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Originally posted by AGDee
Lastly, there were ... Christian organizations...that got a lot of members without having to use the promise of alcohol and sex to get them.
Dee
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sorry, but I just have to say: well duh.
I think people do join for all different reasons, in different areas, at different schools. I personally joined because my boyfriend graduated and I wanted to make friends of my own. Not to meet boys - I lived in a coed dorm and knew tons of guys. Not to drink - I did plenty of that without being in a sorority. I'm sure I thought mixers would be fun, but considering the sorority I joined had less mixers than most, that certainly wasn't at the top of my list.
However, if I had been told going through rush that I couldn't drink at any parties, that I couldn't go to a random party with my best friends for fear of it looking like an "event", and that I couldn't have a beer or that I couldn't spend the night with my boyfriend in an off-campus house that I (not the sorority) paid rent for, then yeah, I would have reconsidered it. Mainly because I had been doing those things for the past year and found them to be enjoyable.
I love my sisters, but I loved my new independence too. Fortunately I joined a group and was at a campus that supported that. If I had been asked to give it up, I'm not sure that I would have. I'm just glad that I went to college when I did.