Mike the Lab Rat wrote:Actually, the vacation starts day after tomorrow.
To answer the previous questions and comments from the "Brain Trust":
1) My Chapter of Alpha Chi Rho, like many other Chapters in our Fraternity, had what were known as "little sisters." Little sisters were women who liked the guys in the Chapter and admired the ideals of the group and were permitted to join, albeit in a limited level (they did not pay dues to National, were not initiated under National Ritual, were not official members and not recognized by the school or National HQ).
They were whores. :? :( All the rest is irrelevant. Were there any 'little sisters' who didn't have to sleep with a brother in order to gain admittance?
I'll admit, when Bri said that your fraternity used to admit women, I figured it was one of those special honor fraternities or career fraternities, like the one I couldn't afford to pledge back in Indiana (Phi Delta Chi) -- either in money, time or intellect. They had open pledge for all pharmacy majors, regardless of gender. Not being able to afford it moneywise was the most acceptable excuse (though still a painful one) in avoiding meetings. Then I wondered why Bri said 'used to' admit women. I couldn't figure out why a fraternity would accept members of all genders, then cut a specific gender out. I figured female membership grew to such a point that the fraternity could support a bonafide sorority chapter, and thus the split.
I was wrong. They were just whores.
It's alright to be a whore -- it's college. Hormones rage, and men and women are both notorious for doing shit to make themselves more acceptable, more pleasing to the mate of their choice. My mom was light enough for certain other sororities, but because my father was a Q (and he insisted, because of the informally strict dating rules of black fraternities/sororities -- thanks Jim Crow?) she pledged Delta Sigma Theta. It was the right decision, for the wrong reasons. Deltas are the best of the best, all-around, of the women's sororities -- and that includes the white ones. You can't go wrong with a Delta on your side. At least, that's how it used to be. Mostly because they were concerned more with the community than with fashion shows and whose skin was lighter and brighter and who had more money and all the other golddigging bullshit black women bring upon ourselves. But at least my mom pledged an actual sorority and didn't pull the Kappa Kitten (or, in your wife's case, Dove) bullshit. I will say, I don't know much about the Divine Nine's history, and experiencing it through the filter of my parents courtship and marriage is perhaps not the best way.
During the seven years in which we had the little sisters, our Chapter was not all that wrapped up in the "National" aspect (i.e., we didn't use Ritual that much), so the women and men basically hung out basically as equal members at the local level. We called our little sisters "Doves," which was supposed to be a contrast to our nickname, "Crows." The women could also have chosen to join a sorority (and women already in a sorority could have chosen to become a little sister), which happened at other Chapters, but Geneseo AXP's little sisters all chose to not join sororities. In the late 80's, national fraternities pushed to eliminate little sister programs, ostensibly because they were a liability risk, and by 1990, our little sister program at Geneseo was eliminated.
You think?
It's also insulting and anti-feminist.... but only if you're not a man and you're not in love. There is no 'equality' in having to screw for acceptance, and an unofficial acceptance at that. Were there Blue Ribbon Balls for your Doves?
We still consider the females that were little sisters back then to be alumni. The woman who became my wife was one of the little sisters (she was my girlfriend prior to joining).
Would she have been accepted if she weren't sleeping with you?
She knew that the Fraternity meant/means a lot to me and supported me and the Fraternity.
In other words (and this is only what I'm hearing, so obviously it could be wrong): She loves
you, and if you weren't part of the Fraternity, she wouldn't give two whits about the Fraternity.
She has come with me to National Conventions, leadership conclaves, and has herself served on a national committee.
You're very involved in the Fraternity. If it were the other way around, would you do the same for her?
Like I said, it sounds like she does everything for you. You make all the decisions. It's all about you. Your life together revolves around your interests. Is she really happy with that?
She was proud of me when I was named National Ritual Officer and came with me to many events that I had to attend/preside over in that capacity. She applauded the loudest for me this past April when SUNY Geneseo inducted me into their Greek Hall of Fame.
She's in love with you. She'd applaud you as if you were the G.O.A.T., even if you were the goat.
What do you do for her? Besides sleep with her, I mean.
For those who never were greek, you'll never get it.
Derron is right about fraternities, though........... at least, he's right about white ones.
Things change, though.
Even some who were -but never took it beyond four years of partying- may not get it. I'm always willing to try to explain it, but it's not easy to put into words.
There are no words. You have to live it. You have to be it.
Invictus, as a Q who (if I remember correctly, which I probably don't) still participates in Omega Psi Phi activities, would probably know what you're talking about.
2) My vacation is WHEN it is, "Mr. Should I Pull The Trigger," because that's when it happened to fit in our schedules.I may be off the whole summer, but we still have to work around my oldest son's soccer camp & Boy Scout stuff and my wife's business.
Toddowen is telling you not to be like everyone else.
Don't live a tick tack box life.
3) I am not Roman Catholic. Haven't been for about a decade. Even when I was nominally RC, I wasn't exactly what one would consider devout, not being a big fan of the papacy. I'm Episcopalian.
Geeze, that's a surprise. LOL There's no difference. Episcopalian is Roman Catholicism without the guilt.
4) Nice xenophobic blasts, Derron and "Mr. Should I Hang Myself." Your two IQ's combined apparently have a hard time hitting triple digits, but it's great to see that the "Shortbus Homies" have each other's backs and are willing to proudly represent the inbred cracker perspective.
The wop wants to talk ethnic slur shit
on the class issue tip at that.
Give him 2, 3 more generations and he'll have bred the WASPs granddaddy always envied when he got off the boat.
Props to you. Derron lumps me in with blueblood liberals after insulting my immigrant heritage - way to go, Einstein. And anyone who thinks I'm liberal is either retarded or ...the victim of blunt force trauma to the head. Or both.
So anyway, which of your friends' wives are you going to sleep with first?
Oh, and Todd, if you have another "should I whack myself" poll to toss out to the board while I'm gone, pencil me in for you being culled from the herd. The only thing you contribute to the planet is carbon dioxide and water vapor. We're all, as a species and ecosystem, much better off without you.
The Ivory Tower tells the rest of us how they
really feel about us. Yo, Todd,
thanks for switching off yesterday.