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Originally posted by TSteven
[B]Cliques - Doh!
I can't believe I forgot about that aspect. Thank you AXOKatie and winneythepooh7 for pointing this out.
Two friends rushing together - so to speak - doesn't come across as a clique. Three or more might with five certainly getting in that realm. And frankly, for the most part, cliques are just not desirable.
Hey TSTEVEN
Actually even 2 can create problems believe it or not. I've seen situations where 2 members of the new member class who were already friends have made things problematic. A lot of it mostly is centering around not wanting to get to know the other members of the new member class if you know what I am saying. As an aside, in my chapter we anticipated stuff like this happening so that is why we often teamed up a new member with another new member they didn't know during new member activities so they could become close with someone else, not only their best friend from home. Look at it this way too, if all 5 of the friends become new members and there are 2 or 5 or whatever amount of new members not already part of their group (or maybe already friends) this could create issues. It could be a positive thing too, I hope that is what it is
