Very well then!
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Originally Posted by AzTheta
The researcher/scientist can't let this go:
That is not what LadyLonghorn is saying at all. Again, your experience is specific to what chapters? what colleges/universities?
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I respectfully disagree. See below.
ugamama said this:
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Originally Posted by ugamama
It is probably to keep Moms from taking over the campus HaHa! It is a phenomena in Texas that the moms camp out near campus during rush in case their daughters don't get a bid and then to celebrate with them if they do.
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I'm going off the "It is a phenomena in Texas..." part.
LL says this
quoting the above from ugamama:
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Originally Posted by LadyLonghorn
Someone believes what she read in Pledged or is still living in another century.
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I take that to mean that LL believes that ugamama was going off of a stereotype that TX moms go for Bid Day and she is claiming it's absolutely absurd and not true.
My personal experience is UT Austin (again, assuming LL's name and experience, hers should be similar). I pledged in the 90's and my sister in the 80's. In MY experience, it was very much the norm for families to attend bid day and I understand it still is. Legacy or not - and to be there to wipe tears off of those who don't fair well. I have also witnessed this at other TX and SEC schools where friends, daughters, etc... pledged.
Didn't mean to set anyone off here. I was simply going off personal experience and questioning LL's seemingly similar experience. That's all.