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Originally posted by irishpipes
So I just did something and now I am really nervous that maybe I should have tried a different approach. What do you all think?
I live in Tulsa, and you just don't see much AOII stuff here because until very recently we did not have a collegiate chapter anywhere near. (Now we have 2 and one on the way!  ) Anyway, about 5 houses down from me there has been a red SUV parked in the driveway all summer with an AOII decal and an AOII license plate frame. So, I am all excited and I think it is likely a collegian because I never noticed the car before the summer. Even my 2 and 6 year old sons point out, "there's the AOII car!" every time we drive by it.
Unfortunately, the friendly-neighbor line is drawn at about 3 houses - so I know all of my neighbors within a 3 house radius in all directions. Since this falls outside of that spectrum, I don't know them. I didn't want to go to the door and be like, "Does and AOII live here?" and then find out that it is just someone's girlfriend or something. So, I left a note on the AOII car this morning. Is that too weird? If you were in college and a 35 year old woman left a note on your car stating that she also is an AOII and asking if you ever want to go for a walk or stop by to chat, would you be weirded out?
I don't know. I think it would have been rude of me to not acknowledge it at all. I guess if she responds, it could mean a new friend or at least another friendly neighbor, and if she doesn't, well, nothing ventured nothing gained.
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So - update!
I just got a very sweet note on my front door today from my down-the-street neighbor, Morgan! She is a sophomore at Oklahoma and is a member of Xi chapter! She apologized for taking so long to get back to me, but said she really loved the note and wants to get together sometime when she is in town. She said she had heard other people talk about random people coming up and introducing themselves when they wore an AOII shirt or something, but this was her first such experience. Anyway, she seemed very sweet and YOUNG. She will definitely be getting an AOII care package later this year! (Our Alumnae Chapter sends boxes filled with homemade cookies to our local collegians at Halloween. I was so surprised when I got one in Champaign, IL from Tulsa!)
So, that's the end of my AOII stalker story! Happy ending!
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