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While pinning was not commonplace, it wasn't unheard of when I was in college. Mr. Angelove followed the standard sequence - first we were lavaliered, then pinned, then engaged (after I graduated from college). No hazing for the lavaliering, but he was out of college when we got pinned. I didn't get his real pin, just a recognition-type pin, but it was the act of pinning rather than the actual pin that was important. Pinning was just another step in the whole commitment process. We figured we would eventually get married, so we made it slightly more official than when we were lavaliered, but not so official that I picked out a wedding dress. Wearing each other's letters wasn't a big deal, since I was a little sister in his fraternity and he was one of our chapter's sweethearts (back in the olden days when that was okay) and we wore letters all the time.
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