My whole family is greek with the exception of my mom and sister, so I wanted to be greek too. I was really quiet in college, very shy, and I didn't hang out at all. I wanted to be more social, so I pledged my fraternity. When I would see these guys on campus, they dressed the best, drove the best cars, carried themselves the best, most of the sororities wanted to do things with them, they had the best overall GPA, and it's an old fraternity with a lot of history. Those were the primary reasons I joined.
I was supposed to keep the tradition going by pledging the same fraternity my dad is a member of. Well...I didn't. He was disappointed and he wouldn't pay the fees for me to join, so I had to work and save money that summer, so not only did the pledge process make me appreciate it, but the fact that I had to save money that summer to join.
As far as the partying on campus and at the fraternity house goes, I never was a party goer, so I didn't join to do that. I was more social after being a member for about 6 months, but I still didn't drink, or party. I liked the sorority girls too, I found them very attractive, but they were a little too wild for me, so I didn't join for that either.
I'm still to this day so proud to be a member of my fraternity. I still feel like it was yesterday that I made it into Kappa land. In fact I'm going out tomorrow with some of the guys I pledged with. We are still very very close. I love it til the day I die.
