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Originally Posted by Green+White
I am currently a new member. Everything is all good except for one thing. I have two young children who I bring to chapter meetings, which people didn’t seem to mind at first. Then, we had our pledging ceremony, the president made my kids leave the room. I thought she was being quite rude. They cannot stay outside in the halls by themselves, they are too young. That defeats the purpose of bringing my kids to chapter meetings, I might as well leave them home alone.
Since then, some of the actives told me that my children are a distraction and they don’t belong at the meetings. They also said it is inappropriate to bring my kids to parties. Dear son and dear daughter are very well behaved. I don’t see what the problem is.
The actives are wearing on my nerves, sometimes I debate if I should even stick with this sorority. On the other hand, I’m really enjoying myself. What can I do to persuade the actives to let me bring my children around?
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You have a lot of nerve to think this way. I'm in a grad (or alumni) chapter and plenty of the women are married with children but they don't bring their kids to chapter meetings and events all the time and definitely not to rituals and ceremonies. I can't believe you are so selfish. Do the feelings of your future sisters mean anything to you? My advice is to wait until your children are older or until you can get a babysitter and pursue the sorority at that time.