Alabama maximizing options question

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Hartofsec

lol, so you are saying that girls who pledge "one of the more prestigious groups" are more likely to be rude and behave badly?

And you base this statement on ... what?

lol. Just lol.

No, I'm saying they're more likely to be a little prouder of themselves in the beginning stages. If that wasn't the case, there wouldn't be "tiers" and terms like "old row". The OP who you are so vociferously defending is the one who mentioned the girls being rude, I didn't pull it out of my ass. Go back and reread the post.

And I base what I said on...pretty much what everyone else would base it on...seeing it happen at their OWN school. "We all know that people are the same wherever you go."

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by 33girl

No, I'm saying they're more likely to be a little prouder of themselves in the beginning stages. If that wasn't the case, there wouldn't be "tiers" and terms like "old row". The OP who you are so vociferously defending is the one who mentioned the girls being rude, I didn't pull it out of my ass. Go back and reread the post.

And I base what I said on...pretty much what everyone else would base it on...seeing it happen at their OWN school. "We all know that people are the same wherever you go."

I think you are stereotyping and making faulty assumptions about girls in chapters you know nothing about, on a campus where you have no experience.

If a poster here did the same regarding chapters that are less well-established, it would be tantamount to throwing a grenade in a henhouse.

Just sayin'.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Hartofsec

I think you are stereotyping and making faulty assumptions about girls in chapters you know nothing about, on a campus where you have no experience.

If a poster here did the same regarding chapters that are less well-established, it would be tantamount to throwing a grenade in a henhouse.

Just sayin'.

Good God woman, lay off the bath salts.

I am saying I've witnessed this happen to girls in chapters at MY SCHOOL, as probably everyone else has. It's a universal experience, like dreaming you haven't studied for finals. Girls who get [insert very desired thing here] are snobby and bitchy for a bit. Then they calm down.

It was meant to be a joke and alleviate a mother's worry. If you really need that spelled out to you, you might want to go to a Labor Day sale and inquire as to which department the "senses of humor" and "reading comprehension" are in.

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Good God woman, lay off the bath salts.

I am saying I've witnessed this happen to girls in chapters at MY SCHOOL, as probably everyone else has. It's a universal experience, like dreaming you haven't studied for finals. Girls who get [insert very desired thing here] are snobby and bitchy for a bit. Then they calm down.

Really? Wasn't my experience on the campus in question.

Originally Posted by 33girl

It was meant to be a joke and alleviate a mother's worry. If you really need that spelled out to you, you might want to go to a Labor Day sale and inquire as to which department the "senses of humor" and "reading comprehension" are in.

Oh I see. My apologies for being so dumb. I didn't realize you were attempting to "alleviate a mother's worry."

I guess the joke was somehow lost when you did attempt to 'spell it out.'

Your omniscience on matters relating to what new members think -- in chapters you were not a member of -- at schools you did not attend -- is just remarkable.

[carnation]

Okay folks, calm down or I'll have to close it. No attacks.

[WhiteDaisy128]

It's weird that almost all of the threads (maybe all of them) that HartofSec replies in get closed.

To the OP: I was surprised at the variety of women in each chapter on my campus. There were the hard core party girls and the "stay a virgin until I get married" girls on the straight and narrow. I was somewhere in between, but did not (and still do not) drink & party. I definitely had sisters that embarrassed me and probably embarrassed the name "Delta Gamma" -- but it is part of college (and there were also girls on my campus who gave the other chapters questionable reputations as well), like many have said. As long as they were staying legal and safe and it did not go against our bylaws (drinking at certain functions, hazing, drinking in letters, etc.), then there isn't much I could do.

I did find girls in my chapter that were more like me...and now that all of my pledge sisters are 30 years old, we've mostly calmed down, gotten married, and started little families. AND we enjoy our sisterhood more than ever.

[gracemom]

Maybe it is because HartSec doesn't back down from calling out forum bullying. Sad that so many of the apparent long time posters here (at least going by the number of posts they have had time make) seem to epitomize the sorority mean girl stereotype. I think HartSec has made some astute observations.