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wow! Do you know how long it has been since I have thought about Nielson's progressive sale... and YES DeltaBetaBaby- I was whoa like you- seriously had no clue how brutal rush could be until that first night... anyway back to the story...
- so After the night from HELL where I had ridden the emotions of been scared to death I had been cut by everyone to elated I was still there to sadness for my next door neighbor being relased--I made my way to official rush hall—(which after an afternoon of racking my brain I finally remembered was Fulton Chapel- funny I didn’t record the name in my journal… ) and was greeted by my RC who handed me a card. I was told that inside were the houses that had asked me back and I was to select up to 9 to go back to. My heart beating wildly I opened my card expecting the worst and saw I had been invited back to ALL of the houses!!! Are you kidding me? I was so stunned I couldn’t believe it… I had even been asked back to the 2 I did not have recs for and all of the tent talk the night before was that with no rec you would be released right away…. WOW so I had to decide who I didn’t want to go back to. I didn’t know enough about any of them to feel one way or the other so I cut Bergdorf.. who had asked if my ring was real (honestly I still can’t believe someone was tacky enough to ask me that!) the other one I “let go” was Macy’s. I did not have a rec for them and uber-peppy and beautiful sorority girl really intimidated me, she was too pretty, too sweet, too too…. So with that, I turned my card in and went back to prepare for the parties that night. (I have since wondered how many girls rank their first house they visit as a last choice because they were / are so overwhelmed…)
This round you got to spend a little longer at them and THEY SERVED YOU COKE!!!! (uhm quick clarification here- Coca-Cola--.:-) and back in those days I was a “coke fiend” so I was super excited!) I didn’t note it, and memory is fuzzy but I think “coke round” as it was called back then was split into 2 days… anyway-- I won’t go into a lot of details here but will share some notables- At the conclusion of Coke I was IN LOVE with Neiman Marcus. And I did not care for JC Penny’s- the girl who picked me up here was EXTREMELY NICE… let me say this again EXTREMELY NICE, but she was also not very attractive (shallow I know but at 18 this mattered to me) and she smelled slightly of BO. Okay it WAS 100+ degrees outside, we probably all smell like BO but I still remember this. Also my “funniest” rush convo (actually people meeting in general) happened to me at Barneys where one of the girls rushing me squealed with delight and said “oh you’re one of the yankees coming through!!!” !!???? Uhm seriously??? I’m from South Carolina!!?? I decided just to laugh to myself instead of giving her a geography lesson! Finally Coke was over and I was faced with another sleepless night. (and I am going to have to leave you with a sleepless night as I need to get off GC and leave work :-) and go home for the day!) Thanks for being patient!
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