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Originally Posted by gwen1982
But I have one argument that I haven't seen here (if it is, sorry I missed it!) I fully understand that the chapter wants a good fit, but I'm sure many of you have had the "psycho sister" or "sister from hell" experience. And sometimes those psycho sisters turn out to grow up and be wonderful and active alums, giving more time and money to the chapter and organization as a whole than anyone would have ever thought possible. (I know there was at least one of those when I was active!) And the last time I checked, we're members for life, not just for a couple years in college.
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But the thing is - college is when you're going to be living with the psycho and dealing with the psycho on a regular basis. It's not worth saying "maybe she'll be faboo when she's 30" if she's going to make your whole collegiate sorority experience miserable and cause a divide in your chapter. And some of these "psycho sisters" we've referenced - that's EXACTLY what they do. We're not talking about little quirks like someone who never replaces the toilet paper.
I think that unhoused (or undormed) chapters can probably accept a greater diversity of women than those that are housed - if you don't have to live with someone they have to do quite a bit more to drive you nuts.