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Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul
I was a Rho Chi twice in my college career. My chapter is/was the smallest on campus. I heard several girls say very very cruel things about my chapter, and about another chapter whom we are very close to. I always always always tried to nip that as quick as possible. I pulled one particularly virulent gossiper aside and basically said, "Look, the girls in those chapters have won x award and y award, and are incredibly kind people. They have invited you into their home and could potentially offer you an invitation to join their sorority. Even if you have no intention of joining, part of growing up means learning to be polite and gracious and accept hospitality. You're also discouraging and damaging the opinions of other girls in the group who very much want to be part of those sororities. So please keep your negative comments to yourself and let others form their own."
Even though she had a stellar recruitment (full invites and got to choose her chapter, which was a "top" chapter)...I was kind of glad we didn't get stuck with her.
I know as Rho Gammas/Rho Chis, we have to be as neutral as possible, but I'd rather give up some of my neutrality than allow one Miss Prissypants to ruin the recruitment of the other girls in the group.
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Yeah, I guess slapping those little witches upside the head hard is not possible. But I LOVED what you said to the twit. I think that it could apply to so many situations in life. You showed such graciousness and class.