Honestly:why did you join a GLO,why is it special and are you still glad you did?

[hazelle]

Fairly sure this is obvious but hey, why not get a bit philosophical and share the magic that is why we all joined sororities and fraternities?? This is the time of year new members make that important decision and hopefully, match the invites of the house{s} they are interested in....let's tell them why!

For me, it was the friendship, the loyalty to the creed of Alpha Xi Delta and the true feeling that each member was special and crucial to the further growth of that sisterhood...not just a Greek letter house..a real home of close friends... a loyalty that never fades whenever we see another sister...at another school...at another chapter or in public.

[MysticCat]

Why did you join?

Why did you join? (a different one)

NPHC BGLOers: Why Did you Join?

Why did you become greek/choose the org you did?

Why did you choose your TYPE of GLO?

Why did you choose your sorority/fraternity?

Just for starters.

[AlphaFrog]

Parties.

To get laid.

To have a nice place to live.

Frat boys.

Did I cover them all?

[Sock Puppet2]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Parties.

To get laid.

To have a nice place to live.

Frat boys.

Did I cover them all?

Careful, your class is showing.

[Drolefille]

OMG a SockPuppet totally just called you out! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

SockPuppet's sarcasm meter is broken.

[Kevin]

I was interested in a place where I could frat.

[CutiePie2000]

I joined so that I could become part of a "secret society so powerful, it could give me everything that I desire.....at a price".

C'mon, didn't you guys see "The Skulls"? (....huffs and walks away)

[hazelle]

Hey if you will notice most of the other posts were two years ago...until today's threads ....so I had every reason to ask and make a new one....

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by hazelle

Hey if you will notice most of the other posts were two years ago...until today's threads ....so I had every reason to ask and make a new one....

You are fine for asking. Ignore the heinous bitches on this site who get their panties in a wad because someone made a thread that has already been done before. If they get pissed.....that would be a strong indication that they have been on GC for entirely too long and have little to no social life or life in general.

I joined my fraternity to make connections, make some damn good friendships, carry on my family's legacy, be in a top chapter, party balls, meet hot sorostitutes, entertain pledges, rush trips etc. etc. etc.

[Jameswys]

I joined my society because I was bored and wanted to do something for a month. This week is the start of my 5th year of being Greek. I'm no longer bored.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

SockPuppet's sarcasm meter is broken.

Pretty much. (Did it ever work in the first place?)


And macallan25, it's not that I'm opposed to starting new threads when old ones are stale...but it's just that kind of touchy-feely BS question that everyone gives the same PC I'm-talking-to-a-rushee type answer to.

[blkwebman1919]

Originally Posted by hazelle

Hey if you will notice most of the other posts were two years ago...until today's threads ....so I had every reason to ask and make a new one....

I don't think MysticCat was necessarily trying to make a point.

Maybe he was just pointing the existence of the earlier threads for information purposes. They could still be relevant.

Most people who are making the point you are referring to tend to come right out and say it, no holds barred.

"Reading too much between the lines" is often the culprit in things get blown up much more than they have to be.

[hazelle]

Ok I am learning the ways of this chat...the only reason I truly thought a new spin on this question is mainly for the fact that spring 07 brings new opportunities for membership for those interested...

For me, between just having completed reading PLEDGED and the hoopla about the possible Tyra Banks' episode on supposedly fulfilling her "dream of rushing a sorority house"--it occured to me to ask is this still special, relevant and why??

No political relevance, no deep hidden meanings, no between the lines...
just why the hell do it, did you like it, why did you select whichever house gave you a bid, and truely, why would you tell a newbie to participate in this 21st century spin of an old fashioned form of perpetual friendship and brotherhood/sisterhood???

{Answer the thread, ignore it but no more wasted time tossing it around..please not needed surely all of you have more important things to ponder.}

[JonInKC]

Because when I asked the Magic 8-Ball if I should join, it said "All Signs Point to Yes". Actually maybe it was just a normal 8-ball. But boy, was it magic.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by hazelle

Hey if you will notice most of the other posts were two years ago...until today's threads ....so I had every reason to ask and make a new one....

Originally Posted by macallan25

You are fine for asking. Ignore the heinous bitches on this site who get their panties in a wad because someone made a thread that has already been done before.

Originally Posted by blkwebman1919

I don't think MysticCat was necessarily trying to make a point.

Maybe he was just pointing the existence of the earlier threads for information purposes. They could still be relevant.

Thanks blkwebman1919. You're right. There's no problem in asking. Sometimes, however, if the same question has already been asked and there are threads on it, there may be more value in resurrecting one of the old threads rather than starting a new one. (Witness the 7 new posts in NPHC BGLOers: Why Did you Join? since yesterday afternoon.) What some people said two years ago may be two years old, but given the question, the answer isn't likely to have changed.