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Originally posted by MooseGirl
How does your chapter decide sapphire sisters? Do you fill out a form, or do you just talk together?
maybe a sister needs more input into who her little is, or maybe you'll have to delay getting a sapphire by a week or so just so sisters get a bit of a better idea of what the NMs are like.
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I am phisigsigchica's sapphire sister, and the way we get sapphires is through a kind of mutual selection process, whereby all new members are introduced and get to talk to each potential sapphire sister. Oftentimes, they do work out, we may not all be best friends, but we get along and respect each other. I think with our process however, is that sometimes sapphires and new members still don't know enough about each other when selecting, and we get some matches that aren't as compatible as others. Also, the problems stem from other sources besides our method of choosing sapphires. I think that there are personality clashes and personal characteristics that you don't find out about until later. But that happens everywhere I'm sure, in all sorts of situations outside of sorority life. I think personally that even if you do not have a super-close connection to your sapphire sister (which I happen to have because she was my best friend long before we pledged). that doesn't prevent you from having deep connections and friendships with other sisters.
