Loyalty

[Asia2000]

Originally posted by Shelacious:
To be honest, I loved Zeta well enough based upon her motto, principles, the members I knew and the history I "thought" I knew about her. But having been in the organization and truly understanding her history, I honestly love her now. The "love" I had for her initially when I was interested was frankly, I now realize, superfical. What I've learned since then from her, about her and through her has been genuine and forever written upon my heart and mind. And that depth can only be learned from knowing her intimately, not just a name on a bid card or via a few parties anyway, I think.

Selacious, beautifully written. Your post lead me to think about something else. Just curious for some feedback on these thoughts.

Like you said, your love for Zeta was initially superficial. I see a lot of IG's saying, ignorantly, "I want to be a member because I love what the letters stand for." I understand we can't honestly understand what the letters stand for until we are initiated members and get to know Her (the soroity) intimately, as you described.

Maybe, being that I am not greek, this question is COMPLETELY off base, but I just wondered:

what if, after you get to know your sorority intimately, you find that her principles, the true meaning of her symbols and letters, are not what you had in mind and not what you wanted to be a part of. What then? In a BGLO, I know you can't just drop out and decide oh, I'll go be a SGRho, Delta, whatever instead.

Just curious on what you guys think of this? Is it totally off base?