Sweethearts wearing letters?

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

This never stops being funny to me. You wouldn't "let" anyone touch your letters? What if in a crowded elevator somebody bumped into your tote bag with letters on it? You would throw down?

You really don't understand the difference? Seriously?

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

You really don't understand the difference? Seriously?

Exactly! There is a clear difference!

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

You really don't understand the difference? Seriously?

So people try and touch your DST letters? They just come up and start rubbing on them? I don't let random people touch ME so I just don't see how this could be an issue.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

So people try and touch your DST letters? They just come up and start rubbing on them? I don't let random people touch ME so I just don't see how this could be an issue.

You've never had anyone outside of your sorority try to pick up or handle an item, such as a letter shirt, a jacket, maybe even your pin, etc.? ("This is pretty, what does it mean?" "Ooh, I like this color!" "Hey, what is this book?")

The point is, for me, it is not okay for anyone outside of my sorority to handle certain items. If someone attempts to do so, I will correct them. I won't be rude about it (although if it is someone who should know better, I may be a little bit), but I'm not going to let someone be all over my things.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

You've never had anyone outside of your sorority try to pick up or handle an item, such as a letter shirt, a jacket, maybe even your pin, etc.? ("This is pretty, what does it mean?" "Ooh, I like this color!" "Hey, what is this book?")

The point is, for me, it is not okay for anyone outside of my sorority to handle certain items. If someone attempts to do so, I will correct them. I won't be rude about it (although if it is someone who should know better, I may be a little bit), but I'm not going to let someone be all over my things.

I don't care if they do. It's not like they're putting on my shirt and trying to perp or anything...I carry a pink GPB water bottle and my friends fill it up for my all the time.

[ErinIsBadNews]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

You've never had anyone outside of your sorority try to pick up or handle an item, such as a letter shirt, a jacket, maybe even your pin, etc.? ("This is pretty, what does it mean?" "Ooh, I like this color!" "Hey, what is this book?")

The point is, for me, it is not okay for anyone outside of my sorority to handle certain items. If someone attempts to do so, I will correct them. I won't be rude about it (although if it is someone who should know better, I may be a little bit), but I'm not going to let someone be all over my things.

So what if you're in a store that sells Greek stuff? Are the sales clerks not suppose to touch it front of you? They obviously stocked the items, so do you have to see it to be offended? I don't get it. Please explain this to me and no I'm not trying to be a smart ass.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by ErinIsBadNews

So what if you're in a store that sells Greek stuff? Are the sales clerks not suppose to touch it front of you? They obviously stocked the items, so do you have to see it to be offended? I don't get it. Please explain this to me and no I'm not trying to be a smart ass.

Those aren't anyone's personal belongings yet, and, as you said, it's their job to do so. I really don't see that as the same thing. What I am talking about is for both of my orgs, I have items that I would consider it rude for anyone not a part of the sorority to handle (my letter jacket, my paddle, my pins, my pledge book (for OPhiA), etc.). I'm not saying that everyone has to feel this way, but to me, I would have a problem with it.

[punkgurl]

I go to a school with a really small Greek system which might account for the loose policy of wearing letters. Girls with fraternity boyfriends often wear their letters- both their Greek letters and the letters spelled out. Although lavialering is not popular at my campus. Men only wear sorority letters on shirts where there is more than one organization-- like our Greek homecoming t-shirts and Greek Week t-shirts. Our girls are allowed to wear our letters right after the pledging ceremony but they often don't have them until Mom's Night (our version of big lis/lil sis is moms & daughters, it's easier to keep track of families). Our girls also have a lot of frat shirts even when they haven't dated a member of the frat. They may have been given to an older member and was then passed down or taken from a frat house back in the day when they stole stuff from each other a lot. We especially have a lot of TKE letters floating around.

[susan314]

What about rush shirts?

Maybe fraternities don't do this anymore, but back in the day...fraternities used to have rush shirts. (Rush XYZ, or some more clever slogan, etc.) It was quite common for female friends or girlfriends to be given these shirts. (Of course, it was generally the very attractive female friends or girlfriends who were given these shirts...I always assumed it was a form of advertising. As if it was implied that by rushing XYZ, you'd be hanging out with a bunch of hot babes.)

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

Those aren't anyone's personal belongings yet, and, as you said, it's their job to do so. I really don't see that as the same thing. What I am talking about is for both of my orgs, I have items that I would consider it rude for anyone not a part of the sorority to handle (my letter jacket, my paddle, my pins, my pledge book (for OPhiA), etc.). I'm not saying that everyone has to feel this way, but to me, I would have a problem with it.

So if you went over to somebody's house wearing your jacket and they offered to take your coat, you wouldn't let them?

[Ohsass]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

So if you went over to somebody's house wearing your jacket and they offered to take your coat, you wouldn't let them?

I think there are assumed exceptions to what the poster was trying to relay. You are just being a silly goose (no harm intended)