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Originally Posted by bakd

There was an informal contract made between the actives, the alums, and the national organizations in the past. Today's alums are upset that the contract was broken. We were taught that it was a honor and a pleasure to have a legacy.

Now you want to charge us with being mentally unbalanced because we are unspeakable disappointed.

Never said you were unstable. And a military contract and recruitment are not nearly the same thing.

And yes, this is totally generational. There are more PNMs now, more legacies, and limited spots. It is an honor to have them (still is) but we cannot have them all.

The best thing I can suggest for older women who have daughters coming through would be to educate themselves on release figures, numbers of legacies coming through at schools (moms talk), and your organization's official policy on legacies as you'd be hard-pressed to find one that says "all legacies must receive bids." The more prepared you are, the more prepared the child can be to keep an open mind (rather than assuming they're a shoo-in for their legacy chapter.)