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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I'm going to be frank and give you my thoughts on it: You don't have a connection to each other's fraternity or sorority. You each have a connection to your own fraternity or sorority. You have a connection to each other, and you have a connection (friendship) with members of each other's org, but unless you are a chapter sweetheart, you do not have a connection to Sigma Nu. (I'll be really frank and say it seems very odd to me to see someone use letters of an org they're not a member of in their screen name. Sorry.)
Pinning and lavaliering do not create a connection with a boyfriend's fraternity. It's simply a traditional way of indicating the seriousness of a relationship.
Full disclosure: My thoughts may be influenced by the fact that my fraternity does not allow non-members to wear our letters -- not even in the form of a lavalier.
And I still can't imagine a guy actually wearing a lavalier. 
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Don't speak for my chapter and say that she cannot have a connection to Sigma Nu. Also, other members of my chapter have been lavaliered and do wear their girlfriend's/ fiancé's/ wive's letters around their neck with pride. If your aren't a Sigma Nu, don't speak for us. I find it odd that someone whose fraternity has no traditions or customs for lavaliering can claim to know so much and even ridicule others about it.
I see nothing wrong with her using Sigma Nu in her screen name. She isn't claiming to be one. It is merely a gesture of affection and support.