identical twins, different universities, overlapping recruitments...

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Can we not stalk, please??

Well sheesh - i understand the not stalking.....but at least ihr proved that portion of her story is not false....Besides, she gave enough specific information that people COULD verify it were true, if people started to have doubts.

I'm undecided. I'm enjoying the story, far fetched as it might seem. I really hope she finishes it.

Recruitment - as you'll learn on GC (if you're not a regular posting under an alias) you have to take what some people post with a grain of salt.

[ZTAngel]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

Well sheesh - i understand the not stalking.....but at least ihr proved that portion of her story is not false....Besides, she gave enough specific information that people COULD verify it were true, if people started to have doubts.

I'm undecided. I'm enjoying the story, far fetched as it might seem. I really hope she finishes it.

Recruitment - as you'll learn on GC (if you're not a regular posting under an alias) you have to take what some people post with a grain of salt.

The person ihr posted about does have twins. A twin boy and girl. She's rather famous so her info is well-known.

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by ZTAngel

The person ihr posted about does have twins. A twin boy and girl. She's rather famous so her info is well-known.

ooooh.

eh, I never pay attention to beauty pagents. Not my cup of tea. I doubt I could even come up with a name of someone who had won anywhere ever.

Well, whatever. The story has been fun. It'd be nice if it were real, but also a little sickening to us "normal" folks.

if she doesnt reply we'll never know what "that thing" was.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by maximus406

The length and detail is still so entertaining. I am going be ticked if she stops writing. And I have to say that as much as we jump all over PNM's warning them about being PC on here I was surprised by how rude some of the replies have been. Discussing it via PM is one thing but publicly making fun is rude.

I'm not sure anyone's publicly making fun so much as completely disbelieving. If this is really and truly someone's real story, the similarities to the Sweet Valley twins are more amazing than anything, but I also don't like what I perceive as rudeness from the poster. She made it clear she's been on GC for years, so she knows how the board is.

Originally Posted by amanda6035

Well sheesh - i understand the not stalking.....but at least ihr proved that portion of her story is not false....Besides, she gave enough specific information that people COULD verify it were true, if people started to have doubts.

I'm undecided. I'm enjoying the story, far fetched as it might seem. I really hope she finishes it.

Recruitment - as you'll learn on GC (if you're not a regular posting under an alias) you have to take what some people post with a grain of salt.

Regardless, this is posting someone's mother's name (if it's true) not just checking on the story itself. I'm touchy about it maybe, but just because you can google something, doesn't mean you should always post the results.

ETA: It didn't help that it came from a one poster.

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Regardless, this is posting someone's mother's name (if it's true) not just checking on the story itself. I'm touchy about it maybe, but just because you can google something, doesn't mean you should always post the results.

That's true...

[Soliloquy]

I always give someone the benefit of the doubt until they can prove otherwise. I have no reason to not believe her, sure it seems rather idealisstic, but there are women who do have recruitment experiences like her.

Then again, maybe because I really do know 2 tiny twins that come from old money, share many characteristics as the OP, and went to separate (but competitive) schools... I'm a little more ready to believe her story. I also grew up around society much like what the OP grew up in and what she's typing is incredibly tame compared to what you'll hear in an average conversation.

Just sayin'.... *shrugs*

[Still BLUTANG]

I'm enjoying. Please continue writing!

[AlphaFrog]

I guess I'm in the group that doesn't care if she's BSing. At the end of the day, she's provided some mildly entertaining reading, and it doesn't change the course of the universe if it really didn't happen. I'm not going to cry if she stops, but I've got 4 more hours here at work to get through and am appreciative for the occasional distraction.


PS...I love how at least half of the visible readers at any given time today have been reading this thread.

[FuzzieAlum]

This thread is highly entertaining, even though I'm not convinced it's real. Someone from old money with oodles of class wore hose with sequins up the back? Even in the 80s?

But I'm enjoying it, a lot more than some of the other rush threads.

[srmom]

Count me in on the "keep this story going" list! It is highly entertaining, even if slightly embellished .

I kind of thought she was talking about Texas and SMU (except that SMU has deferred rush), so maybe TCU. And, having gone through rush on both sides at SMU, I can tell you that much of what she says is not far from the mark. I distinctly remember the year that "Miss Teen USA" was rushing. We had a life size cut-out of her up in the chapter room (sent by her local alum club) pushing us to rush her hard. Big name rushees were not at all unusual and it was a feeding frenzy in some ways to get those girls.

(Nice Memory - Every day after rushing we looked forward to the yummy food (especially donut cakes, mmmh good) sent by the alumni clubs)

Some of the clothing she describes would not be unusual either. Yes, espadrills and mexican dresses were aplenty, but there were so many girls rushing from different parts of the country, where styles were different, that you'd see just about everything. I wore linen walking shorts and a silk safari shirt (gorgeous, wish I still had it) and flats (probably with tights) the first day. I'm sure that at some point during rush I wore hose and high heels though. I was there in the early eighties and we definitely wore hose, although tights were really more common. The fashion then was Laura Ashley dresses with tights or VERY preppy shorts/skirts with cumberbunds (Harolds) and high necked shirts that buttoned up the back. It was definitely DIFFERENT! And I don't dress like that now!! lol!

[ClassicBeauty]

Originally Posted by srmom

Count me in on the "keep this story going" list! It is highly entertaining, even if slightly embellished .

I kind of thought she was talking about Texas and SMU (except that SMU has deferred rush), so maybe TCU. And, having gone through rush on both sides at SMU, I can tell you that much of what she says is not far from the mark. I distinctly remember the year that "Miss Teen USA" was rushing. We had a life size cut-out of her up in the chapter room (sent by her local alum club) pushing us to rush her hard. Big name rushees were not at all unusual and it was a feeding frenzy in some ways to get those girls.

(Nice Memory - Every day after rushing we looked forward to the yummy food (especially donut cakes, mmmh good) sent by the alumni clubs)

Some of the clothing she describes would not be unusual either. Yes, espadrills and mexican dresses were aplenty, but there were so many girls rushing from different parts of the country, where styles were different, that you'd see just about everything. I wore linen walking shorts and a silk safari shirt (gorgeous, wish I still had it) and flats (probably with tights) the first day. I'm sure that at some point during rush I wore hose and high heels though. I was there in the early eighties and we definitely wore hose, although tights were really more common. The fashion then was Laura Ashley dresses with tights or VERY preppy shorts/skirts with cumberbunds (Harolds) and high necked shirts that buttoned up the back. It was definitely DIFFERENT! And I don't dress like that now!! lol!

I was thinking UT and another TX private school too(smu or tcu), but TCU has always had more than 6 sororities.

But yeah, I'm not sure about the validity of this story, but keep posting!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by FuzzieAlum

This thread is highly entertaining, even though I'm not convinced it's real. Someone from old money with oodles of class wore hose with sequins up the back? Even in the 80s?

I don't know where my post went, but I agreed w/ SWTX that back then you absolutely ALWAYS wore hose with heels - no matter if it was 100 degrees out. Not sequined ones, though, unless you were dressed up as Cyndi Lauper for Halloween or something.

Oh, and as a side note, I realize that going w/out hose is OK now - but if your feet or legs look like a topographical map - put the hose on, PLEASE.

[susan314]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I guess I'm in the group that doesn't care if she's BSing. At the end of the day, she's provided some mildly entertaining reading, and it doesn't change the course of the universe if it really didn't happen.

Me too...I didn't get a strong impression that the story was fake (yet in the back of my mind I considered the possibility), but either way I don't care...I was entertained, and would like to see how the rest of the story plays out.


P.S. We had identical twins in my chapter and they had a pretty interesting rush story...if I can recall more details, I'll sum it up in a post for everyone.

P.S.S. To the person who suggested Tulsa and OU...I was thinking something along those lines too. Especially since she stated that Cowgirl Callie was from Kansas - figured not too many girls from Kansas would show up at an SEC recruitment and already know a few people in some of the houses. I'm assuming that this story is unfolding somewhere in the midwest.

[WhiteDaisy128]

Well gosh, I feel bad for starting the doubt. Like others have said, I do find the thread highly entertaining and I do hope it continues...I just have my doubts on the reality of it all. All of the "old money" that I know would never post anything flaunting themselves like this girl has.

[AnatraAmore]

I definitely fall into the category of not caring whether it's true, false, or somewhere in-between... it really is nice to hear about the "dream rush." The majority of retro recruitment threads have been interesting, but by no means perfect. I love that someone out there had a near-perfect rush experience that most of us could only dream about. Plus, I really want to know what that "something else" is!