To a large degree, life on tour is spent with people you came up with or eventually, the people you play like. It's like any other business. You make friends as we did early on with, say, the Coodys. Some of those friendships, like mine with Charlie, have always been and will always be dear and intimate. Some of those early bonds are cast aside.
Cultures develop within the culture.
Funny, of all the tour wives I heard do that sort of social engineering, two who never did were the queen bees, Barbara Nicklaus and Winnie Palmer. The senior tour is a slightly different animal. Thirty-five years ago, today's seniors were seeking their place in the world. By now, we've found it. We've settled into our values and determined our priorities.