Up in the north, this has to be pretty rare. I have never heard of putting your greek affiliation in your wedding announcement. I don't plan on doing it. That's just the way things are up here. The whole "social-scene" is not a common way of life up here, and that's why many of us are surprised. No one says who designed their wedding dress. If people are wealthy they announce their wealth and stature by having an incredible house or car; you wouldn't know it unless you saw this person because people up here don't advertise stuff like this in the paper. The only time I include my affiliation is if I am in the paper for an academic achievement. This whole idea of these wedding announcements is foreign to me, but I think it would be cool to live in an area where this stuff is common. I know that the ways of life are different just from the sheer fact of having an Aunt that is a Zeta from UT Austin, and still lives in Dallas. I hear about all this stuff from her and it just boggles my mind. I am going to have to ask her if she had an announcement printed up and if she included her affiliation.
Oh, and don't waste a grand on a wedding announcement! I can't believe they're not free!! My family and friends will know and that's what's important to me. I guess I may not understand since we don't do this type of thing up here.....but I can't fathom spending that on a blurb in the paper! Pamper yourself and your bridesmaids at a spa or something!
