I'm a chatterbox, y'all, so if you don't feel like reading, GET TA SCROLLIN'! Lol, j/k. Every BGLO has a different story. You don't always have to 'get in where you fit in', though. I certainly understand why a person would venture to establish a brotherhood/sisterhood befitting to them if they felt that those existing didn't fit their needs. Not ME, but I do understand. If I feel like I would do justice to a pair of size 10 black bootcut jeans, then that's what I want to buy. I am NOT coming home with a pair of size 16 pipeleg Sasson's. LOL, I know you remember Sasson's (with the "okay" sign on the butt). Now, I don't KNOCK the folks that wear them. They might even look good on someone else, but NOT ME. If I want something, I am NOT going to accept the next best thing even if it seems like the only viable option. That goes for jeans, men, and even sororities. If I can't find what I'm looking for, then I get it tailor made. There's nothing wrong with that. Thank goodness we have that opportunity. That is EXACTLY what these orginizations were created for. To specifically fit the needs of the respective FOUNDERS and those that would follow in their footsteps. There's nothing wrong with having your OWN. You have to go with your HEART. If your heart is not with XYX, then you have no business trying to be a part of XYZ. If you feel like you can do it so that it fits you better, I say GO FOR IT. That doesn't make the org that you didn't pursue any less PRESTIGIOUS than it already was/is. Scholarship, Service, Uplift, Finer Womanhood, Intelligence, Sisterhood, Wisdom, Perserverance, Manhood, Brotherhood.......the list goes on and on and on. BGLOs were created because they NEEDED to be. That is all. That's something that you just can't argue!
Jada B.
[This message has been edited by thatgirl (edited July 13, 2000).]
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