"Southern" Sororities? - Page 10

Munchkin03 · #**136** 01-08-2006, 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by honeychile

This is the one of the biggest moment some of these women may ever have, and getting her name and information isn't investigative reporting, it's common sense. That's what angered me.

Did you have a deb ball?

I chose not to go through it, but my sister and most of my HS friends did (no strapless dresses!), and I don't think any of them would say that their deb ball was anywhere near one of the top ten moments in their lives.

honeychile · #**137** 01-08-2006, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by James
It seems sad that some people will peak at 18 years old.

Reminds me about the people that reminisce about the glory days of their high school football experience.

It happens. Every day. I guarantee you that someone is terribly upset that her Debut's account was messed up, and she's demanded a correction.

Munchkin, I know you really want to know all about me, in a very personal way, but as I wasn't asked to debut at the Club which I wanted, I chose not to come out at all. Which is a pity, because I've since found out that one of my best friends now came out in the Club which did ask me, the same year I would have done so.

Tippiechick · #**138** 01-08-2006, 10:42 PM

I personally find the whole deb thing a bit foreign. No one I know has been a debutant. That includes all of my friends in different cities and southern states. I believe that it is not as pervasive in the southern culture as some make it out to be. Don't get me wrong, I am sure it is a big part of some communities. But, it is not the end-all-be-all of Southern life.

Tippiechick · #**139** 01-08-2006, 10:43 PM

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Originally posted by Tippiechick
I personally find the whole deb thing a bit foreign. No one I know has been a debutant. That includes all of my friends in different cities and southern states. I believe that it is not as pervasive in the southern culture as some make it out to be. Don't get me wrong, I am sure it is a big part of some communities. But, it is not the end-all-be-all of Southern life.

Edited to add that I do know Olemissglitter and she was a deb.

MysticCat · #**140** 01-09-2006, 09:59 AM

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Originally posted by Munchkin03
. . . and I don't think any of them would say that their deb ball was anywhere near one of the top ten moments in their lives.

I don't think Ms. MysticCat would classify it as one of the top 10 moments of her life, but she does look back on it fondly and considers it an especially special time with her father, since the father/daughter aspect is so much a part of it. Whenever she talks about, she mentions how special it was for for the two of them to have that together.

xo_kathy · #**141** 01-09-2006, 10:48 AM

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Originally posted by honeychile
whose reporter couldn't get one of the sororities' name right

I just re-read it and couldn't find a mistake. A bunch of Chi O's, a Kappa and a couple Pi Phi's - all seemed to be spelled right. What did I miss??

honeychile · #**142** 01-09-2006, 11:26 AM

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Originally posted by xo_kathy
I just re-read it and couldn't find a mistake. A bunch of Chi O's, a Kappa and a couple Pi Phi's - all seemed to be spelled right. What did I miss??

The Gamma Phi Beta.

xo_kathy · #**143** 01-09-2006, 12:07 PM

You mean where it says "Gamma Beta Phi"

According to http://www.gammabetaphi.org/
"Gamma Beta Phi Society is an honor and service organization for students in colleges and universities in the United States" and they have an LSU chapter

Seems Miss Bunch is a sister of mine from LSU who happens to also be in Gamma Beta Phi.

"Miss Bunch is a sophomore at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. Miss Bunch is majoring in Elementary Education and is a member of the Chi Omega sorority"

(Unless I'm still missing it, in which case, I think there's more to this being 30 than you all are letting on. I've lost my ability to read!!!!

)

And here's my next question - Can Democrats not be debs?!? All these women belong to their college Republican clubs!!!

33girl · #**144** 01-09-2006, 12:30 PM

I don't care if they are saying she washed a dog, newspapers need to get information right the first time. Every single day in the paper here, there's several retractions, and some of them are the most BASIC things that could have been correct the first time if people wouldn't have been too lazy to double check.

My (tiny) hometown has a Christmas Cotillion. As far as it being an "introduction to society" that would be rather fruitless as the majority of the participants go to college and move away for greener pastures and better jobs.

irishpipes · #**145** 01-09-2006, 12:32 PM

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Originally posted by xo_kathy
And here's my next question - Can Democrats not be debs?!? All these women belong to their college Republican clubs!!!

Republicans are just better looking, that's all.

/Joke.

/Sort of.

aopirose · #**146** 01-09-2006, 01:25 PM

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Originally posted by xo_kathy
And here's my next question - Can Democrats not be debs?!?

Of course they can! It wouldn't surprise me a bit to find out that one organization with whom I debuted NEVER had a Republican member.

I loved my debut season and so did my friends. Some of us were talking about it recently and we have the same feelings towards this as Ms. MysticCat. It was so much fun to get to spend that extra time with parents and friends outside of the regular stuff. Dance practices were a blast. Swapping suits and evening gowns was almost a necessity because you started receiving more invitations than expected. It was also a great lesson in time management trying to juggle 6 events in a single weekend!

Someone said that it is not the end-all-be-all. She’s right. It is not something that everyone gets to experience or even wants to just like Greek Life. If you are not a deb or if you are not Greek, the sun will still rise in the morning.

xo_kathy · #**147** 01-09-2006, 02:20 PM

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Originally posted by 33girl
I don't care if they are saying she washed a dog, newspapers need to get information right the first time. Every single day in the paper here, there's several retractions, and some of them are the most BASIC things that could have been correct the first time if people wouldn't have been too lazy to double check.

Last week sometime there was a picture of Eli Manning in the paper and it said "Peyton Manning throws the ball...". First of all, he was in a NY Giants uniform, second of all, it's a NYC paper!!!!

DUH!

Southern_Grace · #**148** 01-09-2006, 03:35 PM

It should not matter what age you are. The balls are very beautiful and a wonderful memory.

Honeykiss1974 · #**149** 01-09-2006, 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by aopirose

I loved my debut season and so did my friends. Some of us were talking about it recently and we have the same feelings towards this as Ms. MysticCat. It was so much fun to get to spend that extra time with parents and friends outside of the regular stuff. Dance practices were a blast. Swapping suits and evening gowns was almost a necessity because you started receiving more invitations than expected. It was also a great lesson in time management trying to juggle 6 events in a single weekend!

Someone said that it is not the end-all-be-all. She’s right. It is not something that everyone gets to experience or even wants to just like Greek Life. If you are not a deb or if you are not Greek, the sun will still rise in the morning.

I just wanted to quote you because it summed up experience as a deb too. The gown, the classes, the service projects.....it was all such a good time and I learned so much. I hope that my (future) daughter gets to experience it as well.

sugar and spice · #**150** 01-09-2006, 04:44 PM

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Originally posted by xo_kathy
You mean where it says "Gamma Beta Phi"

According to http://www.gammabetaphi.org/
"Gamma Beta Phi Society is an honor and service organization for students in colleges and universities in the United States" and they have an LSU chapter.

And LSU does NOT have a Gamma Phi Beta chapter, so there you go.