To answer the question above, I believe we are probably looking at this through the lens of how our pledge periods were 20+ years ago (32 years ago in my case). There's no way I would go through a pledge period again just one year later. But, and this may be my old lady'ness getting in the way, but it seems "new member" periods are one big month and a half of gifts and crying over how awesome they are. Why NOT go through all the undying love and affection over and over again. Well, except for the pesky rule where you can't.
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