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Originally Posted by carnation
Back in the day, we weren't even allowed phone contact but apparently lots of moms are there in Auburn now and 2 of the moms that we know took their daughters out to eat tonight.
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Wow, times have changed quickly! As recently as 1998, when some of my HS friends were rushing in the South, the no-contact rule was still in place at the SEC schools.
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Originally Posted by kddani
I can understand tradition, family pressure, etc. etc. But come on! Not being in a sorority- or better yet- not being in a particular sorority (I bet a lot of these girls still had at least one invite, not THAT many girls get totally utterly cut from everyone)- is not going to make or break a woman's life.
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I never understood it from the inside when it was part of my hometown culture, and I've never understood it from the outside looking in. More than age or generation
(Some of the stories about girls transferring to a big school once they've pledged a prestigious house are true, and they've been happening for a long time!), it's this odd aspect of the culture.
One of my HS friends once told me that she HAD to be in an Old Row house at UA because her mother was in this house and they always did date parties at with a certain fraternity and this is how her parents met! If she didn't join this house, then she wouldn't find a good husband and her opportunities to be in the Krewe in our hometown and to do JL were kaput.