looking down on legacies

thetalady · #1 09-19-2011, 03:26 PM

Sweetie, you need to GET OVER this whole legacy thing. It is not the "be all" that you seem to think it is. I bet the majority of your chapter probably doesn't even know or remember that you are a legacy, unless you are bringing it up every day like it makes you something more special. Be friendly, go out of your way to get to know your sisters, be the positive girl who volunteers to help when something is needed. Forget the legacy stuff.

DeltaBetaBaby · #2 09-19-2011, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by thetalady

Sweetie, you need to GET OVER this whole legacy thing. It is not the "be all" that you seem to think it is. I bet the majority of your chapter probably doesn't even know or remember that you are a legacy, unless you are bringing it up every day like it makes you something more special.

Or, even worse, mom/grandma/big sis is constantly hanging out in the TV room!

thetalady · #3 09-19-2011, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Or, even worse, mom/grandma/big sis is constantly hanging out in the TV room!

Hee hee hee OK, something that I had not considered!!! Your mom isn't hanging around the house all the time being a pest, is she?

(OP, I hope you know we are pretty much kidding on this)

AOII Angel · #4 09-19-2011, 09:17 PM

Let it go. In some ways, yes, they took you because you were a legacy. But that's not bad. It's a good thing to want your legacies. I was a legacy, and I know they took me because my sister was in the chapter. I didn't think about it for a second. If anyone thought that I wouldn't have gotten in without my sister there first, well than too bad...I got in!!

Make the most of the opportunity and the sisterhood. They gave you the opportunity to be a sister to your family member who is already a part of their sorority. That is a gift.

amIblue? · #5 09-20-2011, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by thetalady

Sweetie, you need to GET OVER this whole legacy thing. It is not the "be all" that you seem to think it is. I bet the majority of your chapter probably doesn't even know or remember that you are a legacy, unless you are bringing it up every day like it makes you something more special. Be friendly, go out of your way to get to know your sisters, be the positive girl who volunteers to help when something is needed. Forget the legacy stuff.

This.

You wouldn't believe the number of us on GC who were cut by our legacy chapters. If they didn't want you, they wouldn't have taken you. I understand how you may be having doubts, but sisterhood isn't a just add water and poof it happens. Everything the other posters have said about being friendly and positive is exactly what needs to happen for you to feel at home in your group. Everyone else in your new member class is in the same boat, believe it or not.