How did you tell your parents?

[libramunoz]

I never told my mom, told her my aunt (her sister) because she was a member as well. Mom either found out when I came home from college that semester or when my aunt told her.

Well, now that I think about it, neither my brother nor myself told our Mother outright about joining either of our organizations. What was funny was that we found out about each other when we were talking on the phone one day to each other and that we were both on line at the same time. We'd each just talked to our sister and then we called to talk to each other and that's how we found out.

Either way, Mom was proud that I was part of DST and bought me one of my elephants and she was proud of him (although I don't remember what she'd gotten him).

She felt that we'd both gone with our hearts and she was glad that she'd insisted that we'd both gone to an HBCU.

If I had to do it again, I'd tell her and keep moving. When my cousin joined a sorority, she told my Aunt and my Aunt told me. Both she and I looked up the sorority and that was that.

[ladygreek]

@ LibraMunoz: Is your Mom a D9 member? The OP's Mom is. If I was her Mom I would have been ticked off. I mean give me time to process it before you actually become a member of another sorority other than my own. But then I would have moved on.

Glad I didn't have to deal with that.

[libramunoz]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

@ LibraMunoz: Is your Mom a D9 member? The OP's Mom is. If I was her Mom I would have been ticked off. I mean give me time to process it before you actually become a member of another sorority other than my own. But then I would have moved on.

Glad I didn't have to deal with that.

LG, no, my Mom isn't a part of a D9 org, but her oldest sister was as well as several aunts and cousins.

Nah, she wasn't mad, by the time I'd told her, the process was completed and there wasn't anything she could do, by either of us. But she was very supportive and very happy because it was something that she wanted for us. It was something that she didn't get to do because of where she went to school, the D9 organizations weren't there at the time.

[ladygreek]

Libra I think your situation is different from the OP's. Your Mom wasn't vested in another D9 sorority. The OP's Mom is. Your Mom could still join you.

The OP's sister knew the Mom would be hurt.

The OP's sister involved the Dad.