Into the Woods - I journey into the forrest to find my sisters

[BlueBayou]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

Enjoyed your story immensely because I felt somewhat like you when I pledged Theta and I didn't see how I fit in with all those Southern California sunny blondes. BUT it worked out just fine.

Sad for those PNMs who were cross cut. RFM has put an end to that.

And bwahahahaha about the shoe salesmen observation! So accurate.

It's strange because we had the reputation for being blond (I am dark brown, or was... before the gray) and while there were some girls with very blond hair - if you look back at the photos - the chapter does not look blond. But at the time - it felt like I had pledged into a sea of blond.

[BlueBayou]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

I was kinda sorta thinking "Tri Delta" and ha! I was correct. Enjoyed your story immensely because I felt somewhat like you when I pledged Theta and I didn't see how I fit in with all those Southern California sunny blondes. BUT it worked out just fine.

Was it the “pine?” I couldn’t resist.

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by BlueBayou

Was it the “pine?” I couldn’t resist.

yep! And the title of your thread - the forest - I just spend too much time with my Tri Delta friends, I think plus I love your open motto. Seriously love it. Now hoping your daughter will also find a home for a lifetime.

[PGD-GRAD]

This is a wonderfully-told story with a bit of a twist but an eventual happy ending. Its realism is something that I hope many PNMs will read and take to heart.

And you’ve already begged the question: will you please post (or encourage your d to post) her OWN recruitment journey this fall? And GOOD LUCK to her!

[BlueBayou]

Originally Posted by PGD-GRAD

And you’ve already begged the question: will you please post (or encourage your d to post) her OWN recruitment journey this fall? And GOOD LUCK to her!

I can almost guarantee my daughter will not post her own journey. She is just not that type of gal.

But getting her ready really has brought back all my rush memories!

Hers will be interesting. She is going to a state school with a small greek system. But the student population is more like MIT than Alabama. It is only 3 days and allegedly very "chill." We shall see.

Chill and recruitment don't seem to go hand and hand in my mind.

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by BlueBayou

I can almost guarantee my daughter will not post her own journey. She is just not that type of gal.

But getting her ready really has brought back all my rush memories!

Hers will be interesting. She is going to a state school with a small greek system. But the student population is more like MIT than Alabama. It is only 3 days and allegedly very "chill." We shall see.

Chill and recruitment don't seem to go hand and hand in my mind.

I hope she enjoys it. My recruitment was *so* chill I didn't even know I was being rushed! But I know I would not have even gone through a formal rush as today's; I might have pledged informally with these ladies later, but I barely knew what a sorority was. Only one member of my extended family had gone to college, she far away, and it didn't even cross my mind until I got to school.

I'll take chill every time <grin>!

[FSUZeta]

Well good luck to her!

[*winter*]

Thank you for finishing this story! It made my bad day a whole lot more bearable!

[TriDeltaSallie]

I literally laughed out loud at your description of how clueless you were when you went to the Panhellenic tea. My husband asked me what I was reading. LOL!

I guessed Tri Delta when I read Pine. Most people won't use that terminology unless they are a DDD.

Really enjoyed reading your story and always happy for a Tri Delta ending!

[BlueBayou]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

I literally laughed out loud at your description of how clueless you were when you went to the Panhellenic tea. My husband asked me what I was reading. LOL!

I guessed Tri Delta when I read Pine. Most people won't use that terminology unless they are a DDD.

Really enjoyed reading your story and always happy for a Tri Delta ending!

I'm glad you got a laugh! It's so funny looking back at what my mom and I thought with the Panhellenic party hostess called to say that she was unable to find a DZ in our small town. My mom thought she was trying to say that it must not be a good/popular if there were no alumnae in our town. My dad went to UT and they did not have them there either.

[BlueBayou]

I really want girls going through recruitment to understand that this is a lifelong sisterhood. A wonderful thing.

As an alumnae I've been involved, not hugely active constantly the past 30 years. But always a part of me.

I already have my hotel booked for my chapter's 50th. It will be the first time have have been in our house since 1989. I'm looking forward to reconnecting.

(And I'm getting ready to have my youngest daughter go through recruitment in the PNW. I'm so not ready.)

[Cookiez17]

Originally Posted by BlueBayou

I really want girls going through recruitment to understand that this is a lifelong sisterhood. A wonderful thing.

As an alumnae I've been involved, not hugely active constantly the past 30 years. But always a part of me.

I already have my hotel booked for my chapter's 50th. It will be the first time have have been in our house since 1989. I'm looking forward to reconnecting.

(And I'm getting ready to have my youngest daughter go through recruitment in the PNW. I'm so not ready.)

Good luck to her! Hopefully she'll find an amazing home.