Hello! New and Needing help! :D (Mother/Daughter sorority)

[IrishLake]

(Random off topic but the Girl Scouts mention made me remember it... did anyone else see the story about the state politician in Indiana that pulled his daughters out of Girl Scouts because he believes he's found evidence that TGS are a cover for a hidden Planned Parenthood agenda to corrupt the youth in the organization?)

[adeleilori]

yeah, so very true!! Thanks!

[als463]

Originally Posted by adeleilori

Doesnt matter how old you are, rude is rude! You seemed to have ignored the rest of my message, and only held the the ONE sentence that talks about the amjority of you being young.. (I was just making excuses for the ladeis rudeness.. the fact that you're older actually makes it worse! ha!)

And Irish Lake, are you saying that what YOUR soririties are about is what ALL sororities are about? Because I woudl venture to guess that different sororities are in place for their own purposes, some social, some acedemic, some for philanthopy, some a combination of all, etc.. So, why judge me without even knowing the details of what I am trying to do for MY daughter? matter of fact, why judge me at all! I don't judge people for what they decide is good for their kids! Because YOU'RE daughter wouldn't enjoy a club, doesn't mean other little girls wouldn't. I have no problem bonding, but I know that this would make the experience even more fun for her! SO, I'm willing to go there! I'm glad I didn't give details of the purpose and plan for our little cub, because those ideas would have most certainly been cut down by everyone as well! lol!


Alpha, yes, this has caused me to stoop to new levels rather than be the bigger "woman", but I do have a hard time with being rudely judged.. It's something I'm working on..

Fast typing or not...not knowing how to differentiate between "you're" and "your" makes me question your career as a journalist. For whom do you write??? I'll be the "meanie" and say it...Wanting a "sorority" with your daughter (as in making one up and not enjoying a legacy situation with her joining the sorority of your collegiate years) = weird and somewhat helicopter-mommy in a sense. It does remind me of the cheerleaders, dance moms, or pageant moms who want to live vicariously through their children.

Coming on to a Greek (sorority and fraternity) website and telling many well-educated people that they continue the tradition of making sorority girls look like airheads makes you look really stupid. Yes, STUPID! If you think there is this tradition of us sorority girls looking like airheads then WHY would you want to make up a sorority for you and your daughter to be able to call yourselves sorority girls? Do you want to be part of that airheaded tradition? You are some piece of work, lady.

[amIblue?]

I call BS on journalism and college. This is just plain weird.

Maybe you could let your daughter have some friends outside your home and you wouldn't need to make up a club for her.

Yes, I am mean and rude, but I also have a close and very special relationship with my daughter. She can choose to join a sorority when the appropriate time comes if she wishes.

[knight_shadow]

What a crock of shit.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by adeleilori

Greek, was the comment below you rude? "She came out of your vagina. Isn't that bonding enough?

Pi Delta Alpha - Pretty Darn Asinine?"

to the person who wrote that, you clearly have no kids, or you would KNOW that that isn't enough.. It takes sooo much more then spreading your legs to get pregnant and then spreading them again to evacuate that child, to RAISE a child. If you're bonding stops at birth, than you yourself have a lot of work to do.

>>>Evacuate a child?

Greek, I love what you've done! I am a mom who thinks outside of the box, and I love surprising people, including my daughter! She is a very girly girl, and at 9 has so much to learn about becoming a lady! We hold old values dear in our home and she learns to cook, clean, etc. She loves to hang out and do girl things, and she has 2 brothers - little brothers and often times she gets lost in the chaos that is homeschooling with a 4 yr old and a 1 yr old. She is a HUGE help and I want to reward her. She has been a member of other girls clubs and loves them, but I guess 9 is about that age, when mommy becomes very important and she's wanting us to do things together. We've always done dates, etc. But I know what she likes and she would absolutely LOVE to feel like her and mommy have something cute, exculsive and seperate from the boys! lol! She adores the Proverbs 31 woman description, so I came up with Pi Delta Alpha, since Pi is the first letter of Proverbs in greek, the Delta triangle to me represents the trinity (Father, Son, Holy ghost) and# 3 (I'm thinking of changing it to Gamma though), and Alpha for The God head and # 1 = Pi, Proverbs; Delta[or gamma], 3; Alpha, 1. I think we'll be incorporating some of these things as well: http://www.p31girl.com/P31/P31_Welcome.html, and we're just looking forward to having a good time together.

Heavens to betsy, now that I've spewed some details.. let me brace myself for the comments from the others.. :/ !

I'm guessing you're "training" her to be a submissive helpmeet for her headship of a husband?

Aren't sororities too "worldly" for someone like you?

[adeleilori]

Originally Posted by als463

Fast typing or not...not knowing how to differentiate between "you're" and "your" makes me question your career as a journalist. For whom do you write??? I'll be the "meanie" and say it...Wanting a "sorority" with your daughter (as in making one up and not enjoying a legacy situation with her joining the sorority of your collegiate years) = weird and somewhat helicopter-mommy in a sense. It does remind me of the cheerleaders, dance moms, or pageant moms who want to live vicariously through their children.

Coming on to a Greek (sorority and fraternity) website and telling many well-educated people that they continue the tradition of making sorority girls look like airheads makes you look really stupid. Yes, STUPID! If you think there is this tradition of us sorority girls looking like airheads then WHY would you want to make up a sorority for you and your daughter to be able to call yourselves sorority girls? Do you want to be part of that airheaded tradition? You are some piece of work, lady.

First up, yes.. I KNOW the difference between your and you're.. you clearly haven't read the whole thread.. like I said, they are typos, just like the ones you made. But, like I also said, I am typing a LOT, with a squirmy 1 yr old in my lap and typing quickly, so there are typos and I'm not going back to fix them.. I don't have time. I understand you are upset, just reading what has been going on, but you have not had time to read through the whole thread and see the end result.. the mis-understandings that occured.

Secondly, I did NOT say that sorority girls "looking like airheads" is some kind of TRADITION! go back and read what I wrote again. I was simply speaking to the way I thought I had been treated, and said that you all should not ALLOW what OTHER people think to become a reality on this board.

If you read to the end, you will see that these issues have already been resolved, that there were misunderstandings and that most were cleared up.

[adeleilori]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

I call BS on journalism and college. This is just plain weird.

Maybe you could let your daughter have some friends outside your home and you wouldn't need to make up a club for her.

Yes, I am mean and rude, but I also have a close and very special relationship with my daughter. She can choose to join a sorority when the appropriate time comes if she wishes.

lol! That's actually what I got, a BS in Journalism from Georgia State University, witha concentration in Public Relations, after which I went on to work for an independent PR specialist (I erased her name as to not have this thread pop up in google searches for her company), then on to work for Interface, Inc. in marketing, before coming home to be with my kids.. is that enough info. for you. If you want a copy of my diploma, just ask, we can arrange that! ha!

See, i don't mean to get upset like that, but when people say things like that, and don't even know me.. it's enough to tick me off! So, If I offended you, I'm sorry!

If you read the thread, you would have seen us discuss this already. I stated that she HAS been in many groups outside of the home! but she is CRAVING more mommy time, in a house where we are the only 2 girls, and she spends most of her days with her brothers.

Not sure why you would be proud of being mean and rude. I'm not! and I don't intend to be, but fall into that when I feel I have to defend my self against what I feel to be unnecessary attack. (like people attacking my TYPOS, when I've been writing a BOOK in my defense ALL day!). I also have a close and very special realtionship with my daughter, which is why she cherishing time with ONLY me, and why i am willing to do soemthign like this for her. If YOU and the last few posters aren't upset about me using greek letters, i'm not sure WHAT you're beef is?? Is it worth getting this upset over what THIS MOTHER is deciding to do for HER daughter? Really?? Or is this a matter of just attacking for the sake of attacking.. it's truly very strange.

[adeleilori]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

I'm guessing you're "training" her to be a submissive helpmeet for her headship of a husband?

Aren't sororities too "worldly" for someone like you?

I am actually not trying to start a sorority, but I didn't know that until these earlier ladies helped me out by making clear the deeper meaning behind all of it. I am looking at more of a "club" and I don't need greek letters for that, like I thought I did initially. I'm simply forming something that she and I can share. Thank you so much for being respectful, I really appreciate that!

[adeleilori]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

I'm guessing you're "training" her to be a submissive helpmeet for her headship of a husband?

Aren't sororities too "worldly" for someone like you?

oh! and the reason I mentioned "evacuating" the child, is because that's what the POSTER of the previous comment made it out to be..

[DZsis&mom]

I have a REAL problem with you bringing up your daughter's need to have "mommy & daughter" time with a house full of "boys". I think it is YOU who has a need, not her.

LOL...my son grew up with all girls: mom, sisters & damn even our dogs were female....but he didn't "need" boy time with dad.

What are these parents doing to these kids today? I do not understand.

Bill Cosby taught us: if we brought them into this world, we had a right to take them out. (damn he is brilliant)

to: now moms are forming individual sororities for their daughters for "special" time.

Give me a FREAKIN" Break!!!

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DZsis&mom

Bill Cosby taught us: if we brought them into this world, we had a right to take them out. (damn he is brilliant)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAFg4zY2itg

One of my favorite exchanges on this show!

This is all I have to contribute to this thread.

[DZsis&mom]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAFg4zY2itg

One of my favorite exchanges on this show!

This is all I have to contribute to this thread.

LOL...& my quote was from his Stand up from the early 80's... a lot of it ended up in the show.

Thank you for posting....it was my favorite show!!!!

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by adeleilori

lol! That's actually what I got, a BS in Journalism from Georgia State University, witha concentration in Public Relations, after which I went on to work for an independent PR specialist (I erased her name as to not have this thread pop up in google searches for her company), then on to work for Interface, Inc. in marketing, before coming home to be with my kids.. is that enough info. for you. If you want a copy of my diploma, just ask, we can arrange that! ha!

See, i don't mean to get upset like that, but when people say things like that, and don't even know me.. it's enough to tick me off! So, If I offended you, I'm sorry!

If you read the thread, you would have seen us discuss this already. I stated that she HAS been in many groups outside of the home! but she is CRAVING more mommy time, in a house where we are the only 2 girls, and she spends most of her days with her brothers.

Not sure why you would be proud of being mean and rude. I'm not! and I don't intend to be, but fall into that when I feel I have to defend my self against what I feel to be unnecessary attack. (like people attacking my TYPOS, when I've been writing a BOOK in my defense ALL day!). I also have a close and very special realtionship with my daughter, which is why she cherishing time with ONLY me, and why i am willing to do soemthign like this for her. If YOU and the last few posters aren't upset about me using greek letters, i'm not sure WHAT you're beef is?? Is it worth getting this upset over what THIS MOTHER is deciding to do for HER daughter? Really?? Or is this a matter of just attacking for the sake of attacking.. it's truly very strange.

I did read the thread. This isn't a mommy blog. Your posts creep me out. I'm not attacking for the sake of attacking, but I wish that I had been as succinct in expressing my thoughts as knight shadow was (to whom you didn't need to respond) who said this: "What a crock of shit."

Good luck with that book you're writing.

[jessica.lanelle]

I usually keep quiet, but I have to say something here. If people see you guys in public wearing that stuff, they are going to laugh.
Now I am going to go start a co ed sorority for my dogs. They are like my kids, and I do need to bond with them more. Hollaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.