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Originally posted by sugar and spice
To me, lettered tee shirts are:
1) an article of clothing first and foremost
2) something that shows my ties to my sorority
3) a reminder of my sorority's values and ritual
in that order. It doesn't bother me that other people might have that order reversed -- although, as stated in the other thread, it does bother me that anyone thinks they have a right to take lettered clothes or objects away from someone who deactivated (without compensation!) simply because of points 2 & 3. To me, that's stealing, which is probably not in accordance with most of our rituals. However, I have no problem with people who just don't want non-members wearing their letters -- I just don't really care that much myself.
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If someone deactivates, why would they WANT to keep letters? I certainly wouldn't. As I stated, if the girl had any items that were superduper expensive, compensation was offered. Most terminated people just passed their stuff on to their little if they had one. Like I've said before, I don't understand why there has to be a tshirt for every event. Maybe if there were fewer letters floating around it wouldn't be such a problem. I mean, I had maybe 3-4 letter sweatshirts and a jacket the whole time I was in college.
All I can say is, you're quite lucky if all the terminations in your chapter have been so smooth that this isn't an issue to you.