How protective are you of your letters?

[Rio_Kohitsuji]

Originally posted by 33girl
The same reason a man would want to be a sorority's sweetheart. Because it shows that a group of people that you like think that you're more special than the average man/woman. It doesn't mean your earthly purpose is to serve that fraternity.

I love you 33, just thought you should now that


Heh, as you can tell, I agree. I remember when my FI pinned me, it was a HUGE deal, of course I wore his letters and pin like CRAZY after that but a week letter I was back being normal

I normally wear his letters in conjunction w/mine, like if I'm wearing my lettershirt, I'll wear his hat or lavalier, something like that. And it's not really the fraternity aspect that's important, it's because they are HIS and the meaning behind the practice.

[tunatartare]

I don't wear my boyfriend's letters out in public. They're strictly for in the house. He also has a tendency to bring random fraternity stuff into my house and then just forget it there, so I pretty much have a collection of random Lambda Chi memorabilia lol. Up here, lavaliering isn't big at all. I hadn't ever heard of it until GC. I'm sure if I wanted him to, he'd just get me one or tell me to get it for him. Thing is, I don't. I know that he likes me, I don't need his letters carved in silver to prove that.

[aopirose]

Originally posted by 33girl
The same reason a man would want to be a sorority's sweetheart. Because it shows that a group of people that you like think that you're more special than the average man/woman. It doesn't mean your earthly purpose is to serve that fraternity.

I agree. I enjoyed being a fraternity sweetheart greatly and I wouldn't trade that experience for the world. I also want to add that I still wear my husband's badge and I am 38. He gave it to me along with my engagement ring. I have since bought him a VERY nice jewelled badge. As for AOII things, he has a "IIOA" shirt.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by KLPDaisy
I don't wear my boyfriend's letters out in public. They're strictly for in the house.

Why wear his letters when lounging around? Could you not wear his nonlettered tshirts and achieve the same effect?

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by Rio_Kohitsuji
And it's not really the fraternity aspect that's important, it's because they are HIS and the meaning behind the practice.

What's the meaning behind the practice?

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by valkyrie
Could someone please explain to me why a woman would want to wear her boyfriend's letters, either as clothing or a badge? Also, could someone please explain why any woman in the year 2005 would want to be the "sweetheart" of a fraternity?

[tunatartare]

Originally posted by DSTCHAOS
Why wear his letters when lounging around? Could you not wear his nonlettered tshirts and achieve the same effect?

Because they're a size XL, I'm a small, and it the softest and most comfortable sweatshirt I have seen in my life. 'Nuff said.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by KLPDaisy
Because they're a size XL, I'm a small, and it the softest and most comfortable sweatshirt I have seen in my life. 'Nuff said.

So he just needs to give you a soft, XL nonlettered sweatshirt to lounge it. Gotcha. 'Nuff said.

[tunatartare]

Originally posted by DSTCHAOS
So he just needs to give you a soft, XL nonlettered sweatshirt to lounge it. Gotcha. 'Nuff said.

Well until he does that, I'll just wear his.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by KLPDaisy
Well until he does that, I'll just wear his.

Congrats.

[Lindz928]

On our campus, it was very common for girls to wear fraternity t-shirts and for guys to wear sorority t-shirts. Especially things from date parties and such. for crush parties, we always went around to all the fraternity meetings and handed out invitations and t's to the men who were crushed.

I always liked seeing a guy in our letters (no crest or anything- I'm talking like party t-shirts). And I have quite a collection of fraternity shirts that I collected from ex-boyfriends fraternity parties and crush parties while I was in college.

I guess it just shows again the difference between orgs and campuses.

I also don't think it's necessary to question WHY ON EARTH someone would want to wear her boyfriend's letters. Why not?

[tunatartare]

Originally posted by Lindz928
On our campus, it was very common for girls to wear fraternity t-shirts and for guys to wear sorority t-shirts. Especially things from date parties and such. for crush parties, we always went around to all the fraternity meetings and handed out invitations and t's to the men who were crushed.

I always liked seeing a guy in our letters (no crest or anything- I'm talking like party t-shirts). And I have quite a collection of fraternity shirts that I collected from ex-boyfriends fraternity parties and crush parties while I was in college.

I guess it just shows again the difference between orgs and campuses.

I also don't think it's necessary to question WHY ON EARTH someone would want to wear her boyfriend's letters. Why not?

Good answer

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by Lindz928
I also don't think it's necessary to question WHY ON EARTH someone would want to wear her boyfriend's letters. Why not?

American citizen: "Why did we invade Iraq?"

Whitehouse spokesperson: "Why not? "

[tunatartare]

Why do you care so much if people wear letters that aren't your own? Clearly the people that gave letters to them didn't have a problem with it, why should you then?

[Tom Earp]

My Thoughts exactly!

Wearing letters might be a big difference that wearing the Coat of Arms. A NO No correct!

Combo T-Shirts, why not? They were party favors that were given to dates for the party.

I am not sure, but Pinning I think in most cases went out a long time ago.

Pinning was in the Days of old, showing that whoever wore the Pin of a Fraternity, said Lady was under the protection of that Fraternity. They were in the first process of becoming almost engaged to be married. Days of Yore so to speak.