Question from someone I intitiated in 1974

[33girl]

Originally Posted by winnie_tuck

My mom doesn't think girls who quit should join alum chapters but many do so that is another annoyance to add to the debate.

Who quit school or who quit the sorority? If the latter, well duh.

[winnie_tuck]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Who quit school or who quit the sorority? If the latter, well duh.

Either or, I do know a few girls who became pregnant and dropped out of school so they becam alum. They get invited back to events as alumna but it's totally pointless if you didn't graduate. I guess it's just to represent the "forever" bond even in certain circumstances. also, I know a xyz vp of her chapter, she was mad and quit the chapter but joined alum groups Bc she didn't officially retract her membership from the national office.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by winnie_tuck

They get invited back to events as alumna but it's totally pointless if you didn't graduate.

Why is it pointless?

[winnie_tuck]

I really can't explain it. It just seems weird, I guess. If you don't graduate as a member then you shouldn't be involved after college, it's all or nothing. If you don't graduate school logically, you shouldn't want to be around people that represent what you don't have.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by winnie_tuck

I really can't explain it. It just seems weird, I guess. If you don't graduate as a member then you shouldn't be involved after college, it's all or nothing. If you don't graduate school logically, you shouldn't want to be around people that represent what you don't have.

This makes no sense to me at all. You're saying if you don't graduate from college that you don't want to be around college graduates? Does that mean if you don't have children, you don't want to hang out with people who have them? Or if you don't get married that you don't want to hang out with friends who are married? Or if you are a stay at home mom, you are no longer friends with women who work? I don't understand.

Originally Posted by rockwallgreek

Yes. But I was a spring pledge, so did not have a long pledge period. I still took initiation seriously.

I was a spring pledge too and my pledge period was 8 weeks. I don't feel like I missed anything or had a different experience. The time between when they do Initiation for the fall class and when they used to do it is pretty much finals and winter break. The actual weeks on campus being involved hasn't really changed at all.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by winnie_tuck

I really can't explain it. It just seems weird, I guess. If you don't graduate as a member then you shouldn't be involved after college, it's all or nothing. If you don't graduate school logically, you shouldn't want to be around people that represent what you don't have.

Sorry, but I just don't see it this way at all. Neither does any national GLO of which I'm aware.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Sorry, but I just don't see it this way at all. Neither does any national GLO of which I'm aware.

Pretty sure she's her own special snowflake with this point of view.