Comments on ann's rants: "Pledged": A Book Report

Oh God... I'm 42 and I'm about to be a BRI...

2009-11-18T14:20:13.783-06:00

Oh God... I'm 42 and I'm about to be a BRIDESMAID...again... thank you Alpha Sigma Alpha. And the best part? A NEW Bridesmaid dress... whoo hooo... just what every 42 year old mom of two needs.... an ugly dress she'll never wear again. Seriously? Shouldn't there be a statute of limitations on these things? I mean just because you were in MY wedding 21 years ago am I REALLY still obligated to be in yours? I really think there should be a rule that after 40, your stuck with a destination wedding and no bridesmaids. Sisterhood oathe or not.

K

I read that book a few years ago, and wasn't t...

2009-11-12T14:29:40.829-06:00

I read that book a few years ago, and wasn't too surprised. But we Gamma Phis were never like that.

I was in a sorority for 1.5 years. It was hell all...

2009-11-10T12:44:50.506-06:00

I was in a sorority for 1.5 years. It was hell all the way. Both sides of Rush are completely degrading to all parties involved. And the girls that come rescue you from the non "stars" were called the "Troll Patrol." Once they came over to rescue you and talked to the "troll" for 1 minute, that was enough to give them authority to expell the rushee as innapropriate. Sick sick sick!
So yes, mine was exactly like that!

My sorority wasn't like that.

2009-11-08T22:00:13.003-06:00

My sorority wasn't like that.

WTH???!!! "Sorority?" I'm with Mr....

2009-11-07T08:36:13.249-06:00

WTH???!!! "Sorority?"

I'm with Mr. Mancini up above....

I had no idea there were so many rules for being e...

2009-11-06T22:18:42.600-06:00

I had no idea there were so many rules for being excluded.

So...I was actually in a sorority. I feel the nee...

2009-11-06T15:30:13.140-06:00

So...I was actually in a sorority.

I feel the need to read this book now.

But of course MY sorority totally wasn't like that.

I was never in a sorority but I know all about-- &...

2009-11-06T13:05:58.730-06:00

I was never in a sorority but I know all about--
"Forever means a lot of ugly bridesmaid dresses..."
Very funny post!
Thanks,
xo

I was in a sorority in college...and was the first...

2009-11-06T10:05:43.619-06:00

I was in a sorority in college...and was the first on campus to order a sorority sweatshirt not in the purple-and-white theme colors of the sorority, but in black with the Greek letters also in black on it. I honestly thought at the time (sadly, un-ironically) that this made me quite the non-conformist.

I pledged a sorority my first year of college. Moo...

2009-11-06T09:35:41.716-06:00

I pledged a sorority my first year of college. Moo. Then I de-pledged. That's a lot of money to spend to learn some dumb songs and be bossed around by a bunch of snotty bitches. I decided it would be more fun to devote myself to a band and follow them around to hear them play in bars, which was, in fact, way more fun.

My sorority totally wasn't like that. There, ...

2009-11-06T08:56:15.342-06:00

My sorority totally wasn't like that.

There, now you have two.

I can't believe I issed all those important le...

2009-11-06T07:54:28.491-06:00

I can't believe I issed all those important lessons by opting out of the Greek system. I just couldn't see my way clear to paying people to be my friend.

I always wanted to be in a sorority. Actually made...

2009-11-06T07:24:59.690-06:00

I always wanted to be in a sorority. Actually made it in a couple of times only to be chased out by the campus cops. I kept explaining I was trying to pledge, but they weren't buying it.

YOU READ?!?! We're two very different people....

2009-11-06T07:23:29.264-06:00

YOU READ?!?!

We're two very different people.

And now I feel that much more jealous of those tha...

2009-11-06T07:17:38.887-06:00

And now I feel that much more jealous of those that GOT to go to college instead of straight to the military. Military life is NOTHING close to Sorority Life. Hmph.

I didn't pledge a sorority - but I did make fu...

2009-11-06T04:58:17.815-06:00

I didn't pledge a sorority - but I did make fun of them. Now, my step-daughters are both so. into. their. freaking. sororities. They talk about nothing else. It is my own personal hell.

See? Proof that G*d has a sense of humor.

This brings back nightmares!

2009-11-06T02:18:27.530-06:00

This brings back nightmares!

And I thought boarding school was tough...

2009-11-06T01:13:26.134-06:00

And I thought boarding school was tough...

I am a proud ZBT. Had a great time doing it. We ha...

2009-11-05T23:50:05.832-06:00

I am a proud ZBT. Had a great time doing it. We had all sorts of screwy stuff, but none of the crap that the sororities did.

I am still tight with a bunch of the guys. Had lunch with four of them last week. Two decades later we sat there and compared notes:

Two are in the middle of divorces, one is on his fourth marriage and some schmuck who resembles me is about to celebrate his 14th wedding anniversary.

We're old.

I went to a college situated on the beach. Greek ...

2009-11-05T22:45:54.947-06:00

I went to a college situated on the beach. Greek life was almost nonexistent. I kind of enjoy the fact I never experienced it ...!

I never pledged a sorority and I went to school in...

2009-11-05T22:40:10.601-06:00

I never pledged a sorority and I went to school in the South which made me a freak. I couldn't b/c I would be the one touching all the food

Just sounds like high school to me.

2009-11-05T22:32:10.400-06:00

Just sounds like high school to me.

I think maybe I was in a sorority in junior high b...

2009-11-05T21:58:05.419-06:00

I think maybe I was in a sorority in junior high but didn't know it.