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Cousin could visit up to 5 houses for the second round of parties…and I got a text: “I got all the ones I wanted!”
After this round of parties, Cousin said that she really LOVED THEM ALL! I was excited because then she really couldn’t go wrong with any chapter. Another family friend knows a girl at College who said she felt the same way about the school first semester, until she went through rush and found a home with the Funhouse Mirrors. My mom met this Funhouse Mirror, and she told me that it sounded like she had had a similar experience to Cousin’s. Apparently this seems to be a trend at College. I was really hoping Cousin would find her home.
Cousin said that her impression of FUNHOUSE MIRRORS really turned around after this round. She said they were adorable and sweet, and that it finally clicked.
Cousin was willing to give TUNNEL OF LOVE a chance and she really wanted to and tried to like it, but it just didn’t happen. She couldn’t see herself hanging out with them. There was some intangible missing/lacking here, and she felt that she and the sisters were just on different wavelengths.
Cousin felt like she had known the BALLOON ANIMALS forever, and she liked them even more after this party. She said they were all telling stories and it felt very natural. However, Cousin was a little weirded out by some dirty rushing. Apparently a sister told her she needed to go out drinking with her, invited her to her room to hang out, and said that Cousin “should just stay here the whole night with me!” Cousin was a little shocked, but laughed it off and changed the subject. I reminded her about strict silence, etc., and she said she would definitely be sticking to that. Although that was totally inappropriate, Cousin said she and this Balloon Animal still clicked.
At MILK BOTTLE TOSS, they bonded over theme parties. She said the conversation with here felt like talking at lunch with old friends. She said she felt like she and the Milk Bottle Tossers were already friends. She also said that the girl from first semester who came up to her at a party was actually the recruitment chair (!!!) and she gave a big speech. But this didn’t dissuade Cousin; her positive impression of the house as a whole wasn’t changed by the actions of one person on one night.
The STILT WALKERS were still high on Cousin’s list. She said they continued to impress her and they were really sweet, genuine, and classy ladies.
After this day, Cousin said that she “REALLY clicked with the Milk Bottle Tossers and the Balloon Animals.” She also said that Funhouse Mirrors really moved up in her book, and that they were now neck-and-neck with the Stilt Walkers. The PNMs put 3 chapters as #1, and ranked 2 chapters as #2 and #3 (but I’m listing it as her ranking in her mind too).
(1) Milk Bottle Toss
(2) Balloon Animals
(3) Stilt Walkers
4 (ranked) Funhouse Mirrors
5 (ranked) Tunnel of Love
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