identical twins, different universities, overlapping recruitments...

MaggieXi · #1 07-07-2007, 03:26 PM

Hijack: Patsy Ramsey was an Alpha Xi Delta. Remember, the media is the one that has painted her in the "crazy pagent mother light". There are plenty of other crazy pagent mothers who span all glos and non-greeks as well. But also remember that the woman lost her child and died last year from cancer.

Ok, done with the hijack...now get on with the story!

recruitment · #2 07-07-2007, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggieXi

Hijack: Patsy Ramsey was an Alpha Xi Delta. Remember, the media is the one that has painted her in the "crazy pagent mother light". There are plenty of other crazy pagent mothers who span all glos and non-greeks as well. But also remember that the woman lost her child and died last year from cancer.

i truly meant no disrespect for patsy ramsey. i cannot imagine a more horrible scenario to have happened to anyone. she just "personifies" the pagent mothers... which was the point i was trying to make. some people love pagents... to each their own. our own mother pushed both of us and demanded so much of us. she had certain standards and we had no choice but to meet them as well as her social agenda.

patsy ramsey was vilified, tried and convicted in the public press. one has to remember this was a lady who lost her beautiful little daughter in a horrible death and never escaped being the "subject" of that death. i truly felt sorry for her... what a horrid ordeal... and then to die of cancer at such a young age. i truly feel she is someone alpha xi can be proud that wore their beautiful quill.

these "retro" threads always seem to "derail" themselves into some totally different subject... i suppose that child beauty pagents and patsy ramsey will be the focus of our recruitments.

again, the comment was meant with no disrespect.

cheers!

ZTA zetahunny · #3 07-07-2007, 05:55 PM

If you posted all of it at once, I wouldn't be disappointed. Please don't stop writing.

LOVEinZTA · #4 07-07-2007, 06:57 PM

Oh the old compulsive mother, you really don't understand that they're just trying to help you until you're looking at everything from a different perspective. I'm sure having a twin sister subconsciously doubled all the pressure you felt! Please write more soon!

AOII Angel · #5 07-07-2007, 08:10 PM

I love this thread! There were two sets of identical twins in my pledge class as well as a set (who, incidentally, dressed alike...I know...kinda weird!) in the senior pledge class that year. One set in my group were high school cheerleaders who had won the National Championships for High School Cheerleading and been UCA cheerleaders. I hadn't thought of all of them in years!

maximus406 · #6 07-07-2007, 08:33 PM

Keep posting! I love this story!

recruitment · #7 07-07-2007, 10:21 PM

with only six sororities... one would have thought that sydney's recruitment would have been shorter. no. they had their "pnm orientation" on a wednesday and then recruitment began on thursday. their bid day was on tuesday. so, sydney... and our !!mother!! would know what house she joined on tuesday. our schedules were strikenly similar.... except mine did not begin until the saturday after she started on wednesday. bid day for me was not until the following saturday... almost 5 full days after sydney would hopefully receive her bid. talk about the pressure on me! there is a reason i say that...

sydney loved her "pnm oreintation"... the sororites planned it and their rho chis really gave them a wonderful prelude to the week that followed. thursday and friday they all went to all six houses. saturday was four party day... and then they had sunday off, which to me is cruel! monday was prefs and then bid day on tuesday.

mine started with a "pnm orientation" and what seemingly felt like an endless series of "lectures" on the saturday... the rho chis each telling what not to do... over and over and over. i thought about sydney and knew that she was at four party day. we did not officially start recruitment until monday... all eleven houses in one day. then the same thing again on tuesday. they felt it better that we see all of the houses twice before the cuts began. all i remember was that it was horribly hot, it was august and we had a very "dressy" recruitment... so it was full make-up, hair done, hose and heels for what seemed to be forever for two days. by the end of tuesday evening i though i had died and would have gladly let the "guys" (cheerleaders) throw me in the air at least thirty feet... than to ever have to do that again! wednesday the cuts began as we had eight party day, thursday was four party day, friday were prefs and bid day was finally on saturday. that still has to be the longest week of my life!

i realized... that due to the nature of our mother and the fact that sydney would be fully finished by wednesday... that they would all come down to my recruitment at some point. were it left to our mother... they would have all been there on wednesday. i knew that when they all showed up... sydney would be there and that would totally confuse everyone who did not know us... and i most definitely did not want to dress alike... so we had to coordinate outfits to make sure when she did arrive we did not ruin my recruitment. suddenly... out of the blue... there would be two of me running around... and totally offending people because when everyone would see sydney at my university they would think it was me... and she had no clue who any of them were. i realized the potential for total disaster that held. i begged all of them not to come... please. our mother would not hear of it, period.

instead of waiting until later in this story i will let you know another of the unique twists in our recruitments. when i said all... i really meant to emphasize that... all. we come from a long line of greeks on both sides of our family... luckily my father's family was not as intense as our mother's. even though our mother and our grandmother had thoroughly "schooled us" on what to expect and what was expected of us... i really do not think that i fully understood what they were talking about until eight party day... sydney found out on four party day and when we spoke she tried to give me a dose of reality. no. for one of the few times in our lives i really did not believe her. no...

cheers!

amanda6035 · #8 07-09-2007, 08:54 AM

I dont post much in these retro threads, but this is definitely a good one. More, please =)

Ocalagirl · #9 07-09-2007, 08:59 AM

Wow is all I can say about that! I defintiely want more too

WhiteDaisy128 · #10 07-09-2007, 09:23 AM

Okay, I have to admit, I like reading this. It's like a soap opera.

However, I also feel the need to say that I think it all sounds incredibly fabricated and fake. Maybe I'm crazy and too suspicious, but there are some glaring recruitment infractions (4 rushers for one PNM?) and a certain hoity-toitiness about it all that mildly disgusts (and somewhat insults) me as a sorority woman (mostly the rampant "holier than thou" sorority girl stereotype and the "farm girl" that's loud and somewhat obnoxious - and a total charity case fashion wise).

But keep writing it, it is entertaining.

Drolefille · #11 07-09-2007, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiteDaisy128

Okay, I have to admit, I like reading this. It's like a soap opera.

However, I also feel the need to say that I think it all sounds incredibly fabricated and fake. Maybe I'm crazy and too suspicious, but there are some glaring recruitment infractions (4 rushers for one PNM?) and a certain hoity-toitiness about it all that mildly disgusts (and somewhat insults) me as a sorority woman (mostly the rampant "holier than thou" sorority girl stereotype and the "farm girl" that's loud and somewhat obnoxious - and a total charity case fashion wise).

But keep writing it, it is entertaining.

What you said. Particularly since she's been around since before KSUViolet changed her name... (or she otherwise knows her name, adding to the disbelief) Everything's just too "practically perfect in every way" and with SKI RESORT names? Ugh. Oh well. Y'all enjoy.

cuteASAbug · #12 07-09-2007, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiteDaisy128

Okay, I have to admit, I like reading this. It's like a soap opera.

However, I also feel the need to say that I think it all sounds incredibly fabricated and fake. Maybe I'm crazy and too suspicious, but there are some glaring recruitment infractions (4 rushers for one PNM?) and a certain hoity-toitiness about it all that mildly disgusts (and somewhat insults) me as a sorority woman (mostly the rampant "holier than thou" sorority girl stereotype and the "farm girl" that's loud and somewhat obnoxious - and a total charity case fashion wise).

But keep writing it, it is entertaining.

So I'm not the only one who feels this way? Good to know.

BetteDavisEyes · #13 07-09-2007, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiteDaisy128

Okay, I have to admit, I like reading this. It's like a soap opera.

However, I also feel the need to say that I think it all sounds incredibly fabricated and fake. Maybe I'm crazy and too suspicious, but there are some glaring recruitment infractions (4 rushers for one PNM?) and a certain hoity-toitiness about it all that mildly disgusts (and somewhat insults) me as a sorority woman (mostly the rampant "holier than thou" sorority girl stereotype and the "farm girl" that's loud and somewhat obnoxious - and a total charity case fashion wise).

THANK YOU! This kept bugging me yesterday & when I logged on this morning, I see you beat me to it.
Let's not forget she also made some comment about her "bratz" jeans during recruitment. She must be awfully young then b/c the Bratz dolls weren't introduced to the world until mid-2001 & the clothing line was introduced sometime after 2002.

This whole thread screams of fake.

MaggieXi · #14 07-09-2007, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiteDaisy128

Okay, I have to admit, I like reading this. It's like a soap opera.

However, I also feel the need to say that I think it all sounds incredibly fabricated and fake. Maybe I'm crazy and too suspicious, but there are some glaring recruitment infractions (4 rushers for one PNM?) and a certain hoity-toitiness about it all that mildly disgusts (and somewhat insults) me as a sorority woman (mostly the rampant "holier than thou" sorority girl stereotype and the "farm girl" that's loud and somewhat obnoxious - and a total charity case fashion wise).

But keep writing it, it is entertaining.

What you said. I'm finding it extremely entertaining, esp. on an Monday morning. It's Like watching a teen-show on abcfamily.