Hello! New and Needing help! :D (Mother/Daughter sorority)
 

Hello all, I am Nichole, a mom to one magnificant little girl! And I am going to start a Mother/Daughter sorority with only TWO members! Her and I! :D She si going to love this, and it will give up the well needed time to bond, and do girl things together. Own oown little personal club. I'm thinking about Pi Delta Alpha as the lettering, but I can use all the help I can get in learning all the ropes to make this both fun and educational. My biggest problem thus far has been, WHERE to get merchandise in VERY small quantities, with OUR letters, that don't cost an arm and a leg? I'm sure there are experts among you that can help in this area! :)

Thank you so much!
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Oh, my.

By the way, there already is a Pi Delta Alpha.

You can get stuff on any greek merchandise website with whatever letters you choose at a reasonable cost. Do a google search.

And I will second the "oh my."

I'm going to self-edit and just say WHY?

Really?

Seriously???

Eh, if some greek letters on a t-shirt make her feel closer to her daughter, whatever. I can think of worse things one could do with greek letters.

But why?

Probably the same reason women do this:
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Yes, because I know it's something she will enjoy! The same reason people think it's stupid to have sororities to begin with, and you all love them?? The same reasons moms get down and play baby dolls, barbies, tag and get mani-pedis with their daughters.The bonding that can occur, the time spent together, her feeling like the both of us are a part of something "together". Not sure what all the shock is about.. lol! it's a little funny.. It's odd to you for me to feel closer to MY blood daughter by doing something together, but not strange at all for you all to feel close to your "pretend" sisters, by doing the same thing! HA! wow! Maybe you all are too young to have children, so you don't understand! lol! But you will one day! :D Thank you to the ONE person who was "slightly" helpful! HA! WOW, that was a venture.. off to find a much more mature group of "sorority girls" lol! (ps: not to be mean, but you all really shouldn't support people's general belief that sorority girls are air headed and shallow with rude replies like some of the ones above! .. just sayin'.. )

Lady, the vast majority of us are alumnae of our organizations. I'm a 31 year old mother of 3, thanks. See what happens when you stereotype?

Oh, and somehow, I manage to bond with my daughter just fine doing stuff we both like without creating a fake sorority for just us two. There is nothing stronger than a bond between a mother and child, and I don't need to create a club for her to enjoy our time together. You have to understand where we come from. What you come here asking us about is kind of insulting. What you propose to do with your daughter is not what greek life is all about. Is it a small part of it? Sure, in some campus cultures. But we are not just clubs of women who like to get together for mani-pedi dates and to talk about cute boys.

Now, back to watching Jurassic Park and playing with dinosaurs.

Hey, y'all, I'm going to say something insulting, but don't be insulted because I said not to be. Bless your heart.

For the record, I have a 5 and 7 year old, so I "get it", but I didn't ever say that I didn't think that the idea was ridiculous...just not the worst thing I could think of to do with Greek letters.

And mature? Please, pot, meet kettle.

Oh, I don't think anyone was being intentionally rude, but maybe surprised? There are a lot of mothers who come to this site seeking advice, but it is usually those with girls who have reached recruitment age and are preparing to go through it.

As said by Alpha Frog, if this makes you feel closer to your daughter, no harm done. And IrishLake suggested you do a Google search for clothing. Just search Greek Wear and you'll hit several options.

It's different from your situation, but about 15 women and I have started our own little sorority for fun. Fall 2011, we all watched our first-born's go away to college. It was tough, so we started a support group. Granted, support is usually rendered by going out for margaritas after the kids return to school after a break, but we also get together and make care packages during exams.

We named ourselves the Alpha Tau Mu's, for "Always Their Moms". For short, we call ourselves the most appropriate "ATM's."

Just curious, but why Pi Delta Alpha?

She came out of your vagina. Isn't that bonding enough?

Pi Delta Alpha - Pretty Darn Asinine?

Doesnt matter how old you are, rude is rude! You seemed to have ignored the rest of my message, and only held the the ONE sentence that talks about the amjority of you being young.. (I was just making excuses for the ladeis rudeness.. the fact that you're older actually makes it worse! ha!)

And Irish Lake, are you saying that what YOUR soririties are about is what ALL sororities are about? Because I woudl venture to guess that different sororities are in place for their own purposes, some social, some acedemic, some for philanthopy, some a combination of all, etc.. So, why judge me without even knowing the details of what I am trying to do for MY daughter? matter of fact, why judge me at all! I don't judge people for what they decide is good for their kids! Because YOU'RE daughter wouldn't enjoy a club, doesn't mean other little girls wouldn't. I have no problem bonding, but I know that this would make the experience even more fun for her! SO, I'm willing to go there! I'm glad I didn't give details of the purpose and plan for our little cub, because those ideas would have most certainly been cut down by everyone as well! lol!


Alpha, yes, this has caused me to stoop to new levels rather than be the bigger "woman", but I do have a hard time with being rudely judged.. It's something I'm working on..

No one was rude or judging until you got rude. "Why" is a valid question. Why a sorority? There are PLENTY of mother-daughter activities out there. Why do something for which you obviously have a disdain?

Also, learn to type. You're a mom, you should be teaching your daughter to communicate properly, and children learn by example.

Is it me or does she sound like a mom that will do ANYTHING so that her daughter can be in a "sorority"? Kind of like that lifetime movie "Willing to Kill".

It sounds more to me like SHE is the one that wants to be in a sorority (we all know those girls who dump on the cheerleaders while secretly wanting to be one). I doubt her daughter cares. The greek letters will probably confuse her more than anything. My daughter just recently quit asking why I have things that say "A E A".

No one was rude to you, adeleilori, until you got defensive and rude yourself.

To each their own. Have fun with it.

At least try coming up with an original group of letters if you absolutely have to do this. Taking someone else's group name isn't cool.

Greek, was the comment below you rude? "She came out of your vagina. Isn't that bonding enough?

Pi Delta Alpha - Pretty Darn Asinine?"

to the person who wrote that, you clearly have no kids, or you would KNOW that that isn't enough.. It takes sooo much more then spreading your legs to get pregnant and then spreading them again to evacuate that child, to RAISE a child. If you're bonding stops at birth, than you yourself have a lot of work to do.


Greek, I love what you've done! I am a mom who thinks outside of the box, and I love surprising people, including my daughter! She is a very girly girl, and at 9 has so much to learn about becoming a lady! We hold old values dear in our home and she learns to cook, clean, etc. She loves to hang out and do girl things, and she has 2 brothers - little brothers and often times she gets lost in the chaos that is homeschooling with a 4 yr old and a 1 yr old. She is a HUGE help and I want to reward her. She has been a member of other girls clubs and loves them, but I guess 9 is about that age, when mommy becomes very important and she's wanting us to do things together. We've always done dates, etc. But I know what she likes and she would absolutely LOVE to feel like her and mommy have something cute, exculsive and seperate from the boys! lol! She adores the Proverbs 31 woman description, so I came up with Pi Delta Alpha, since Pi is the first letter of Proverbs in greek, the Delta triangle to me represents the trinity (Father, Son, Holy ghost) and# 3 (I'm thinking of changing it to Gamma though), and Alpha for The God head and # 1 = Pi, Proverbs; Delta[or gamma], 3; Alpha, 1. I think we'll be incorporating some of these things as well: http://www.p31girl.com/P31/P31_Welcome.html, and we're just looking forward to having a good time together.

Heavens to betsy, now that I've spewed some details.. let me brace myself for the comments from the others.. :/ !

Ditto.

Oh no!!! I wasn't at all trying to do that! Check my last reply, I just came up with what could spell out Proverb 31. I'm thinking about going with Pi Gamma Alpha now though..

OH, I beg to differ.. a group ranting with sarcastic "WHY?"'s and posting pics of moms and daughters dressed alike in an effort to make fun of their "bonding" is quite rude.

Dude, the part that makes me upset is you're taking another group's letters, no matter what your reasoning is. If you came on here saying you wanted to name yours Delta Delta Delta to mean "darling daughter Diane", I'd have the same issue. It's just weird and disrespectful, especially if you now know that it already exists.

That exists too! Use Google, for the love of Mike.

Obviously have a disdain??? where did you get THAT from.. I have no disdain for sororities.. If you had asked why in a decent manner (like you just did above), then that would have been completely different, but to interject that starting one is what is needed to make me feel closer to my daughter? That is rude. for the record, I'm doing it for HER, not me..

and ps. lets act our age, ok? Everyone knows that in typing quickly, you may have typos. I don't bother going back to correct them since I have a one year old in my lap, but I know they're there.. I'm not gonna stoop to your level and be offended by that rude & unnecessary comment. I'm actually a journalist by trade, so don't worry.. my daughter is covered!

ok, let me just be clear.. LOL! I'm not trying to come up with something that does NOT already exist! I'm not trying to go national people, I'm trying to form a small group for just me and my daughter? If I hadn't come here (and maybe I shouldn't have...), You all woudl have never known about it!

oh.. and I did do google searches on both of them! :)

Telling us that our sisters are "pretend" shows disdain for Greek life. We DID ask you why in a decent manner before you got rude.

As to the bold....holy crap.

Oh, well if that's the case and this isn't just for pretend, that will not happen. Step away from this idea now.

Oh, I had no idea that that would be so offensive.. seriously! Is it still seen as disrespectful if it's a tiny group that will get no public viewing? I wish someone would have just said "wow! You know, even though it's just two of you, I think a sorority may be offended if you have the same letters!" That might have come across a little better..

Yes, it is offensive because you're just kind of doing this randomly and not bothering to research in the least. Why don't you just call it the adeleilori and little girl club? Why does everything have to have Greek letters attached to it? Those Greek letters we wear are not just for fun or a joke, they MEAN something to us.

Yes. Not only is it offensive, it is patently ridiculous. I cant tell people I'm a doctor cause I didn't go to med school, so I don't have a MD I can use after my name. I wasn't in the military, so I can't say I have a silver star. You weren't initiated into whatever group you decide to pick out of a hat, so you can't say you were.

LOL! oh no, complete oppostie actually.. which is why this is such a stretch for me! But I know SHE likes that, so I am willing to do it for her..

I would be concerned if my mom would do this much for me and I'm in college. My mom would tell me to get over myself and find something else to do with my time aka focus on my education. Another question, how old is your daughter?

You home school your daughter, correct? So she's with you pretty much 24/7. Not sure how much closer you can get, unless you pop her back into your uterus.

Got my soda, who's in charge of popcorn?

She said she was 9 - which is why I'm not convinced that a NINE year old is interested in a sorority and the mother is being dragged into it.

"You could always AI":rolleyes::p

AZ you want butter or kettle corn?

Call me crazy, but aren't most 9 year olds wanting to be in clubs and such to establish a separate identity from their parents?