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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
Starting college in itself is stressful on a relationship (no matter how long you've been together), not specifically Greek Life. This is particularly so if you're going to be long distance (as a lot of couples are when they go to school in diff places.)
If that's something you want to participate in, I wouldn't change my mind just because of a boy. I can't tell you how many girls come here wanting to rush as juniors saying they wish they would have done it sooner but didn't because their focus was on their HS boyfriend (whom they broke up with.)
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Which reminds me of something that still makes me laugh 15 years later:
One of my college buddies was a semi-Black nationalist who was anti-establishment in many regards. He considered Blacks in GLOs to be a betrayal of Blackness. His high school girlfriend was on the anti-establishment kick with him until she got to college and fell in love with NPHC sororities, one in particular. He threatened that he would break up with her if she pledged. She pledged a sorority and he called her a fool and broke up with her. She did a very wise thing. She could've abandoned the collegiate sorority opportunity and even ruined her chances by being anti-NPHC which could've had a lasting impact even if she tried alumnae chapter. Instead, she realized that people in their teens and 20s tend to be super finicky; and high school and college relationships usually "come and go." She would've been bitter if she had followed his anti-NPHC rants and they ended up breaking up for other reasons.