Disappointed mom

[BadCat25]

I am not saying I agree with it but as a Southern girl I am just trying to tell you how so many people in the South feel. My local newspaper lists the rush results for the local girls and it is a big topic of conversation. I go to college in the North and my university has deferred rush. The women in the local Panhell association were bugging my mom to let them know how my rush went so they could put it in the paper. When it was published a lot of her friends called her with congratulations. It was like this was more important than the fact that I was going to a very highly ranked university, only that I made ABC. My mom, by the way, thinks this is so stupid. She didn't care if I joined a sorority or not.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by BadCat25

I am not saying I agree with it but as a Southern girl I am just trying to tell you how so many people in the South feel. My local newspaper lists the rush results for the local girls and it is a big topic of conversation. I go to college in the North and my university has deferred rush. The women in the local Panhell association were bugging my mom to let them know how my rush went so they could put it in the paper. When it was published a lot of her friends called her with congratulations. It was like this was more important than the fact that I was going to a very highly ranked university, only that I made ABC. My mom, by the way, thinks this is so stupid. She didn't care if I joined a sorority or not.

Oh, how I wish your mom could "spread the love".

I know in the south that sorority life is the be-all-end-all and thought to be the ticket to society, but it seems like many of these women (people) live in a bubble. What would they do if hubby lost the plantation and they had to move (gasp) to an "unrefined" area of the country where their chapter was considered bottom tier? Of course, most of the rest of the country either doesn't care or realizes that chapters can differ from campus to campus.