good friends in other GLOs??

[TriDeltaGal]

Originally posted by honeychile
My pet theory is, the further removed you are from campus life, the more Panhellenic you become. In other words, it's more Greeks v. GDIs as opposed to GLO v. GLO.

Honeychile, that is so true! I noticed that almost immediately after I graduated!

[ZTAngel]

I have tons of friends in other sororities. One of my best friends is a TriDelta and another is a KD (both at UCF). A good friend of mine is a DPhiE from UF and another is a TriDelta from FSU. I have a lot of old high school friends who are now AEPhis, DPhiEs, TEPs, KDs, ChiOs, and DGs. (and many others that I can't think of right now) Of my best guy friends, one is an SAE from Penn and the other is a Kappa Alpha from West Florida. Of course, my bestest friend is my boyfriend and he's a Kappa Sig.

[sairose]

I'm also friends with a few AOPis. Very sweet girls!

[KSUViolet06]

Two of my good friends from my chapter of The Kappa Phi Club (Christian Women's Service Club) are greeks in other sororities (DZ and Chi Omega).

[Sahara27]

I just graduated, but I had lots of friends in AOPi and Alpha Phi -- two excellent chapters!

[PM_Mama00]

When I came in, I had known a Phi Sig for a while back from high school. If they had COB'd me, I would be a Phi Sig right now. No offense to them, but I'm glad I'm a Phi Mu cuz I fit in with them so much better. But me and the Phi Sig used to go to parties together all the time, and we called her an honorary Phi Mu because she was always partying with us.

On my campus there's just three of us. Phi Mu and DPhiE were huge rivals. After Phi Mu got screwed over during Mock Rock (a Greek Week event... we somehow ended up winning the whole week tho), DPhiE stuck up for us and somehow, after an event that separated us more than anything, we all became friends. They were there cheering us on during the last event, and when we got our trophy.

Some of the friendship has died down, but alot of people have stayed really close friends. One of my good friends is a Deepher, but we were friends before she rushed.

[TSteven]

Originally posted by honeychile
My pet theory is, the further removed you are from campus life, the more Panhellenic you become. In other words, it's more Greeks v. GDIs as opposed to GLO v. GLO.

I tend to agree. While I might not go so far as say its Greek *versus* GDI, I have noticed that many of my friends are Greeks.

And by friends, I mean people that I associate with socially - some more than others - and not just from either work or community organizations etc.

Some of these friends are ones I've had since high school and college, others I've met over the years and we have remained good friends. I'm sure that if I checked in other circumstances - flat out asked people's affiliation if any - I'm come across even more Greeks.

For the heck of it, I did a quick list of known affiliations of my friends. Frankly, I'm rather amazed at the wide number of GLOs represented. I know that one reason for the number of sororities is that they are wives of Sigs. And many other couples I've met, both are Greeks and I am friends with "the couple". As such, I kind of get "two for one".

Fraternities

Alpha Gamma Rho
Alpha Tau Omega
Beta Theta Pi
Delta Tau Delta
FarmHouse
Kappa Alpha Order
Kappa Sigma
Lambda Chi Alpha
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Kappa Tau
Phi Kappa Theta
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Nu
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Pi
Sigma Tau Gamma
Tau Kappa Epsilon

Sororities

Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Phi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Xi Delta
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Sigma Theta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi
Sigma Gamma Rho
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Tau Alpha

ETA: Missed GLOs

[Mz Destiny]

One of my best girlfriends is an AKA, a few are Deltas. My ex-hubby and one of my best male friends are KAPsi's, and I have a few Sigma, Omega and Alpha male close friends.

[thermobryan]

My best friend of 15 years is a Delta Chi. We've known each other since we were little kids, we lost touch for about 2 years and over that time we both ended up joining fraternities and becoming VP's of our chapter.

[LuvUTrulyKKG]

My freshman year roommate is a KD and I absolutely love her (even though we don't live together anymore)! Next year, two Kappa sisters and myself are living with a lovely ADPi... and we are all so excited! I also have another really good friend in KD, two in Chi-O, & one in Tri-Delt. I am a Panhellenic Officer this year and I have loved meeting even more lovely ladies from the different NPCs and NPHCs on our campus!

Two of my good friends from high school are Tri-Sigmas at different schools up North. Yay for being friends with all different greeks!

[bekibug]

My roomate my freshman year was a Gamma Phi, and she introduced me to a couple of her pledge sisters. One of them is now possibly my best friend at school. I just hope she's able to come back to AU this year, we don't know yet.

[CASIGKAP]

I COB'd late so I never really got to meet any of the other houses on campus. There was never really a need b/c I always knew that Sigma Kappa is where I belonged. Anyway, after I joined, I went to an ice-cream social at the Delta Zeta house. The girls were incredibly sweet to me & one of them even gave me a tour of their house when I commented that their house was beautiful. When we finished the tour, some Tri-Delts had arrived & immediately started talking to me like a long lost friend. It was incredible. I was amazed that they would be that open & friendly to a complete stranger. To this day, I still talk to them & we get together & have fun when our schedules allow us to.

Then this summer, I took a summer school class where I met the most awesome Gamma Phi Beta and a Tri-Delta. We had lunch together on the last day of class & still talk via e-mail b/c one lives out of state & the other is traveling. We plan on getting together before rush to hang out.

My plan now is to make friends with the remaining sororities on campus. I have to befriend AOII's, Delta Gamma's, and Alpha Phi's. YAY!