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I just opened 3 emails from women I went to school with who happened to be members of my sorority's biggest rival 30 years ago. I am still shaking my head that the women I have stayed in contact with aren't even from my GLO. I would have never thought it would have happened this way.
The first day I arrived on campus, the first 2 people I met, SGA President and the captain of the tennis team, asked me if I was going to rush...I said yes...They said I would probably be a good AOII or a Zeta, and not too surprisingly I preffed AOII and Zeta. I had no idea about any sororities and reputations on campus, but I remembered what they said just like it was yesterday. I don't know, maybe they were a good judge of character. I was lucky and had a great rush. Eventually I happened to release (cut) the beauty queen group before preference...great sorority... ie biggest rival. My first impression of them was that their southern accents weren't that refined (Naturally...They were from different parts of the state) and that they wore more makeup than I was used to wearing.
Fast forward 30 years... We've all become friends and inlaws! I will never regret my decision to go Zeta, but I do regret that I was so fast and harsh in judging other groups. Hopefully they will never know how much I wanted to beat them at everything. As it turns out, we are not that different.
PS I was a little sister with most of them. I know that excites people on this board, but it did promote inter-panhellenic friendships.
Last edited by ZTA zetahunny; 02-11-2008 at 11:50 PM.
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