For the Dads: Why Your Son Was Cut
 

This post is a preemptive strike against an invasion of the helicopter daddies.

Yes, I know you and your son are hurting. This may be the first major disappointment he has experienced in his young life. So you come to Greekchat and get the answer to the big question:

Why was my studly, athletic, intelligent, charming and gentlemanly son cut?

The answer is often very simple. There were hundreds of other sons who were equally or even moreso studly, athletic, intelligent, charming and gentlemanly. Plus they may already have ties to boys in these chapters, more legacy relationships- and maybe other relationships, period (wink, wink.)

Perhaps he had his heart set on the "top tier" groups and didn't even give the others a moment of consideration. Life is competitive and some thing are completely out of your control. Accept it and move on.

There are possibly more homoerotic reasons for him being cut. There could be many things you don't know about your son. That's right. No matter how close you think you are (or maybe you are too close), he really doesn't always share everything with you. Here are a few things some other perfect sons have done that affected their recruitment experience:

- He refused to sleep with a member's girlfriend (But you know he is a player!)
- He refused to go to any sorority house this week, get a girl drunk and then hump her into oblivion (But you know he is straight!)
- He came off as polite, sensitive and a guy who can appreciate a Lifetime Movie (But you know he is a real man!)
- He likes to get drunk on vodka and smokes pot (But you know he likes old whiskey and good blow!)

There are countless other reasons (both concrete and abstract) he may have been cut. But the point is, you and the members of Greekchat will never know until that day when he buys a condo in a trendy neighborhood, gets a "roommate" and buys a pasta machine.

Give your son comfort (in a platonic way naturally), but please do not do the following things to further embarass him or yourself

- Do not call the chapter and tell them your son likes chicks
- Do not call the IFC and tell them your son likes to ride the white stallion
- Do not call every alumnus you have ever met in your entire life
- Do not call the farm animals who prepared your son for Greek Life to express outrage
- And for God's sake, do not call headquarters and say "My son wants to get laid!"

It's over. There's nothing you or your son can do about it. You will never know why he was cut. All you need to know is that Rachel Ray, Richard Simmons, Suzie Orman and Paula Deen are now a permanent part of your existence. Quit whining and bring some fabulous fun into your life! Let your son handle his own disappointments. Life is full of them. Go drink whiskey and spend some time with the woman you love- or maybe even your wife.

It has been an interesting weekend- and you know what, screw it.

Lady Longhorn is a smart and classy lady at one of THE chapters of the best school on this planet. (for anyone who does not "get it"- the above post is an almost 100% verbatim repeat of her CENSORED post for helicopter moms- transformed into malespeak with a few liberties to show you my sophisticated humor.)

And every time I go visit my chapter as an advisor, I push the guys to grow a pair and make a good life for themselves- which will in and of itself bring our chapter to where it belongs.

This is the internet, where thick skins and keen minds prevail to the detriment of the weak and whiney. And I am tired of trying to play intermediary. Read this and have fun. And if you don't like it- do what you will.

ahaha, i thought this was pretty funny.

Funnier than the original, even.

Although, after "Fuck it", it should include that the helicopter father should drink whiskey and do lines or something.

Lol.

Yessssssssssss! Love the Rachel Ray part!

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Well done.

amazing

A+++++...GrEaT GrEeKcHaTtEr...Highly recommend

I bow to your eloquence.

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Well done!

Wow, it's still here! The first thing I wondered when I got up this morning.

As long as no one starts to blast helimoms by name or drop f-bombs, I think you're good

I was going to say as long as it's posted in Fraternity Recruitment you're good, but then I noticed the same mod(s) hovers over this forum. So who knows.

Out of curiosity, why isn't the fraternity recruitment forum modded by a fraternity member?

Because the split into separate fraternity and sorority forums is relatively recent, and because there honestly isn't a lot of posting in the fraternity rush forum. If you follow that logic, then we have to get an AI to mod the AI forum.

EE-BO, very well placed and said!:)

Point out early of the pit falls of trying to join a GLO! It is never a sure thing and mommy and daddy never really know everything about their own kids when they are away from home!:rolleyes:

33girl there was one that I suggested a very long time back and some of her own Sorority Sisters raised a ton of stink about it!

Does that answer your point?:)

Perfect execution.

Fatality.

EE-BO WINS.

:rolleyes:

(Not directed at you)

Earp, I think you missed the point.

i nominate this thread for a GC grammy

Bravo! Hilarious.

Please, write a recruitment story....

EE-BO, I think I love you!

Bravo, EE-BO!
 

"There's always Interior Decorating for your son..."

I just saw this thread and I actually double checked to see if it was locked.

Do I have less of a chance of getting a bid because of my name? I know it sounds bad when you say my full name, but all my friends just call me "Gay". For short...I think.

We are amused.

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This thread is made of win

EE-BO you ROCK!

im so upset that i missed the original, but still. TEH WIN.

If you haven't, you should check out OTW's new sig. ;)

Tongue-In-Cheek, But...
 

While the original post was tongue-in-cheek, it reminded me of what happened to a friend of mine.

My friend has been out of the closet as a gay man for many years now. However, while he was in college, he wasn't yet out; in fact, he was in denial about his sexuality, even though many people realized that he was somewhat "light in the loafers."

In college, he participated in fraternity rush, but didn't receive any bids. He will tell you that he was very hurt and very disappointed, but he resigned himself to the fact that membership in a fraternity wasn't going to happen for him.

Fast forward a couple of years. He is out as a gay man. He is sitting in a bar in a well known gay resort community. He sees a guy walk into the bar who looks vaguely familar. He realizes that it was one of the IFC officers at his college when he went there. He sees the former IFC officer leave the bar with a college age preppy (the type of guy that the IFC officer's fraternity favored).

A couple of month later my friend is in a gay bar back in his home state. A guy walks in. He immediately recognizes him as someone he saw at the various rush parties in college and who pledged his roommate's fraternity. He said that guy left the bar with a guy who was anything but Joe College.

My friend claims that he has Greek-dar. He says can tell if a guy at a bar or club or gay venue was a fraternity member in college. He has asked those men if they ever supported a somewhat fey guy for membership in the fraternity (he said that he wasn't going to ask about an openly gay student!). Only man ever said that he did. Most sat back quietly when negative remarks would be made about such candidates. One guy told my friend that he didn't want his fraternity brothers to think he was gay (!!!) if he supported a fey guy for membership.

So, Dad, it is eleven o'clock ... do you know where your son is?

How could I have missed this? I love you, EE-BO!

I was starting to wonder if you had seen it. Not my best work ever, but for a very worthy cause.

You done great my Friend!:)

This thread is awesome. 'nuff said.

Then we need to see more of your work!

That it is. The original was really good too.... to see that one, check OTW's signature ;)