Retro Rush Flashback! Board Game Edition

[violetpretty]

Yay! I love retro stories! Welcome to GC, sister!

[thetygerlily]

Awesome!! Congratulations on braving your way to a great group who really wanted you. Your name made me guess SK from the beginning, but you never know what those Rushee McGee girls will do to pull the wool over our eyes!

With the food comment I knew instantly that it wasn't Kappa. Can you imagine a table of blue & blue food? That would not be subtle. Or easy. We actually had a girl who refused to eat blue foods- she would scrape off the Kappa blue icing or throw out blue M&Ms. Still does to this day

[southbymidwest]

Well done! But yes, what did happen to Silly?

[perfectinpurple]

Wooohooo!!! Yay Sigma Kappa!!

Although I did have a sneaking suspicion based on your username

[AGDee]

We do take pride in having our food match our colors at numerous events, seriously... at our International Reunion Day luncheon, meals at Convention, etc. It's an Alpha Gam thing and very easy to do given our colors! And, well, I am friends with a large group of women from our Gamma Alpha chapter from that era so I recognized things. In fact, one sister I've become very close to through volunteering on the International level was President of that chapter in 90/91 so there were many things that sounded familiar

[agzg]

Originally Posted by AGDee

We do take pride in having our food match our colors at numerous events, seriously... at our International Reunion Day luncheon, meals at Convention, etc. It's an Alpha Gam thing and very easy to do given our colors! And, well, I am friends with a large group of women from our Gamma Alpha chapter from that era so I recognized things. In fact, one sister I've become very close to through volunteering on the International level was President of that chapter in 90/91 so there were many things that sounded familiar

I've looked at Spinach Lasagna with Marinara sauce and thought about the Alpha Gammyness of the food.

It's a sickness.

FWIW, the wedding cake house sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it, and I did not guess that it was UGA.

I'm a guess failure. Womp womp.

[SigKapSweetie]

Yay! I love a Sig Kap ending - and I had a feeling about this one

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by agzg

I've looked at Spinach Lasagna with Marinara sauce and thought about the Alpha Gammyness of the food.

It's a sickness.

FWIW, the wedding cake house sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it, and I did not guess that it was UGA.

I'm a guess failure. Womp womp.

Strawberry, Pineapple, and Kiwi kabobs are a staple at alumnae meetings.

[tinydancer]

This was a very fun story to read! You are a good writer and kept us entertained and wanting more.

[carnation]

Bumping this fabulous story!

[aephi alum]

Can't believe I missed this the first time around.

I, too, rushed in 1993, permed hair and all. (I ditched the perm rather quickly when I couldn't find an acceptable salon near my school.) My experience was rather different - there were only 4 NPCs (including Sigma Kappa) and a local in our Panhellenic Association, and my father was very anti-greek (hazing was prevalent at his school when he was there) so, unlike you, I was actively DIScouraged from rushing. Yet I found my home, and I'm glad you found yours.

And while I'm a little disappointed in the total lack of Eurogames the average person I speak to has never even heard of Settlers, Carcassonne, Colosseum, etc ... so you get a pass

[ColdInCanada11]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

And while I'm a little disappointed in the total lack of Eurogames the average person I speak to has never even heard of Settlers, Carcassonne, Colosseum, etc ... so you get a pass

Carcassonne is one of my favourite games!! Once you start, you can't stop!

[DubaiSis]

This is a great story, and I hope every PNM reads this. Although you did have the "click" that everyone expects (but not everyone gets), you also explained the ups and downs of membership very well. Plus the tears are not mandatory for a successful or meaningful Preference night.

[DubaiSis]

This is what bugs me about the "it didn't fit" thing, especially on a campus with HUGE houses. Seriously, do you think in 4 meetings of about 2 hours TOTAL a house could figure out which girls are the partiers, the smart ones, the sluts, to maintain a reputation top to bottom, even if they wanted to?

[TexasSK]

That was brilliant! Though the Brave Maroon gave it right away

Thank you for this incredible story, and I hope that there are many PNMs reading this right now.