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As to why girls were dropping so quickly...it's a little word that we all love to hate....h******. I'm sure you can all figure it out

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Now back to my story:

After several long talks with both pledge moms, my big, and my pledge sisters, I decided to stay, thinking that it won't be to much longer till we were sisters and things would get better.

Boy, was I wrong. Two weeks later, I was ready to drop again. I was dreading going to anything related to Sprite at all, plus I was told I had my choice of attending my sisters sweet 16 (which I was planning) or going to a Sprite event. If I choose my sisters sweet 16, I would have to drop.

Once again, I was begged to stay by all. This time however, there was no changing my mind.

Less then three weeks later my former pledge sisters were initiated. It hurt to see them wearing letters, esp my former big, who I had class with, when she wore the set that all the bigs got for both themselves and their littles, because I knew I could have had them as well.

At the same time, I was happy, because I realized I could never be fully happy with these girls after everything. I also realized that I still wanted the benefits of sisterhood, but not with Sprite. So I started to do my own research, plus put together what I by then knew and have heard about the other groups on campus.

I knew for a fact that Root Beer was out. I wouldn't even consider them. So this left the following for me to check out:

Coke
Sunkist
Dr. Pepper
Cream

I wouldn't look anywhere until the spring (I wasn't even aware that there were possibly rules that meant I had to wait longer). Everyone did COB in the spring.

I can say that in the first week or two of the Spring Semester my former big told me if I wanted to look at Sprite and pledge again that it might be possible for me to do so