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Originally posted by NutBrnHair
The "big deal," as I see it, is that adoption is a legal (and of course emotional) relationship, whereas a "step" relationship is not necissarily.
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I will agree with you there. Making the decision to adopt and raise a child is a pretty selfless act!
I'm speaking in the context of rush. I think all NPC sororities' legacy policies require the chapter to invite legacies back to the first invitational round. So, say you have a chapter of XYZ, and you have a PNM whose stepmother is an XYZ, but the PNM herself is just not a good fit for your chapter. It's not such a huge deal for XYZ to invite the PNM to the next round. It shows courtesy to her stepmother (this is the intent of legacy policies!) and gives the chapter and the PNM a second chance to look at each other. If the chapter still feels the fit isn't there, they don't invite the PNM back again. It's not like XYZ is being forced to give the PNM a bid.