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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I think it's hilarious that people keep whining about how non-Greeks think we're buying friends: "We're not paying for friends. We're paying for the increased social opportunities, the sisterhood events, and the upkeep of the house." Which is a all well and good until you take into account the fact that these same people will get upset when people join sororities for any reason other than "friendship."
GLOs are -- from a financial standpoint -- a business, just like anything else. If you're charging a thousand bucks a semester for someone to be in your organization, and you're NOT charging them for the friendships . . . then what are you charging them for? Primarily the social opportunities. And if you're not getting the social opportunities, or not 1000 dollars worth of social opportunities . . . then I don't think it's out of line to quit.
I'm not sure how you can argue that "Joining a sorority is only about lifelong friendship, not reputation, not parties!" but that tune changes quite a bit when it comes to paying the bills.
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All good points.
I don't get the hostility, either, and I think it does qualify as hostility. Here we have someone who is presumaby coming to GC and being really honest about something that is troubling her. I would imagine that it is VERY, very common for someone to end up in a house and later be dissatisfied or bothered for one reason or another -- even if she's a sophomore.
Why can't she come here and talk honestly about it without being attacked? Frankly, it sounds like people are defensive.
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