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Originally posted by lyrica9
. . .and what the hell do house mothers do anyway? we don't currently have one, but when we move into the new sorority row house in august we're supposed to have one and i'm just wondering what to expect.
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Our house mother (actually, her official title was House Director) was a mentor, a counselor, an enforcer and a friend. She was in charge of the day-to-day activities of the chapter house: if things were broken, they were fixed; if the living room needed new curtains, she ordered them; if one of us was very sick she would take care of us/call the doctor/let our professors know. She made sure we were safe, we were following the house rules (no boys, no beer) and cared for each of us. She taught us proper etiquette and graciousness. Her door was always open if we wanted to go in and talk about anything. In a sense, she was a surrogate mother while we were in college. It wasn't that, as college and sorority women, we couldn't take care of ourselves, it just helped that she was there.
I know not all House Directors are like this, we were extremely lucky. This is her 19th year in our chapter and we will hate to see her leave.
So, essentially, a House Director (or house mom) is an employee of your Headquarters who oversees the goings-on at the chapter house and makes sure things run smoothly.