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07-09-2007, 09:23 AM
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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So I'm not the only one who feels this way? Good to know.
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07-09-2007, 09:38 AM
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So I'm not the only one who feels this way? Good to know.
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Yeah....she took the words right out of my mouth..... 
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07-09-2007, 09:41 AM
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Well I don't think it sounds fake and I am really enjoying it. I think real Southern rush is a whole different ballgame.
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07-09-2007, 09:44 AM
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hmmmm yes...... there is a limit to the number of times the words, "exclusive", "monied", "legally blonde", "elegant", "fabulous", "so petite", "classy", "popular", "premier", and "perfect" should appear in one story, even if you have been prepped from birth for a southern sorority experience.
Pink sequined hose, pink beaded dress and super high (pink) heels and a large diamond in the morning and afternoon the first day of recruitment?
"Classy" and "perfect" are not necessarily the words that come to mind for me, but then I went to a Big Eight land grant school filled with "Cowgirls" right off the farm. FYI, they made the BEST sisters....
But tell on................. we're obviously reading!!
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07-09-2007, 10:11 AM
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hmmmm yes...... there is a limit to the number of times the words, "exclusive", "monied", "legally blonde", "elegant", "fabulous", "so petite", "classy", "popular", "premier", and "perfect" should appear in one story, even if you have been prepped from birth for a southern sorority experience.
Pink sequined hose, pink beaded dress and super high (pink) heels and a large diamond in the morning and afternoon the first day of recruitment?
"Classy" and "perfect" are not necessarily the words that come to mind for me, but then I went to a Big Eight land grant school filled with "Cowgirls" right off the farm. FYI, they made the BEST sisters....
But tell on................. we're obviously reading!!
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You forgot to mention the panty hose....granted, I didn't go through super-southern SEC recruitment, but pany hose in 100 degree heat???? One would have been mocked by the majority of sororities if one showed up in panty hose in the summer!
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07-09-2007, 10:15 AM
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I hate to do the "support via PM" thing, but someone can correct me if I'm wrong. My "source" said that no one did hose and heels in the eighties, espadrilles and sundresses were the in thing. To quote
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I'm too young to know for sure myself but I believe her.
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07-09-2007, 10:24 AM
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You forgot to mention the panty hose....granted, I didn't go through super-southern SEC recruitment, but pany hose in 100 degree heat???? One would have been mocked by the majority of sororities if one showed up in panty hose in the summer!
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I went through recruitment at an SEC school & I can't imagine anyone wearing panty hose in recruitment.
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07-09-2007, 10:31 AM
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Oh good, I'm not the only one that thought it all sounded too perfect!
Nonetheless it is interesting so keep telling!
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07-09-2007, 10:12 AM
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So I'm not the only one who feels this way? Good to know.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one either...I feel like I am reading the recruitment story of Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield from the Sweet Valley High books.
It's entertaining to say the least, but I have to say it's a bit off putting how "perfect" everything is and how groomed from birth the OP and her sister were. I'm not saying it is made up, but it's reading like a book and the ostentatious manner in which the OP writes just makes me think that she's tooting her horn a bit loud... Seriously, we get it...
Keep on with the story, though...
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07-09-2007, 10:15 AM
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I'm glad I'm not the only one either...I feel like I am reading the recruitment story of Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield from the Sweet Valley High books.
It's entertaining to say the least, but I have to say it's a bit off putting how "perfect" everything is and how groomed from birth the OP and her sister were. Seriously, we get it...
Keep on with the story, though...
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Sweet Valley High!!!! I seriously was trying to think of this book series while I was reading this and just couldn't figure it out!!!
Oh, and I actually had a question regarding bid day at southern schools... The writer mentions that on bid day all the greeks in her family were going to come to her campus to celebrate. Is that something that is done normally at large southern schools?
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07-09-2007, 10:18 AM
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The writer mentions that on bid day all the greeks in her family were going to come to her campus to celebrate. Is that something that is done normally at large southern schools?
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I can't speak from experience, but it is quite common from what I've read in other posts about SEC recruitment/bid days.
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07-09-2007, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by FloridaTish
I'm glad I'm not the only one either...I feel like I am reading the recruitment story of Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield from the Sweet Valley High books.
It's entertaining to say the least, but I have to say it's a bit off putting how "perfect" everything is and how groomed from birth the OP and her sister were. I'm not saying it is made up, but it's reading like a book and the ostentatious manner in which the OP writes just makes me think that she's tooting her horn a bit loud... Seriously, we get it...
Keep on with the story, though...
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You stole my thoughts exactly... I'm not sure how many petite, size zero, co-valedictorian, varsity cheerleader, blonde-blue eyed and blue blooded identical twins there are out there with a former Miss America runner up as their doting mom... I've no doubt that today they're successful identical twin attorneys at daddy's law firm. Nice story, but that's all it is. Love the part about the hokey PNM as comic relief. That's just textbook. LOL. It reminds me the teen novel fan fiction my girlfriends and I used to write when we were in middle school.
I miss Sweet Valley High! Is the OP supposed to be Liz or Jess? I wonder if Lyndsay is code for "Lila." Aren't they supposed to be joining the Unicorns, the hippest secret clique in school?
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07-09-2007, 10:54 AM
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I miss Sweet Valley High! Is the OP supposed to be Liz or Jess? I wonder if Lyndsay is code for "Lila." Aren't they supposed to be joining the Unicorns, the hippest secret clique in school?
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Nah, since it's Rush, it will be DPhiE.
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