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Originally Posted by Giddy
To Heart to Heart:
If the only problem your daughter had during rush was being "pressured" by pushy Alums -- then she must have had a great rush. Your complaints sound suspiciously like bragging. Which is a bit off-putting. I read your comments from last year. More of the same.
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At the risk of giving away too much personal information, I have to say that from where I come from.... Them's fightin' words.
How in the world can you think that by my exposing the dirty tactics of alumnae that I am bragging??? It's not okay for the actives to contact the girls, and it shouldn't be allowed for active alumnae to do the same. It made us both extremely uncomfortable. Judging from the necessity of the new rules this year, I'm thinking I'm not the only one who had this experience last year.
I'm just a mom who had a ringside seat last year to the experiences of a freshman OOS PNM. This year I have been treated to another ringside seat to the experiences of a sophomore on the other side of recruitment. You can take my advice or leave it, but I do have a considerable amount of in site into the Ole Miss recruitment experience!
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Ole Miss does not have a bad sorority! Even ADPi who just recolonized last year ended up with an amazing group of women! My daughter has friends in every house and has yet to encounter a girl who is unhappy! She doesn't buy into the tier system and neither do I.
I sincerely apologize if I have rubbed you the wrong way! Yes, my daughter had a very successful recruitment. She was a very happy girl on bid day. She was also in the grove on adpi's bid day cheering on her friends who experienced the devastating heartbreak of being released from formal recruitment. We are not bad people who go around bragging! However, as a mom who is proud of her daughter, from time to time I might get a little carried away in highlighting her accomplishments. I am sorry if I offended you.
Bottom line: it's about time somebody reeled in the over zealous active alumnae!
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