Greek Chat is Internet Crack
 

At first I just wanted to read what others had written. I didn't think it would hurt me. Then, I started thinking about posting. Just a few thoughts in reaction to what I was reading. I never meant to really post.
Eventually it happened. My will power broke and I posted. Once I started I couldn't stop. That doesn't even count the reading.
My first all reading night started off with a midnight sign off. The next night it was 1:30a.m. "I'm never doing that again," I scoffed. I was right. I didn't stop at 1:30 am; itwas 2:30. There I sat, mouse in hand, finally satisfied after God knows how many threads. I was hooked and I knew it.
I didn't control it, it controlled me. What was happening to UGADad's daugher? Were other rec writers having their rushees cut after one or two rounds? Will Classic Beauty drop out or pledge? And who are the stilettos? There was more to take in than I could handle.
And here I sit, on my lunch hour, with a drink in one hand and a mouse in the other, trying to pretend like I can go for the rest of the day without logging in. How did it get so out of control? Sarah Ida Shaw, help me!

LOL!

Yes recruitment time is our favorite time of year here at GC.

LOL ... Does GC have GC-Anonymous set up yet?

You're not alone. I've been perusing GC for ages and only recently had the novel idea to actually register. I don't post much, but when I do it's like taking a hit of GC goodness.

At least you held off until lunch. I've been on since I sat down at my desk this morning. :o

No Joke! I am a terrible rush thread addict and you people are my best friends!!!

I iron one shirt and run to the computer. Iron another and run back. Takes me all day to do something that ought to take 45 minutes.....:)

Ditto! Amen!
And may I add: THANK YA'LL for the hours upon hours of enjoyment!
(Hours I REALLY do not have time to spend but have enjoyed immensely!)
Now, if my husband would just try to understand......

A Southern Mom

TRUST me....it is the "juice" that gets me through the work day....just another hit (of the new posts button)...then another...ok another. Just one more.

And other another...another...another....ano...

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

My productivity drastically diminshes during recruitment! I check first thing when I get in in the morning and continually check throughout the day. Esp. if something goes wrong at work its like I need a recruitment update to make things better.
I have problems.

my name is OneTime, and i am a GC-aholic. don't believe it? look at how many posts ive had since APRIL!!!

lets face it, we are a special group of people with one thing in common...we are all opinionated Greeks. 99% of us have a strange sense of humor.

i love reading things on here, laughing out loud, being asked if i am crazy, and repeating that cycle lol! its ok. admitting we have problems is the first step!

Rush threads aren't as good as the ones from before.

That's all I have to say.

GC's okay.

First day on the site and I already feel addicted! I should be working, too. I feel so guilty!

Glad it's not just me
 

After D left for college (in another state) and I knew I wouldn't see her till Thanksgiving, as an "empty nester" I got addicted to the Rush Stories as well as the whole North/South differences and find the whole thing amazing. I wasn't Greek (except for Sigma Delta Chi for Journalists) so did not have a clue about Greek life. When I discovered GC I had to ask hubby "what is an SEC school"? Needless to say, I've learned a lot here from you guys. Sometimes I wake up and wonder, which houses the GC girls are going back to so I guess that constitutes me as an addict.

Oh, and my best friend from Charleston said I need to stop saying "you guys" and switch to "y'all" in order to make friends now that we've moved down South.

Dear Esther,
We are here for you, sister! lol Recruitment season is the most interesting time of the year on Greek Chat. Wait until the first week of September when recruitment is taking place all over the country. When your own chapter is involved it is even harder to leave the computer.
Welcome to the board.

OP, I am ROLLING with laughter at how accurately you describe my life (or lack thereof!).

I thought I was the only one who said "honey, go on to bed, I'll be there in a minute" and snuck in well after midnight! Is it an addiction when you are PMing a random girl and asking the code name for Kappa in her recruiment story??? Why do I care if XYZ sorority made quota at State U???

Did anyone call it MS before they found GC? I'm expanding my internet vocabulary daily. :rolleyes:

Well, we do have the Rush Thread Addicts' Support Group... ;)