At UGA we don't have formal rules about physical contact, but I remember my rush chair discouraging contact bc some girls are not "touchy-feely" and it could potentially scare them off. I do remember as a pnm cutting a chapter I had originally really liked (and invited back to the following round) bc I saw another pnm being hugged by her "hostess" sorority girl as if they were best friends. As someone who did not know many other girls already in sororities, it made me feel uncomfortable, like "Why was I not greeted like that? Do they not want me as much?" even though I can now understand that I probably read too far into the situation. You have to be careful not to give the girls the wrong impression or make them feel uncomfortable, at all costs.
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