Queen Bees and Pool Culture

Women are the harshest judges of women

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“That will be us in five years if we’re not careful.” The words strike me as I pass a trio of women sunning themselves on loungers next to the adult pool.

Even though the deck is empty except for us, I stop at a chaise two over from them and drop my hat and towel on it. My son, Leo, is meeting me and unlike me, he loves baking in the sun — and these…