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Old 03-29-2008, 05:36 PM
TSteven TSteven is offline
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Originally Posted by ForeverRoses View Post
Just curious, if your sweetheart is not dating a member and she is invited to a date function, can she bring any date that she wants? So say your sweetheart starts dating a guy in another fraternity, is he able to go to your date parties?
I would say that with most Sigma Chi chapters, the Sweetheart could bring a date. And I would guess some have. However, I have never known a Sweetheart to do so. Frankly, while some might, I would be surprised if a member of another fraternity would want to attend another fraternity's date party in the first place.

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Originally Posted by PhiGam View Post
No, she goes with guys who have dates cancel at the last minute. She also finds like five guys dates from her sorority for all of our functions.
This is the scenario I am most familiar with.

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Originally Posted by 33girl View Post
ok, who are the 5 guys and why can't they find their own dates?
In addition to what others have said, I saw the following situation more than a few times. A brother would be dating someone at another school and their "steady" was unable to attend. The Sweetheart (someone both he *and* his steady trusts) helps him get a date. Someone he might know as a friend and could go to the function and have a good time without any worry about "hooking up". This is much better than him ending up with some random girl that may not have his best interest (much less his girlfriend's) in mind.

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS View Post
It strikes as asking why sweethearts are being used as a dating service.
Among other reasons, Sweethearts are elected because of their friendship with members of the chapter. As such, most help their friends (chapter members) out of the genuine goodness of their heart. I would hope that a woman would be able to do so (help her friends) and not be viewed as being used or as some sort of a dating service.
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