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Bid Day:
I knew what I wanted my bid card to read (Sweet!), but if I got Milo instead, I knew it wouldn’t be the end of the world. Still, I had my fingers crossed for Sweet. Sitting on our bid cards was the worst thing ever - there were several girls trying to hold them up to the light to see through them, but that didn’t work. Panhellenic was too smart to use thin envelopes.
Then it was time for the countdown: three, two, one!
I ripped mine open. I didn’t breathe. I saw:
Sweet, also known as, Pi Beta Phi!
Other girls squealed with joy, but I just leaned back, and smiled. What can I say? It was a match made in heaven.
Fun fact: As it turned out, I had been matched for Pi Phi’s pref ceremony with an active I’d spoken with previously, but the line got messed up, and the active who was supposed to Pref me instead took the PNM in front of me. She made sure to find me at our Bid Day party and let me know that was a mistake. She told me, "I'm so glad to see that you found your way home, anyway." It was all really sweet, and I’m pleased the randomizer paired up the character Sweet with my sisterhood. I swear I had nothing to do with it, haha.
Extra fun fact: I actually met my big (though of course, neither of us knew it at the time) during day 1 of recruitment. Coincidence or meant to be?
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