You know you are a sorority member when . . .

[xomanadaxo]

I ditto (like air quotes, but with your fingers straight and only with one hand) in class ALL the time. At National Leadership Conference a lot of KDs snapped though. Only the GPhiBs snap on our campus though.

You know you're a sorority member when...
You explain people's personalities in terms of which house they would join. (e.g. You don't know Suzy? Well she would probably be an XYZ, with the looks of ABC thrown in the mix!)

[Alumiyum]

I also forgot "Oh hot damn, this is Alpha Gam"...that song came on the radio and I forgot there were actual lyrics to it. That's all I ever sing.

[ADPiTigergurl]

...when you go to 3 different tjmaxx's looking for a lion sculpture you saw there months ago but sadly it is gone now

[crusse10]

I believe only the DGs at Tennessee snap, fwiw

[amanda6035]

Every Sunday, at church, when we sing the doxology, I have to remind myself to say the real words, and not the Alpha Xi Grace version that we sang before meals....

Be present at our table, Lord
Be here and everywhere adored
These mercies bless and grant that we
May feast in paradise with thee

God bless our dear fraternity
May we e'er united be
May our quill reign eternally
Alpha Xi Delta, prasies thee.

[AZ-AlphaXi]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

Every Sunday, at church, when we sing the doxology, I have to remind myself to say the real words, and not the Alpha Xi Grace version that we sang before meals....

Amanda .. me to :-)

I also fill out NCAA BB brackets by where we have/had chapters and root
for teams in random bowl games the same way.

[fourleafed]

Instead of snapping, my chapter does ditto ticking as well- pointer and middle finger together and shaking your wrist. Or in conversation if we agree we say "ditto ticks to that." The best is when you wear a bunch of bracelets or a charm bracelet because then your ditto tick can be heard.

[livelaughluv]

You know you're a sorority member (specifically an Alpha Chi) when you see red and green together and think of AXO before thinking Christmas

[Shellfish]

You know you're a sorority member when you rotate at parties. It actually surprises me that people don't do this more often. At my high school class reunions, lots of people just spend the whole night in the same little knot of people, when you'd think they'd take the opportunity to mingle more, considering we don't see each other very often.

[Fleur de Lis]

Originally Posted by Shellfish

You know you're a sorority member when you rotate at parties. It actually surprises me that people don't do this more often. At my high school class reunions, lots of people just spend the whole night in the same little knot of people, when you'd think they'd take the opportunity to mingle more, considering we don't see each other very often.

I agree! My time as an active prepared me to make small talk for hours with people I don't know. It amazes me how people find one person to talk to in a room and never move. By then end of a party, I have met everyone and can probably tell you three things about them!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Fleur de Lis

I agree! My time as an active prepared me to make small talk for hours with people I don't know. It amazes me how people find one person to talk to in a room and never move. By then end of a party, I have met everyone and can probably tell you three things about them!

I have told more first time recruiters that this may be the biggest benefit of being a sorority woman! One of the least active chapter sisters I have has often said that it's one reason that she's crushed that her daughter didn't go greek!


I want to add: you know that you're a sorority member when you have certain timeless outfits that will fit recruitment (even though you're an alumna), when you have ziplock bags of aluminum poptops on your refrigerator for Ronald McDonald House (or whatever for your philanthropy) (I've been told that my refrigerator looks like a recycling bin), or any pets being named after your mascot.

[aephi alum]

You know you're a sorority member when you are listening to the State of the Union address and multitasking, and as your right hand is on your mouse, when Obama says something you like (like, say, gays shouldn't be forbidden from serving in the military), you snap instead of applauding.

(This just happened. My husband also snapped. *scratches head*)

[ComradesTrue]

^^^beautiful.

[KSUViolet06]

For the advisors/volunteers:

When you can read back the returning PNMs list, pair off sisters/PNMs, hand out nametags, cut out paper sailboats, and eat dinner for the evening simultaneously--in 20 minutes.

[xomanadaxo]

Agreed! If there's one thing being in a sorority has taught me, it's how to multitask!!