[macallan25]

Originally Posted by PhiKapSkulls

Someone has their panties in a bunch.

No, I'm perfectly fine.

Obviosuly non-chapter brothers aren't going to have the same bonds as chapter brothers.

If I remember correctly you stated that some of don't "get brotherhood" for pretty much having this exact view. Pretty sure I'm not wrong about that.

My organization actually promotes chapters visiting chapters to meet our "other" brothers and expand our horizions.

I have neither the time nor the desire to visit a bunch of chapters of SAE to expand my fraternal horizons. I'm not even really sure what that means. If it so happens that I have friends in the same fraternity when visiting other schools on road trips......then so be it. We will have a great time.

I have found more times then not, there was a bond by just being in the same fraternity. Not as strong as being in the same chapter but a mutual respect thing.

If I meet someone and they deserve my respect than they will get it. I'm not going to automatically respect someone because they pay money to be a member of a fraternity.

I actually got to witness another chapter's brothering up ceremony and that was something I'd recommend everyone does. That was one of the moments that I got botherhood on a national level.

Don't really have any desire to witness initiation ceremonies at other chapters. I know the ritual. I've been through it. It's something that should be enjoyed by the chapter themselves. I don't need to see it.

I'm glad you "got brotherhood" though. You still haven't enlightened us on how to get it.

But hey, we had brothers that only cared about the local chapter as well.

Never said I don't care about other chapters.

I guess it what you want to make/get out of it. I personally like meeting brothers from other chapters. More times then not we have got along and treated each other as brothers- not chapter brothers but not as random people on the street either but rather as fraternal brothers.

You're right, your fraternity experience is what you make of it. Mine has been stellar.

Never said I didn't like meeting guys from other chapters. I've met tons of them at many, many schools throughout Texas and the South. That's great. They are SAE's. I'm and SAE. We are in the same fraternity. Perhaps later when we are at the bar we can talk about our crazy brotherhood events, or how fucked up we got on big bro night. Maybe we will exchange numbers and keep in touch. We say bye, we go home, that's the end of it. Now I have some new friends who happen to be in the same fraternity as me. What is wrong with that? I met new people and recognized that they are in the same fraternity as me. We didn't share some kind of enlightened fraternal moment, we didn't create some kind of lasting enchanted fraternal bond..........we made friends and had a hell of a time.




Good talk, I'll see ya out there.