I met my cousin's girlfriend at Thanksgiving freshmen year and we talked for a while about all sorts of stuff, including recruitment. She encouraged me to go through, but I didn't even think twice about the fact that she never mentioned what house she was in, but we go to different schools, so I never thought to ask.
To make a long story short, the night I got my bid, I called my parents to tell them what house I was in and they told everyone, including my cousin and his girlfriend. When I got home from Bid Night, I had a message from my cousin Tom's screen name that said " congratulations!!! we are going to be sisters!!"
Now, everytime I see her we talk about all kinds of AOII things and laugh about all the fun things we have done with our sisters. She is now married to Tom, but even if she wouldn't , we would always have the special bond of sisterhood
~Lacey