Hay Ladies and Gents:
Yeah, the cute shirts that say my mom is a/an...are cute if the kids are small. But if they are like 20, that's not okay. Similarly, I am not down with the my wife/boyfiriend/husband is a/an...that's tacky. Pledge or shut up about it.
I think some peope just don't know. I saw a woman who was going to buy her son a Phi Beta Sigma shirt at a stepshow because he liked the way they stepped. He was like 15 years and big. I politely told her she may want to re-think her purchase becasue he may easily be mistaken for a frat member and if challenged/pressed/questioned, and he is like what?, the repercussions may not be good. She listened and opted to buy him nothing.
Similarly there was a girl at the SAME stepshow who was wearing 'nalia. We were neos (crossed that morning)and my Sands went up to her (you know how you go up to EVERY Soror when you first cross, I mean EVERY one out of like hundreds) and she walked up to a girl and was like "Hey Soror" the girl was like "Hey." She asked what chapter she was from and she said ours. My Sands was like, hmmm. When did you cross, she said 1990
(you know when people can't phrase it right it is suspect). There was no 1990 line. We quielty and politely asked her for the 'nalia she had while explaining why (something to the effect of others may not be as nice as we were being). I wouldnt' say "stripped her down" but she had bought like, keychains, t-shirts, lavaliers, sholaces, pictures, hats, socks, I mean she was planning to be out! Her stuff looked cute on me too
[This message has been edited by DELTABRAT (edited January 10, 2001).]