Children of Greeks wearing GLO merchandise

[Cutie_Hootie]

Had to share a story concerning giving the younger siblings a set of your letters--

When I was a sophomore, a senior member of XYZ had a freshman sister. The sister walked into the cafeteria wearing a set of XYZ letters. The XYZs who were in the cafeteria went BALLISTIC. They started shouting at her and asking her who she was, thinking that she could wear those letters. One of the XYZs actually followed her out of the cafe. It was quite the campus scandal for a while (what can I say, it's a small school), and she never wore that shirt again. When rush came around, the freshman did not appear on XYZ's invite list to second party.

That story has always been in the back of my mind when I see younger siblings wearing letters. Even though I've bought my Goddaughter a ton of "A Chi Omega loves me" onesies and tshirts, that will stop when she gets older. I definitely would not buy a set of letters (although I'll be first in line if and when she joins a sorority, especially if it is Chi-O!).

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by Cutie_Hootie

Had to share a story concerning giving the younger siblings a set of your letters--

When I was a sophomore, a senior member of XYZ had a freshman sister. The sister walked into the cafeteria wearing a set of XYZ letters. The XYZs who were in the cafeteria went BALLISTIC. They started shouting at her and asking her who she was, thinking that she could wear those letters. One of the XYZs actually followed her out of the cafe. It was quite the campus scandal for a while (what can I say, it's a small school), and she never wore that shirt again. When rush came around, the freshman did not appear on XYZ's invite list to second party.

That story has always been in the back of my mind when I see younger siblings wearing letters. Even though I've bought my Goddaughter a ton of "A Chi Omega loves me" onesies and tshirts, that will stop when she gets older. I definitely would not buy a set of letters (although I'll be first in line if and when she joins a sorority, especially if it is Chi-O!).

Wow. Now that is really on the XYZ girls. I've seen a girl that, because of her friends, we wouldn't want associated with us wearing our letters before (a party shirt). Made us very mad, but you know what? We stayed classy. That's just really disgusting behavior. The RIGHT way to handle the situation would be to walk up to the girl and ask her if she was a sister (what if she WAS a sister, a transfer from a different chapter that had just chosen not to affiliate?) and if she wasn't, explain to her that it is offensive for her to wear those letters. Most likely she, as a freshman and little sister, didn't understand fully the implications and would simply not wear the shirt again. And no one would look bad, because in that situation it was certainly not she that ended up being in the wrong.

If I had seen that as a freshman I would have dropped them immediately.

[AOIIalum]

For what it's worth, my son had one of the "My Mom's an AOII" bibs and at least one of them had an infant sized "An AOII loves me" tee. My take is if the organization's official merchandise store sells an item then all is well.

Unless, of course, we're talking about the rawhide dog bone AOII had for a while. I love my dogs and my Fraternity, but I don't want my dogs chewing on my letters!

[em_adpi]

I think my 16 year old sister has worn maybe one or two of my party shirts, but she definitely does NOT have the "I'm going to be an ADPi" mindset.

I don't mind since I would love for her to be an ADPi, but if she joins another GLO in college I'd be fine with that as well.

[AnchorAlumna]

When I was a province officer, I'd bring back DG party shirts from various schools for my teen-agers to wear - I remember they fought over a shirt featuring Grateful Dead-type bears! No worries about them joining...my chapter no longer existed at either Alabama or Auburn (and one is a boy!). Daughter eventually joined Delta Zeta...she still occasionally wears her DG shirts around (she's been out of school for 2 years now)...I figure it's good PR!

[lauralaylin]

I had "An Alpha Phi Loves Me" tee and bib for my son. He doesn't fit into them anymore, but I'm thinking of buying some more for him.

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by lauralaylin

I had "An Alpha Phi Loves Me" tee and bib for my son. He doesn't fit into them anymore, but I'm thinking of buying some more for him.

I have bought some of those. Note to self: I need to get one for my new god daughter

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

I won't be dressing my daughter in any "Future Squirrel" gear. I don't think it's fair to her. I'd love to share ritual with a daughter if I have one, but I want her to choose for herself. I also think it's a little presumptuous. Having been through recruitment, I think I'll understand if an Alpha Gam chapter chooses not to have my hypothetical daughter, no matter how amazing she might be. It's cool to have several in the family...I would have liked to be a KD like my mom, aunts, cousins, etc. in a way (there is no chapter at my school so it's neither here nor there) but it's also kind of nice to be different in the family!

I've never liked the "future XYZ" gear for kids.

I had a "KD lady" shirt that I wore when I was little that I'd stolen from my mom. It was the only KD shirt she'd kept. When I was about 13 or 14 she took it away. At the time my feelings were hurt, but now I understand why...she'd told me it would probably hurt my chances with any sorority in the area if their alum saw me wearing the shirt and that it wasn't really appropriate once I was old enough to be considering college and greek life.

[Spartan62]

Several of the the Q's (Omega Psi Phi) here in my area bought there sons camo infants and gold boots. I thought it was hott myself. Lil man fell asleep and his arm formed the hook his pops went crazy.