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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I was the first person in my family to go Greek, so it's not suprising that they carried a lot of stereotypes as to what Greek life is about. I actually didn't tell my parents I was rushing -- I told them after I'd accepted my bid. I thought my mom would be okay with it and my dad would freak out, but it turned out to be the other way around. My dad basically told me "different strokes for different folks" and that even though he would have never joined a Greek organization, it was okay if it was something that appealed to me. My mom was the one who was all like, "But sororities are full of sluts who drink all the time and don't care about school and blah blah blah . . ." In the end they were both impressed with the thought I had put into it and the research I'd done -- I brought up Tri Delta's no-hazing policy, the fact that sorority women at my school have a GPA that's comparable to the all-women average (in fact, this semester the sorority average was higher!  ), the volunteer work we do, stuff like that. I pay my own dues, so it's not like they could have stopped me if they had wanted to.
I think my mom still believes the stereotypical stuff -- I'm pretty sure she thinks I got hazed, that we drink too much, etc. She caught an episode of "Sorority Life" this season which didn't help. 
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I agree fully. I didn't tell my parents about rushing until after I got my bid and then I was like "Listen, I'm doing this, what do you think?" I was extremely surprised to hear my dad say "Do you want us to send you a check or something?" My reaction was
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Now my parents have kind of switched roles. My mom saw pictures of me with my Big as well as the paddle she made me and she was like "She's cute and really creative!" My dad, on the other hand, is more worried about what
FGP can do for me than what I can do for it. We've been going through a lot of struggles (check them out on the
Local in Trouble thread) so I'm working my booty off this summer to keep us going.