Boyfriend & rush?

[ree-Xi]

Are you and your boyfriend going to be attending the same school?

If not, I think the bigger issue might be the long distance.

Sure, things are easier these days than when my boyfriend went off to college and I was still a senior in high school. We didn't have the internet (instant messages, Facebook, photo-sharing), cell phones with unlimited long-distance plans, or video chatting like Skype. Calling long-distance (out of state) was expensive, and you had to be home in order to receive your phone calls. Photos had to be mailed. We relied mostly on hand-written letters.

If you do plan to go to the same college, remember (and make sure that he understands) that going Greek is your choice, and it's up to him if it's going to be an issue or not. Pledging - oops, your New Member Period - will likely take up a lot of time, between meetings, sisterhood events, philanthropy events and mixers, and even if they are not *mandatory*, they probably will be strongly encouraged. There will be plenty of things that he probably won't be able to attend.

I understand that three years is a long time, but college is a huge opportunity and you need to be able to make decisions that will be best for you. Good luck - I remember being 17 and having to make the decision as to whether or not I was going to keep my boyfriend once I went to college. He couldn't handle me having a life (called me constantly those first 10 days), so I ended the relationship a week or two into classes.