tangomonster
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Yesterday, the lead article in the Atlanta newspaper was about sorority rushes at University of Georgia (it obviously was a very slow news day!). Reading about the money that these girls spend to get ready for rushing and how much maintenance it requires (grooming, clothes, cars, possessions) to keep up with their sisters (and I'm sure this applies to frats as well), I started to wish that I had a crystal ball to see into the future and see whether people who belong to sororities or fraternities will be interested in or able to FIRE. Right now they stroke me as being way too much into appearances, status, materialism, and consumerism for FIRE---and too much into group think and conformity. But people do change, so it may not be fair to base this on what someone is like from 17 to 22ish.
It got me to wondering whether people on this board (FIREd or wannabes) were less apt to have gone Greek since so many here seem to be more freethinkers and less materialistic. To satisfy my curiousity, please designate in the poll whether you belonged to one or not (or didn't have the opportunity to because your college didn't have it or you didn't go to college). As for me: no way in hell would I have have ever joined a sorority, even 30 years ago!
It got me to wondering whether people on this board (FIREd or wannabes) were less apt to have gone Greek since so many here seem to be more freethinkers and less materialistic. To satisfy my curiousity, please designate in the poll whether you belonged to one or not (or didn't have the opportunity to because your college didn't have it or you didn't go to college). As for me: no way in hell would I have have ever joined a sorority, even 30 years ago!