Friends and Fraternity (or Sorority)

[damasa]

What does a person do when they have friends they've know, basically their whole life, that hate them being part of the greek system?

The majority of my friends that I went to high school hate the fact that I belong to a fraternity. Now, I'm talking about friends that went all over for school, different states, different campuses, yet, they all hear that I (singled out) joined a fraternity. Most of them look and act differently around me now, and instead of callin me by my name, they say, "hey frat boy" or something to that end.

None of my friends belong to greek org. and it's not common that many ppl from our high school really do.

So how in the gee gosh golly heck (lol) do I get them to realize that greek life isn't as bad as most of them perceive it. It's nothing like they think, when the say that they've brainwashed me and taken control of my mind...LOL...they make it sound as if I were abducted by aliens!!!!