says, “What about Wayzata?” She corrects him with “Minneapolis and St. Paul,” which goes to her “inside the city proper” mentality. Most people when referring to the Twin Cities, or Minneapolis/St. Paul in this kind of context would assume the metro…her somewhat curt correction may only be perceivable by people familiar with Kim’s opinion, and to them, this is an eye-rolling distinction. I am still not totally certain what the basis for this “inside city limits” is all about, but it’s definitely not just “city-living,” as that’s a distinction without a difference for many areas, including ones Kim found reasonable inside the city, but not outside. She also has a rejection of seemingly all-things “middle-class,”  anything that would be associated with being white/caucasian, and generally anything male. White, middle-class, male is the devil in her eyes and she made no qualms about pre-judging people who fit this description before meeting them, and then treating them with utter disdain, including eventually my brother and father both (as well as me, obviously).

 

Brad’s Comments on Schools in Twin Cities:

Kim not Wanting to Live Somewhere Where Lives Revolve Around Kids:

Why We’re Planning on Moving Back:

 

Related:

• Discussion of her head trauma at this same dinner.
• We can get the kids in somewhere in talking about moving to Alabama a few months later …on Feb. 17th 2020
• [[ LINK ]] Kim insists that the kids can only go to Newman during first discussion of it (to support her move to St. Paul as isolation from me).