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Originally Posted by aopirose
A woman that I know has been practicing her mantra for years, "God made us mother and daughter but only You can make us sisters."
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That's a good way to put it!
I know for me I was pretty much open and liked all of the sororities at Ole Miss. I have legacies at AOII and Theta and then my aunts were Kappa's and I had recs for all of the sororities at Ole Miss. Now of course AOII means so much more to me that my great-grandmother was an AOII and then my mother and my sister are AOII's as well...however, I think in the long run it always seems to work out.
I personally know a girl who went to Ole Miss who was a triple legacy to a very old chapter at Ole Miss, she ended up going AOII (one of her sisters had even just graduated from Ole Miss and was still on campus in grad school) and in the long run she was an officer for AOII and an outstanding member. I think her sisters and her mother were more devastated because their own family member was released from this house. However, this chapter probably gets over 100 legacies a year so for them to give a bid to every legacy would be impossible and it wouldn't allow for much diversity. I sort of take the motto that "everything happens for a reason."
I also know some AOII's whose mothers were members of other sororities at Ole Miss, and those mothers are very involved with AOII Parents' Club and help during recruitment. I even know one mother who would go and help with AOII recruitment for the first two rounds or parties and then go to her own sorority to help with pref parties. Pretty cool if you ask me. I think it's all about accepting that your daughter/sister/etc might want to be something else in life. With most Greek systems increasing and getting larger I think it's going to be harder and harder for every legacy to get a bid from their legacy.
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