I was a PX during my junior year. It was hard not being affiliated! I had never realized before how many Pi Phi shirts I wore! I had to buy a whole new wardrobe! LOL. At our house you can put pictures up with PX's in them as long as their faces are covered. I remember being slightly hurt because people just didn't put pictures of me up...period. Sometimes it was hard to be hidden away in the hous during tours and dinners where PNM's would be over. It was especially hard during all-campus sorority events. I was supposed to be there for Panhel. These took place before the PX's had a chance to bond, and we were cliquey for awhile. I was usually the only PX from my house there, and it was hard to see all of my friends sitting by themselves having a fun time.
BUT, it always gets better. Being a PX was a wonderful experience, and I'm still friends with a lot of PX's from other houses. It's such a wonderful way to make new friends, and you get to see recruitment from another side. I'll also never forget that feeling of running home to see my sisters and basically being attacked. I don't cry a lot, but that was definitely a moment when I cried.
