"Southern" Sororities?

[honeychile]

Before one more "TinyTown" reference is made, may I clarify something? The reporter for the original paper could not even get the name of an NPC sorority right! I have no problem with debuts, or debutantes (well, maybe one or two). I do have a problem with poor reporting, people whose need to rebel ruins everyone else's evening, and women who "come out" who really should have "stayed in".

Now, Ole Miss Glitter informs us that she & her sister were permitted to wear strapless dresses, and knowing the lady she is, I imagine that is the current trend. I also agree with her that a strapless dress without evening gloves of kid just does not pull off the true, blue blood Debut.

Finally, it's quite lovely that the local newspapers report on these debuts. It's even nicer when a big newpaper reports on them. Asking them to get the names right is not asking too much!!

This is the one of the biggest moment some of these women may ever have, and getting her name and information isn't investigative reporting, it's common sense. That's what angered me.

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally posted by exlurker
More Debutantes and Their Sororities

Yet another list, this time of the women recently presented in Midland, Texas, at the Petroleum Club. I counted at least seven different NPC sororities mentioned, including Zeta Tau Alpha, Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Zeta, Delta Gamma, Delta Delta Delta, and Chi Omega. No description of dresses, however.

http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news...d=475591&rfi=6

While this may still be pretty much a "Tiny Town" event by the standards of large metropolitan areas, the story is of some interest
just because of what it may reveal about the importance attached to debutante traditions -- and sororities -- in parts of Texas.

I could have missed the mention of a sorority or two; if I did, I apologize.

TCU had a lot of mention too.......

And it appears one woman was related to a guy who escorted a different woman.

[James]

It seems sad that some people will peak at 18 years old.

Reminds me about the people that reminisce about the glory days of their high school football experience.

Originally posted by honeychile


This is the one of the biggest moment some of these women may ever have, and getting her name and information isn't investigative reporting, it's common sense. That's what angered me.

[kddani]

Originally posted by James
It seems sad that some people will peak at 18 years old.

Reminds me about the people that reminisce about the glory days of their high school football experience.

This is one of those rare occasions where I agree with James.

It seems that these women are all touted as having all of this involvement and many accomplishments under their belt. So why on earth would an event at the age of 18 be the biggest event of their lives? Are they going to turn around and never do anything noteworthy again in their lives? I would seriously doubt it.

Yay for them for doing something fun, but if this is the biggest day of their lives, I feel sorry for them. And sorry for their future husbands, as getting married is usually seen as the biggest day of a person's life.

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by kddani
This is one of those rare occasions where I agree with James.

It seems that these women are all touted as having all of this involvement and many accomplishments under their belt. So why on earth would an event at the age of 18 be the biggest event of their lives? Are they going to turn around and never do anything noteworthy again in their lives? I would seriously doubt it.

Yay for them for doing something fun, but if this is the biggest day of their lives, I feel sorry for them. And sorry for their future husbands, as getting married is usually seen as the biggest day of a person's life.

Word. For this to be the biggest day of their entire lives, they'd probably have to be planning on never having a career, a husband, or kids . . . Let's not exaggerate too much here. There's no excuse for sloppy journalism, but this is not a tragedy by any means.

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by honeychile


This is the one of the biggest moment some of these women may ever have, and getting her name and information isn't investigative reporting, it's common sense. That's what angered me.

Did you have a deb ball?

I chose not to go through it, but my sister and most of my HS friends did (no strapless dresses!), and I don't think any of them would say that their deb ball was anywhere near one of the top ten moments in their lives.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by James
It seems sad that some people will peak at 18 years old.

Reminds me about the people that reminisce about the glory days of their high school football experience.

It happens. Every day. I guarantee you that someone is terribly upset that her Debut's account was messed up, and she's demanded a correction.

Munchkin, I know you really want to know all about me, in a very personal way, but as I wasn't asked to debut at the Club which I wanted, I chose not to come out at all. Which is a pity, because I've since found out that one of my best friends now came out in the Club which did ask me, the same year I would have done so.

[Tippiechick]

I personally find the whole deb thing a bit foreign. No one I know has been a debutant. That includes all of my friends in different cities and southern states. I believe that it is not as pervasive in the southern culture as some make it out to be. Don't get me wrong, I am sure it is a big part of some communities. But, it is not the end-all-be-all of Southern life.

[Tippiechick]

Originally posted by Tippiechick
I personally find the whole deb thing a bit foreign. No one I know has been a debutant. That includes all of my friends in different cities and southern states. I believe that it is not as pervasive in the southern culture as some make it out to be. Don't get me wrong, I am sure it is a big part of some communities. But, it is not the end-all-be-all of Southern life.

Edited to add that I do know Olemissglitter and she was a deb.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by Munchkin03
. . . and I don't think any of them would say that their deb ball was anywhere near one of the top ten moments in their lives.

I don't think Ms. MysticCat would classify it as one of the top 10 moments of her life, but she does look back on it fondly and considers it an especially special time with her father, since the father/daughter aspect is so much a part of it. Whenever she talks about, she mentions how special it was for for the two of them to have that together.

[xo_kathy]

Originally posted by honeychile
whose reporter couldn't get one of the sororities' name right

I just re-read it and couldn't find a mistake. A bunch of Chi O's, a Kappa and a couple Pi Phi's - all seemed to be spelled right. What did I miss??

[honeychile]

Originally posted by xo_kathy
I just re-read it and couldn't find a mistake. A bunch of Chi O's, a Kappa and a couple Pi Phi's - all seemed to be spelled right. What did I miss??

The Gamma Phi Beta.

[xo_kathy]

You mean where it says "Gamma Beta Phi"

According to http://www.gammabetaphi.org/
"Gamma Beta Phi Society is an honor and service organization for students in colleges and universities in the United States" and they have an LSU chapter

Seems Miss Bunch is a sister of mine from LSU who happens to also be in Gamma Beta Phi.
"Miss Bunch is a sophomore at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. Miss Bunch is majoring in Elementary Education and is a member of the Chi Omega sorority"

(Unless I'm still missing it, in which case, I think there's more to this being 30 than you all are letting on. I've lost my ability to read!!!! )

And here's my next question - Can Democrats not be debs?!? All these women belong to their college Republican clubs!!!

[33girl]

I don't care if they are saying she washed a dog, newspapers need to get information right the first time. Every single day in the paper here, there's several retractions, and some of them are the most BASIC things that could have been correct the first time if people wouldn't have been too lazy to double check.

My (tiny) hometown has a Christmas Cotillion. As far as it being an "introduction to society" that would be rather fruitless as the majority of the participants go to college and move away for greener pastures and better jobs.

[irishpipes]

Originally posted by xo_kathy
And here's my next question - Can Democrats not be debs?!? All these women belong to their college Republican clubs!!!

Republicans are just better looking, that's all.







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