LMAO.. comedy.

It doesn't matter. That is unacceptable.

I love my father, but he won't wear my letters and I won't wear his (he's a member of Alpha Phi Alpha).

Exactly! Someone on GC said they would donate 'nalia to Goodwill.

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Greek Week shirts are also acceptable.

Our philanthropy shirts tend to have all of the participating fraternity letters on the back as well. I have also seen sororities give their coaches "lettered" shirts for that particular philanthropy. (Mainly sorority superbowl.) But stitched letters... like the fabric and embroidery letters are reserved for members and sweethearts... and actually one of our girls got pinned by a fraternity member and she started wearing his letters. That i wasn't sure of but whatever works i guess.

At the same time... I wouldn't give my mom a set of letters to wear...unless "mom" was written on it somewhere. I give her little things like mugs and whatnot.

What's funny about educating your members? Being Greek and the meaning of Greek letters to Greek members isn't something the non-Greek community cares about or is even aware of.

** scratches head **

In regards to sweethearts and girl's who have been pinned wearing letters. It is okay with the fraternity. On of the perks of being a sweetheart is wearing their letters. The same with being pinned if a fraternity man pins his girlfriend she can wear the actual badge or sweetheart pin of the fraternity she can wear their letters. I'm not sure this is allowed in every fraternity but I know the Pike's her do it.

I got "badged" by my boyfriend, and he gave me a sweatshirt for Valentine's day. I love wearing it :-) It reminds me of my boyfriend and it gives them publicity. All good things as long as I am concerned.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rezilient
[He just doesn't know. That he has a beatdown waiting for him when he least expects it!

Are you serious? You and your org. are ready to hurt someone over a shirt? I would be mad and ready to say some kind or mean words (depending on their attitude), but hurting someone? Please tell me I have the wrong idea about what you mean. *Hold on* you only want to beat him down because he is trying to make money, right? If so I do the same, but not for wearing my letters.

-F&AM, PHA.Cedars #64
-Phi Tau

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by phamason2003

Quote:

Originally posted by rezilient [He just doesn't know. That he has a beatdown waiting for him when he least expects it! Are you serious? You and your org. are ready to hurt someone over a shirt? I would be mad and ready to say some kind or mean words (depending on their attitude), but hurting someone? Please tell me I have the wrong idea about what you mean. *Hold on* you only want to beat him down because he is trying to make money, right? If so I do the same, but not for wearing my letters. -F&AM, PHA.Cedars #64 -Phi Tau

yes, he has three options....

take it off...
i'll take it off...
if he's too big for me to take, i'll get one of the big bruh to take it off...


this is NOT a game.

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It's not a gang either. You are letting your mouth run away with you a bit on this one I think.

I respect my letters and what they mean to the absolute fullest, trust. But as a college-educated adult I know that violence is not my option.

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that's how i feel about it. maybe it's the dude in me or what not...but this is one of those instilled things that stuck to me.

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Shut up, Suge Knight.

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Please don't attribute it to masculinity.

Perhaps this isn't the venue for you to go on such tangents ;)

If you didn't pledge at Kinder Care, you ain't sh*t:cool:

We only pledge kids who are potty trained!

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damn...that hurt.

:(

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ummm.....perhaps you're right. wrong venue.....

shut up :mad:

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Your heart pumps koolaid!

"Man" up!

:mad:

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wrong venue.....

:mad: <----grit

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:o

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HAHAHAHA, I knew you, Starang21, would make a comment like that. I knew it and sure enough you made it. " If he's to big" for you you'd need to call up your troops, whoa sounds like a gang thing. You a gangster in letters? Man, if I was like you I'd be fighting every second with people.

*F&AM, PHA-Cedars #64
*Phi Tau

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ummmmm....nope.

Pledging babypeople
 

Oh. My. Jaysis.
CTFU. CTFU. CTFU.:p :D :cool:

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by phamason2003

Quote:

Originally posted by rezilient [He just doesn't know. That he has a beatdown waiting for him when he least expects it! Are you serious? You and your org. are ready to hurt someone over a shirt? I would be mad and ready to say some kind or mean words (depending on their attitude), but hurting someone? Please tell me I have the wrong idea about what you mean. *Hold on* you only want to beat him down because he is trying to make money, right? If so I do the same, but not for wearing my letters. -F&AM, PHA.Cedars #64 -Phi Tau

I can imagine the look on my mother's face when I tell her I'm in jail for beating someone up for wearing a Zeta shirt. Ummm NO!

That explains why my nephew had to drop line....ChIT!
Eh well, one can also go elementary. :D

if i ever saw toddlers party walkin and chantin'....i'd be through......

Ha....strolling to "...His Name Is My Name Tooooo....."

ya
 

well it depends on whom, beta theta pi letters are allowed to be worn by, A brother of beta theta pi, alumni, mother, daughter, sister, wife.

ROFLMAO okay that was a priceless moment.

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BWAHAHAHAHAH! Oh jeebus, that was funny. Thank you, ChaosDST. :D

(ETA: I'm not laughing at you starang21, just the comeback.)

Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung...smiley-017.gif


Co-sign with Soror LI and TheEpitome1920! I'm in a sorority, not a gang. You can talk to/educate a person, but putting your hands on them is assault. Besides, I live in Los Angeles. It's just not a good idea. I LOVE MY AKA, but I also like living.

The funny thing is, I just had this convo with a friend about 2 hours ago. We were on our way to the mall and she wanted to get her jacket from her car, but I had already passed her car. She goes, that's ok, I'll just wear your jacket. She reaches and picks up my chapter jacket. I gave her a look (which she misconstrued, my look was actually, is there a jacket back there?) She like, oh. it's an AKA jacket. Then she continues, but what if I was near death. I said, but you're not.

Here's my stance: IF you are not soror, you should not wear AKA stuff. However, if I'm with my mom and it starts raining, she's going to be underneath my AKA umbrella.

Now what about "promotional" t-shirts... (i.e. The AKA Ice Cream Social) I know I don't know about any D-9 orgs having t-shirts made up for most events unless it's an ongoing program, like a deb cotillion or AlphaBets or something like that, and even then it's for kids and teens. I know I didn't carry my debutante bag or wear my t-shirt anywhere even when I was in high school unless it was a deb event, and I *KNOW* I wouldn't wear it now! (it was a jabberwock ;) ) Really, I'm not accustomed to seeing that kind of thing across the NPHC in general. Discuss.

I remember a girl at Spelman who wore her AKA deb shirt ALL the TIME!! We just shook our heads.

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Yup...

My letters mean so much to me. But the ideals that my founders set out for us also mean so much to me. I cannot IMAGINE anyone beating someone else up over a shirt. Some people need some anger management training... it's just a shirt. I would guess that 99% of people out there wearing these shirts are not "perps"- either they just don't know, or they are poor/homeless. I just think it's completely rude to stroll up to someone you DON'T know and question them about what they're wearing.

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It's only as rude as you make it. There are always diplomatic ways to go about things.

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Just curious, how would you go about "diplomatically" asking a homeless person to remove the only shirt they might have? Unless you were going to offer them another shirt to wear, I don't think that's a very appropriate way of dealing with the situation.

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Uh...were we only talking about homeless people? I don't think any sane person w/ a heart would advocate taking a homeless person's shirt w/o providing them with another shirt.

But, since we're not just talking about homeless people, there are always diplomatic ways to go about things and it's only as rude as you make it.

exactly... there's no need to be nasty or rude right off the bat, but to me the situation is like...

I have a jean jacket that I wear most every day, and I leave it sitting down somewhere and all of a sudden someone takes it. And I know that *someone* has taken it. The next day at school, I see a girl I kind of know walking around school with a jean jacket on that looks JUST like mine, and I know I ain't never seen her in a jean jacket before.

I know it's not the same exact situation, but the emotion is somewhat the same, to me, when someone is wearing your letters who you know doesn't need to have them on, and they know it, and they're rocking them anyway like it's not an issue. it is, because it's disrespectful like somebody stole something outta your closet! Again, it's not something to get crazy and violent about, because I don't idolize anything, much less some letters or even my org, but it's something that you do have emotions about!

I feel you, chaosdst, about the diplomacy. there's a RIGHT and WRONG way to go about everything!

(but I am too tickled about the *diplomacy* of this thread so far... no "horror stories" yet? ;) )

i have never heard anything about boyfriends not being able to wear girlfriends letters and vice versa. i know a few of my sisters have shirts from other fraternities. it must be a NPHC thing. if i marry a guy who is in a fraternity then i am allowed to wear his letters, and it wouldnt be a problem

LOL...I know plenty of horror stories...LOL

But, as I always say...I'll save those for another venue :)

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People throw the "grip" outside of ritual?