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Originally posted by Alpha Chi Emily
Not to flame you or anything, but if a girl told me that she had to depledge for family issues... I'd wonder why my sorority had anything to do with that -- we're not her biological family and all we want is to support her through difficult times. Many sororities have seen "family issues" as a reason for a new member's depledging before -- sometimes this was truthful, sometimes it wasn't. Think of it this way: if someone told you she couldn't be friends with you anymore because of family issues, you'd wonder why too.
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I'm sure you know this, but that analogy just doesn't work. At all.
GLO's, especially during pledging, are a huge time and financial commitment. If you have to slightly neglect a
friend, hang out with her less, not do everything with her that she wants you to, because you have family crises that are eating up your time and energy, she might be hurt, but ultimately it wouldn't be a permanent and official end to your friendship (if she's a true friend!). If that happens during pledging, if you can't fulfill your commitments to the sorority and you have to depledge, that's entirely different from neglecting a friendship that you can always return to.
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