Sorority Life

I hate girls, dressing up when it's -8 degrees outside, and constantly being judged. So what a better thing for me to go through than SPRING RECRUITMENT RUSH WEEKEND YAAAAAY!

Originally, I had never wanted to go into a sorority. The whole idea seemed dumb to me.  You're just paying for friends and shitty vodka mixers, right? At least that's what I thought.  Then, I started being excluded and ignored from my group of friends at school.  Maybe it's because I don't like going out and getting shitfaced. Maybe it's because I (by some miracle of God) have a boyfriend. For whatever reason, I was being left out and felt lonelier and more depressed than I did at the beginning of the semester.

Then I met the Phi Sigs. THEY'RE. SO. COOL.They're all so different, but they get along.  There's Harry Potter fans, lesbians, stoner girls, straightedge girls, fat girls, skinny girls, atheists, Christians, Jews, black, white, Asian, you name it.  And they're all so welcoming.  I knew from the first night of recruitment that I wanted to be with them.

 My days were filled with "I'm Mary Kate. I'm an OT major from Cleveland" and trudging from sorority house to sorority house in heels.  But it was SO worth it.  By the end of the weekend, I bonded with the girls from Phi Sigma Sigma.  I heard some of their stories: how they were lost when they first came to college, how their ex-boyfriends treated them like dirt, how they felt excluded and different from the rest of the school. And that's when it hit me: I belong here. It's not just about friends and t-shirts with Greek letters on them.  You are bonded to your sisters because, essentially, they're all like little pieces of you.  The more you love them, the more you love yourself.  You heal each other. You help each other.  And that's what I really want and need

When Phi Sig offered me a bid, I immediately accepted. My hands were shaking as I signed the sheet of paper.  I went to Bid Night and felt at home and welcomed by my sisters.  I'm just at New Member status for now, but I can already tell this is one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life.  I can't wait until I get to wear my Phi Sigma Sigma letters with pride. It's only been a week since I've joined the sisterhood, and I already feel completely at home.

Until next time...