Stop the "Baby" Talk

[XOtillIdieO]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

Speaking of pledges, do they even wear pledge pins anymore?

We wore our pledge pin, but only to our new member meetings. Did sororities used to wear them all the time like fraternities do?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by XOtillIdieO

We wore our pledge pin, but only to our new member meetings. Did sororities used to wear them all the time like fraternities do?

They did back in the dark ages when I was in college.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by XOtillIdieO

We wore our pledge pin, but only to our new member meetings. Did sororities used to wear them all the time like fraternities do?

I loved wearing my pledge pin, which we "had" to, except during the three Ss - shower. sex, sleep.

At parties, we were told to wear the pin on the inside of the shirt, with the clasp bar on the outside. That way, you were still identified as a pledge (the school was small enough to know who you were pledging), so it worked out well. I remember I had surgery during my pledge period and asked my pledge mom if I had to wear my pin into surgery, lol. I think my pledgesister/a.k.a. next door neighbor held it for me.

Sigh. Good times.

[ASTalumna06]

I WANTED to wear my pledge pin all the time, but we couldn't. It was treated like our initiated sister badge - only to be worn with "badge attire." I was dressed up pretty much never, so outside of my pledging ceremony/initiation, I maybe wore it once or twice.

[KillarneyRose]

Originally Posted by XOtillIdieO

We wore our pledge pin, but only to our new member meetings. Did sororities used to wear them all the time like fraternities do?

Yeah, we always wore them. (at least on my campus) I remember once going down to the cafeteria and realizing I'd forgotten to put on my pledge pin and going back to my room to get it because I didn't want the sisters to see me without it.

I am currently undergoing therapy for PTSD because the experience was so devastaing for me

[carnation]

We loved to wear ours. We were proud to be Pi Phis and Greeks. The first week, all the sororities' NMs wore pledge ribbons in our colors behind our pledge pins.

[33girl]

We wore ours (with ribbons underneath of course) M-F 9-5 (or whenever you were done with school). That was pretty standard for all the sororities on campus. We also were allowed/supposed to wear it with everything - thank God. DZs had to wear theirs with dress pants or skirts only (in other words they had to dress up for school for 6 weeks) so that made me certain that DZ and I were not meant to be.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

(snipped) I remember I had surgery during my pledge period and asked my pledge mom if I had to wear my pin into surgery, lol. I think my pledgesister/a.k.a. next door neighbor held it for me.

I had the pre-op nurse tape over mine, just like a wedding band!

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

Yeah, we always wore them. (at least on my campus) I remember once going down to the cafeteria and realizing I'd forgotten to put on my pledge pin and going back to my room to get it because I didn't want the sisters to see me without it.

I am currently undergoing therapy for PTSD because the experience was so devastating for me

We all are, KR, we all are.

And none of that M-F bit, either - we were expected to wear them at all times! Oh, the humanity!

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by XOtillIdieO

We wore our pledge pin, but only to our new member meetings. Did sororities used to wear them all the time like fraternities do?

Same here!

The thought of wearing it all the time is nice, but I personally like that we wear it just when we are dressed up. I generally went to class in yoga pants, t-shirt and hoodie. My pledge pin deserved more than that. You can represent your org by wearing a t-shirt, carrying a bag, wearing jewelry with letters/colors/symbols, etc.

[pearlalum]

Back in the day . . . we wore our pledge pins when we were dressed up (mostly for pledge meetings and chapter functions). Otherwise, we wore ribbon pins in our sorority colors (all of the 15 chapters did that); and on 2 days of the week, we had to wear our pledge t-shirts with our letters on the front and first names on the back. Also had to have our pledge notebook with us at all times, so we didn't get demerits from the actives.

[shadokat]

Ohhhh...in the old days, we wore our pledge pins every day. Before we got our pledge pins, we wore the ribbons. Once we got our pledge pins, we had to wear our pledge ribbons on our bra straps LOL I'm currently seeking therapy KIDDING!!!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by lovespink88

The thought of wearing it all the time is nice, but I personally like that we wear it just when we are dressed up. I generally went to class in yoga pants, t-shirt and hoodie. My pledge pin deserved more than that. You can represent your org by wearing a t-shirt, carrying a bag, wearing jewelry with letters/colors/symbols, etc.

Not always. Not my lane, I know, but our probationary members cannot wear letters, and I seem to remember from past conversations about that here that at least some NPC groups may have a similar rule. I know that some have a rule (as do we) that PMs/pledges/NMs can't wear anything with the org's coat of arms.

The thing in my mind that distinguishes a pledge/NM pin from other things (like wearing colors) is that it doesn't just represent the org, it specifically symbolizes the wearer's place and role in the org. Different orgs may reach different conclusions about whether that's a good thing or a bad thing.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by carnation

We loved to wear ours. We were proud to be Pi Phis and Greeks. The first week, all the sororities' NMs wore pledge ribbons in our colors behind our pledge pins.

We wore ribbons until we received our pledge pins in our pledge ceremony (a week after bid day)

Originally Posted by lovespink88

Same here!

The thought of wearing it all the time is nice, but I personally like that we wear it just when we are dressed up. I generally went to class in yoga pants, t-shirt and hoodie. My pledge pin deserved more than that. You can represent your org by wearing a t-shirt, carrying a bag, wearing jewelry with letters/colors/symbols, etc.

I agree with you. While we wore them all the time, I think it makes sense to treat it like our badge.

[KillarneyRose]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Exactly. You're not a member until you're initiated.

That's one of the most vexing terms for me. Back when I was a pledge, I didn't mind being called a pledge because, well, I WAS a pledge. I looked forward to going through initiation and gaining the right to be called "sister". I don't like that things have become so PC that pledges don't have to "earn" their sisterhood.***

It reminds me of how Maryland's governor Martin O'Malley insists on calling illegal immigrants "New Americans".

I mean, you can bake half a dozen baseballs and call them biscuits, but they'll still be baseballs. Unless they're biscuits I baked. In which case they will actually be biscuits but will taste more like baseballs.

***by "earning their sisterhood", I don't mean having to dress identically and walk together through campus, submitting to being forced to drink and being dumped somewhere and having to find a way home or any other demeaning or dangerous acts we know to be hazing. I'm talking about things like I had to do like learning about our Founders and our history, learning a little about other sororities, going to mandatory study hours and weekly meetings.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

I mean, you can bake half a dozen baseballs and call them biscuits, but they'll still be baseballs. Unless they're biscuits I baked. In which case they will actually be biscuits but will taste more like baseballs.

LOL!