Same here. I wear fraternity jewelry that is understated but has special meaning to me.

I have a pinky ring as well as a few necklaces and braceletes with letters and/or crest/and or crown.

The most special pieces, though.. were given to me as gifts. One is a gorgeous silver charm bracelet that was hand made by the same person who gave it to me. I wear it nearly every day.

It has a silver strawberry, pink ribbon for our philanthropy, silver crown, and a few other charms she included that are also very special to me (judo charm, ship's wheel, my university's mascot, etc).

I also have a lovely five-pointed crown pin someone else gave me.

A group of my non-fraternity friends chipped in to buy me a gorgeous 14k gold and diamond pendent with letters and crest for my birthday.

I do have a few shirts and sweatshirts, but wear them mostly to alumnae pic-nics and scrapbooking events.

Fraternity? Aren't you a girl?

.......and aren't you that 200 something year old AI hag that stalks people via public records and the internet?

Some Sororities have Fraternity in their name.

Get with it if you can.

:)

As far as wearing letters, I guess it is each to their own isn't it?:D

LOL! In his pompous attempt to launch an attack, macallan25 just shot himself in the foot. Gotta love it.

Brother, while I agree with your thoughts and beliefs, I think of a larger situation.
Ever day, I see people wearing Collage hats, shirts, sweats et al. And most of them are well out of school.
Then you have those who are paying, thru the nose in many cases, to be walking advertisements. Nike, GAP, A&F, any Team et al.
So, I really to not see a major problem if someone cares to wear something personally close and personal to them.
Or have a sticker or two on their car.
But that is just my OVHO/POV.
Should add that I have met both Brothers and fellow Greeks either because I was wearing a shirt or they were.

Bro, I really don't care what people choose to wear....it is none of my business. I was just stating my personal opinion.

I have never heard of a sorority having "fraternity" in their name.

.....hopefully you won't e-stalk me.

i'm a member of Phi Mu which was founded in 1852 prior to the word Sorority which was invented for Gamma Phi Beta. So many of the sororities on my campus regardless of date of founding are fraternities as well like: Phi Sigma Sigma, Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, as well as Phi Mu are nationally and formally known as FRATERNITIES (being modeled originally after men's organizations) while others ex: Sigma Sigma Sigma and Delta Phi Epsilon are formally titled as sororities. It is a matter of preference: example Alpha Delta Pi was originally a fraternity as well (they were founded in 1851) but formally changed to sorority (if I'm not mistaken). It is simply matter of choice and tradition. I hope I was clear, if not, someone try to clean up my point!

If you really look at the official names, a good number of the women's groups are technically fraternities. It may seem weird, but it's true.

It seems that there are more opportunities for Divine Nine members to stay active with their groups after graduation. Sure, it's possible for NPC/IFC members to do so, but it's less common. The fact that an active member would feel the most comfortable wearing letters makes sense to me, so I think that explains a lot of the difference in attitude.

I don't wear letters in my day to day life unless there's a reason for me to do so. If I were an advisor or if I were going to an event, I'd wear them. I'm certainly proud of Alpha Gamma Delta, but I don't want to seem like I'm trying too hard to hang on to who I was in college, and I'm afraid this is how wearing letters a lot would come off to many people I know. If you are doing something for your group in the present, it makes sense to wear letters a lot, but if you activity for the group is mainly in the past, then your letter wearing probably is too or it's a lot more subtle. (outside of GreekChat, of course).

Mind your manners and hold your insults, and I won't. :D
In the meanwhile, here are some examples of other female fraternities (taken from their national websites):

"Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women"
http://www.pibetaphi.org/

"Kappa Alpha Theta was founded in 1870 as the first Greek-letter fraternity for women...."
http://www.kappaalphatheta.org/

Welcome to Kappa Kappa Gamma Founded in 1870, Kappa is one of the oldest women's fraternities.."
http://www.kappakappagamma.org/

"Phi Mu Fraternity is pleased to announce the new members of its 2006-2008 National Council and NPC Delegation. Elections were held at the... "
http://www.phimu.org/

Alpha Phi International Fraternity Established in 1872
http://www.alphaphi.org/

Brother, Understood. On same page.

I have plenty of Pi Phi, Theta, and Kappa friends (they make up the top tier down here in Austin)......never heard them refer to themselves as a fraternity, rather a sorority. All the women in my family were either Thetas or Pi Phis........and its the same with them.

Oh well.

:) :D

As I stated earlier, it is your Pref.

But as your Brother stated, I too have met many members of other GLOs by wearing letters. I really like meeting members fro other GLOs and sometimes I find mine. Hell, a Kenny Chesney concert, I met 5 LX's, a BTPi, and a ZTA even though I was looking for an AGD!:D

I do not wear them all of the time, but if I wear a ball cap, I wear mine with letters.

Why should I advertise for Old Navy, Da GAP, Buttweiser, Nike just to be cool and over pay on items?

I don't think there's any danger of you being "cool".