You Know You're an Alpha Phi When...
 

(Saw this in another forum and thought it would be a good idea)

You know you're an Alpha Phi when...

• Whenever you see ivy, you start singing "My love's the ivy, my love's forget me nots, my love's the silver and bordeaux!"
• Everytime you see your neighbor's bordeaux colored Jeep Liberty with the gray interior, you get excited
• You always think of 2/3 of the Syracuse Triad when you see squirrels scampering around in the ivy on campus

Add yours to the list!

You know your an A Phi when......
 

Your driving down the freeway and see another car with some sort of A Phi insignia and start to speed up and squeel with delight making you look like total geek!:D


Laura

*You have a hundred teddy bears, from a hundred different sisters!

*You get excited when it's a clear night and can see the big dipper

*You feel the urge to decorate your house with ivy rugs, an ivy covered trellice, and paint ivy on your cabinets.

:D

Re: You know your an A Phi when......
 

HAHA! I totally do that!

* You tell your boyfriend that your wedding colors should be a deep red and silver. (Doesn't help that those are his fraternity colors too.) :p

When your friends from another Fraternity on campus end up renting the house that you (me) really wanted to rent, and you go in their house to hang out and see what it's like and you walk into the bathroom and see Ivy wallpaper, and you sit there and wish that this house was yours.

Everytime I see someone that's an Alpha Phi, I get all excited, and end up talking to them for hours.

Even though I am a late comer to Alpha Phi,I have discovered lately all the things around my house that just seemed to make it predestined.Ivy plants at my desk,a teddy bear I was given a long time ago that is one of my most prize possessions. My favorite wardrobe color is maroon,which is very very close to bordeaux. I have also had the satisfaction of a complete stranger coming up me to tell me that they too are Alpha Phi's.I know the first time it happened ,I had the goofiest grin on my face,I was so pleased.

I ordered fifty millon alpha phi letter shirts and get all excited when I run into A Phi's everywhere.

Also, I want to carry some sort of lily's in my wedding

You know you are an alpha phi when you start randomly giving teddy bears as presents to people who aren't sisters. I have bought teddy bears for other friends too!! You also realize it when you start singing Alpha Phi Door Chants randomly with your friends... (if there are sisters near by they usually join in)
"Everybody here loves Alpha Alpha Everybody here loves ALPHA PHI!! "

When you rush middle school girls (already thinking about college) and tell them Alpha Phi is the best...(I tok a middle school girl - old student) out for a day together...

When you are bored at a staff meeting or such and you scribble Alpha Phi songs on piece of paper...

When you give students in your class pencils and they have Alpha Phi written on them AND their mom's in another sorority...

When your mom (who's wearing an A-Phi lavalier) gets 'hit on' at a baseball game by a bunch of college guys who think Alpha Phi is the best...Mom like the attention too...

When your jewelry begins to have a lot of Alpha Phi sentiments (AOE, Ivy, bears etc...)...

This is a great thread!!!! Keep it going!!!!

when everyone at your job knows you are an Alpha Phi, how your chapter is doing, and what events are planned.

when your cousin is going to UNLV and there is no Alpha Phi, you tell her that she should get a bunch of girls together and try and start Alpha Phi there :)

when you look for anything and everything ivy or teddy bear themed items.


Laura

When your husband starts referring to himself as a PHI-Male. :D

*When you have about 25 letter shirts and still don't think you have enough.

I have Alpha Cats...how is that for ya? :D

Sistermadly knows that my cats have attitude

Something for the Techie Phis...
 

When you've written a paper for your Design of Electronic Text course, and all of your XML, HTML, and XHTML examples include Alpha Phi.

lol I do the same thing when we do sample programs in my C++ class.
Okay, here's a new one...
...when you can't wait to get a little sister just because of all the cool Alpha Phi stuff you get to make/buy.

when . . .
 

. . . you have an ivy comforter that so does NOT match your rock-n-roll room (but who the heck cares because it has ivy on it!), personalized license plates that say "LV A PHI1", and when you buy soap just because there is ivy on the packaging, then you are definitely an a-phi. :)

~L bee

You have no problem being late for work because you had to put your new Alpha Phi licence plate frame on your car!

(Did some fast driving and wound up getting to work with less than 2 minutes to spare) :D

Had to bring this one back up
 

Canadians know this one:

There is a brand of Fabric softener called Fleecy
Last year they debuted the "Lily of the Valley" scent. Well, despite Mr. 1228's objections (too flowery). I had to get it (besides I am the one who does laundry!)

That is all I buy now

here are some more...
 

** when all of your passwords/usernames have something to do with the words: ivy, aphi, teddy....

** when you get your letters (or ivy leaves) tattooed on your body

:D :D :D :D :D

We kinda have an easy listening music station on our intercom at work and "Looking Thru the Eyes of Love" (The theme from "Ice Castles" by Melissa Manchester was playing

I don't know the lyrics to it but I know the lyrics to "Time" and I am at the customer service desk singing along to the song...except the Alpha Phi version :D

Thank goodness it was a slow night at work :)

When you order your new furniture and pick out "bordeaux" colored couches... and when the saleslady recommends accenting the room with green, you immediately decide on an ivy plant. :p

When a friend gives you silver and bordeaux nail polish as a belated new member gift and you start to tear up a little bit. :)

(Last week my nails were silver. This week they're bordeaux.)

When the Mister suggests putting lattice work on the balcony and training ivy to grow on it for privacy -- and you hop up and down, squeal with glee, and hug him in the middle of Canadian Tire.

You know you're an Alpha Phi when....
 

You not only get letter shirts for yourself but also for your 12 year old daughter!!! She already wants to be a Phi--I'm working on the friends now!!:D

Ariesrising, this is me too! I'm so glad I'm not alone.

I knew I was an Alpha Phi when my 15-year old sister started MAP-ping at her school and made her AIM name "futurealphaphi." As soon as I joined (2001), I had her wearing "An Alpha Phi loves me..." shirts. Turns out, the Vice Principal of her elementary school is a sister from UVA. :p

...when you photoshop the words "Future Alpha Phi" across your little 4 year old cousin's chest in a picture of the two of you together.

...when you have lengthy discussions with your sisters about how your daughters will be best friends and Little Dippers together.

...when you get a little emotional when your very Greek-clueless best friend declares that Alpha Phi is his favourite sorority!

...when you squeal with glee in the middle of Aritzia, uncaring of all the curious glances you're attracting, when you see limited edition bordeaux TnA yoga pants with silver trim ON SALE (TnA is never on sale) - and then grab all four pairs left, sit yourself down on one of their comfy couches and call all your sisters to ask if they want them!

When you are shopping for a wedding gift at Linens and Things and you have your jaw drop to the floor when you see the perfect card

It has a lily of the valley photo on the front.

The sister you sent it to calls you in tears because she is so touched

When you admittedly have too many RED DRESSES in your closet!

And you wanted to name your new male puppy "Coddington" after Mr. Wesley B. Coddington (but my husband wouldn't let me)

...when you are driving down the highway with your sisters and Only You by Joshua Radin comes on the radio and you all sing the Alpha Phi lyrics at the top of your lungs without consulting with each other.

When your staunchly anti-greek boyfriend begins to admit that he "still doesn't like the greek system, but really likes Alpha Phi."

When your an out-of-stater at your college, and facebook stalk the APhis from colleges near home...then meet some of your sisters at Tropical Smoothie and talk for hours!

When you can give a lecture as to why heart health DOES matter and DOES effect you.

when you love your ivy plant and treat it like a pet

you know you're an Alpha Phi when....

suddenly the ivy growing up the sides of buildings has meaning to you

You got stoked when Yankee Candle brought back the lily of the valley scented candle--and immediately went out and bought one

...when your computer pointer is the A PHI letters

your wedding was bordeaux & silver (my school colors are crimson & gray also, so it worked out well)

you talk to every HS grad who's going to college about Going Greek & whether there's an Alpha Phi there

you decorate in ivy

I have been out of school almost a decade and I STILL do this.