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[BeeVee]

Whoa! Sorry to have caused any trouble.

By "hard" I meant that it might be tough or stressful. Our pledging process is six weeks long. That alone could be difficult for some pledges to handle. And this may sound bad and it isn't an issue so much with my club, but a lot of other clubs at my school use pledging as a way to belittle or embarrass the pledges. It's dumb, immature, and that's why I didn't join a different club. A lot of members in other clubs feel that it's justified to do that to pledges since members did that to them when they were pledging, too.

My club is really big on blindfolds during pledging activities. We like to keep a lot of things secret right up until the very last moment and it's a way to learn to trust the members. Being blindfolded is a very vulnerable position to be in and being able to completely trust someone enough to know that they will not lead you somewhere you shouldn't go is something that really builds character and builds the bonds of sisterhood.

Having someone wash your feet and vice versa may seem awkward, I can completely understand that. But I go to a Christian school and our clubs ARE founded, first and foremost, on our faith, so this is something that might have influenced this decision.

Why does this rub you the wrong way? What makes you say that?

I didn't know anything about the pledging process, except for the general things you see happening around campus during those six weeks, before I pledged. And the stuff I did know did NOT include this. You get a bid before that even happens, so that wouldn't have to do with raising our numbers at all. Like I mentioned in my original post, I thought it was a neat experience.

And regardless of if I DID mean that our pledging process is hard, it's not nearly as hard as some of the things I have heard about the other clubs'. So like 33girl said, I didn't mean that to say it would be harder than anyone else's experience, I simply meant that it is a reassuring gesture right off the bat that you have support if you need it.

In response to what SunusretI said, I actually posted a thread about my rushing experience at my school so that maybe y'all could see a different side of pledging you never knew about before. I encourage you to check it out since you suggested the idea. I hope maybe it'll give members of national Greek organizations something new to think about.

I hope what I explained here helped some. Again, I'm sorry to have caused any trouble or confusion. Thanks for being honest with your opinion though, I really do appreciate the different perspectives.