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Originally Posted by 7Silver17
Hello everyone!
I have been an active member of my sorority for the past four years. I had been very dedicated until becoming a recent alumna.
After doing some reflecting, I feel like being in the organization was more so like running a business than experiencing a sisterhood. I had always promoted Greek Life for what it has to offer and I definitely would not be in the professional opportunities I am experiencing now without being involved in Greek Life very heavily throughout my undergrad.
Reasons that I wish to disaffiliate mainly are from me disagreeing with our new member education as well as the fact that I do not believe my organization has anything to offer me as an alumna.
I feel like the only thing the sorority is benefiting me in is on paper on my resume, but that is all. I have few actual friends in such a small organization (chapter-wise & nationally) and am not sure if this was the sisterhood intended for me.
This is definitely something that has been on my mind for a few months. Any thoughts would greatly be appreciated. Thank you!
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I am going to assume your organization is an NPC group, please correct me if I am wrong.
An after-college burnout from sorority life may be what you are experiencing. Four long years of dedication can become relief after graduation when sorority work is no longer one of your top priorities.
Have you thought about what you might do as an alumna to help your sorority group become both what it could be and what you know it should be? Not just at a local level, but with a focus toward national headquarters issues and concerns.
And please define how this is not the sisterhood intended for you, an initiate for life. Might connection with women in a local Panhellenic group be more appealing to your sensibilities?
Being a twenty-something college graduate is enough of a life issue for some people today. You may desire a current personal focus on non-sorority issues for awhile, stepping away from sorority involvement without releasing your bond.