Okay, first I just want to say that I agree with what a lot of you have said here. I also found it incredible disrespectfull that Jordan got up and said those things at the dinner. She's just permanently out for as much attention as she can draw to herself. I mean please, she didn't have to call her mom for directions to the funeral in the middle of a friggin meeting. Then, to get up and just sh** all over what the actives had tried to create at the Blue and Gold dinnner.... Selfish, petty and mean.
However, I think the actives realize that they did a lot of things wrong here. Becca even said so while talking to one of the pledges before initiation. What some of us may be forgetting here is that many of us joined 100+ year old sisterhoods that have lots of experience and thousands of members to fall back on. This is a fairly new little local who is pretty much figuring it out as they go along. Yes, they need to figure out where they stand on the whole selection process vs. accepting girls that obviously don't belong there debate. They need to develop a policy of dealing with sisters that don't live up to their ideals and enforce them with some consistency. They need to do dozens of things differently. To their credit, they are recognizing this and trying to go forward. I really do like Leslie, Leah and Becca and I hope they can turn this experience into a learning opportunity and grow stronger from it.
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Another personal story:
After they closed the door to go into ritual my boyfriend rolled his eyes. A few minutes later....
Him: Do you guys have some super secret ritual.
Me: Yes
Him: Well what is it
Me: If I told you it wouldn't be super secret.
Him: Tell me
Me: No
Him: Tell me
Me: No
(Yeah - It's like living with a five year old.)
He got mad and threatened not to talk to me until I told him. Then he tried pouting about me "keeping secrets from him."
Such a baby.
