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Dee-Licious

Dee-Licious

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A girl here at my university has cut her hair from BSL to a bob to become a member of a sorority. The members "urged" her to do so. She is not the first girl, and this isn't the first year of them doing this but she had about the prettiest hair of them all and it SHOCKED me.

I know hair can grow back and the letters are for forever. Because of the ENERYG, TIME, and MONEY I've put into my hair, but I just don't know if I could make that sacrifice... Could you??
 
I guess if it is something that you want bad enough then it's worth the sacrifice. I mean girls do it on ANTM and never make it to the finals. (shrugs)
 
There was a Christian Sorority on my campus and it seemed like every body that was on line chopped all their hair and went natural when they crossed. When asked about it they had a bunch of BS excuses. I thought it was strange. IDK if I'd be able to do it. Maybe they just wanted to see how bad she wanted to join the sorority?
 
Simply put: No.
I get unhappy when my hair is shedding more that normal. A drastic haircut? To join a sorority? No, sir. I'll pass...and give them a hair toss on the way out.
 
MoMo said:
I guess if it is something that you want bad enough then it's worth the sacrifice. I mean girls do it on ANTM and never make it to the finals. (shrugs)
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I don't know if I would. Remember the girl on ANTM who went from waist length to a pixie cut an left when Tyra said she wanted another inch off?
 
I think it's so easy for people (including Tyra) to demand someone cut their hair because they are all wearing weaves anyway. I pledged (back in the day) and I wish a big sister would ask me to cut my hair. Besides, you don't pledge forever. At some point you are in and I would want you to look as pretty as you felt comfortable.
 
MoMo said:
I guess if it is something that you want bad enough then it's worth the sacrifice. I mean girls do it on ANTM and never make it to the finals. (shrugs)
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Yep something are more important than hair. It is sad that sorority would make members do that but if people don't mind... To each his own
 
I probably would have tried to get a sew-in weaved bob. (Even though I don't really like weave) to trick them.:grin: My line was all about finding a way around things. Some times it worked out for us, sometimes it didn't.

That's so strange. My big sisters were so busy making sure we all got our hair done for our probate/neophyte show. They wanted our hair swinging!
I have heard of big sisters making people take their weave out or not wear make-up while they were online.

My big sisters were even on us all the time about how we looked on campus while we were online. They said it was so obvious who the Deltas were gonna be because we looked a HOT MESS.:yep: At one point we were not allowed to wear buns anymore.:sad: I guess each sorority and each chapter are different. I went to a small school and people were always trying to figure out who was online. Girls who used to keep themselves together who were now looking a mess and falling asleep in class were usually online. It was so obvious, but the campus rules were that it was supposed to be kept secret until the show.
 
I definitely would have to say NO. But I personally don't have a good taste in my mouth when it comes to greek orgs. On the otherhand it is "just hair" and it will grow back...hopefully.

One of my good friends had a sister who pledged and they put peanut butter, eggs, ketchup, etc in her hair and she couldn't get the peanut butter out so she had to cut her wasitlengh hair to APL, it's never really gotten back to where it was.
 
unless they held a gun to her head, nobody forced her to do anything :nono: sometimes people will ask you to do crazy things when you're on line, but it's up to you to decide if you'll do it or not...just 'doing' without thinking is often what gets a lotta people in trouble when it comes to pledging...you often have to look a certain way when you're on line, but my front has BSL hair, and my pros would NEVER dream of asking her to cut her hair just so it could be like the rest of ours...if they did and she dropped, i could totally understand that!

if you take this out of the sorority context, this could just be a case of pure hair hate...i mean, how many times have we run into jealous stylists who CHOP instead of trim? how many times have we heard of jealous little girls 'accidentally' cutting our daughter/sister/niece's long hair in school? it seems to me that if this girl (and others) with long hair have to cut their hair to get in this particular chapter, then they're walking into a chapter of girls who are using their sorority status (and the long-haired girl's 'need' to belong) to simply make them feel better about themselves and their poor hair habits...:nono:
 
MsDee4 said:
:lachen:Ya'll a mess!!!

But it wasn't for the appearance of a bun. But to more-so show sacrifice.. actual hair had to be cut :spinning:
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I know what you are saying, but back in the day when I pledged, everything was about sacrifice. We just decided that we would put our heads together to figure out ways to get around what we didn't want to do or didn't have time to do. We would have probably all showed up with the same bob wig or sew in. We DEFINITELY would have TRIED this before we would have cut our hair. I had some line sisters with waistlength hair, and I pledged some girls with waistlength hair. Even if we were asked to do that or I asked my little sisters to do that, I would not have wanted them to really cut it. I would have been more proud of them coming together to find a group solution. I guess that was just me and my chapter. Our big sisters were proud of us when we worked together for solutions to the problems they gave us.
 
DivaStyle said:
I know what you are saying, but back in the day when I pledged, everything was about sacrifice. We just decided that we would put our heads together to figure out ways to get around what we didn't want to do or didn't have time to do. We would have probably all showed up with the same bob wig or sew in. We DEFINITELY would have TRIED this before we would have cut our hair. I had some line sisters with waistlength hair, and I pledged some girls with waistlength hair. Even if we were asked to do that or I asked my little sisters to do that, I would not have wanted them to really cut it. I would have been more proud of them coming together to find a group solution. I guess that was just me and my chapter. Our big sisters were proud of us when we worked together for solutions to the problems they gave us.
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ITA :yep: that girl didn't have to cut her hair, she and her LSs just didn't think of a way to do what their pros wanted them to do w/o her actually having to cut her hair...think, people, think!
 
is the hair cutting maybe similar to when the fraternities go bald before they come out?????????

Not that it matters. Just asking if any greeks have any input on the symbolism of that.
 
As a member of one of the greatest sorhorities ever created, I would have to say that as a member of a sorority you will do anything to help out your organization in anyway that you can, but sacrificing yourself or your beliefs should not be an option. I think organizations are getting too carried away with the initiation process...this girl is lucky she had her hair chopped off...I know people who died trying to join a sorority/fraternity:ohwell:
 
seeminglysweet said:
is the hair cutting maybe similar to when the fraternities go bald before they come out?????????

Not that it matters. Just asking if any greeks have any input on the symbolism of that.
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i can't speak for everybody, but i know in my chapter, we've always had girls with different lengths of hair, and nobody ever asked anybody to cut it for uniformity...that can be achieved in different ways (everybody wears ponytails, for example, or you get a cheap phony pony if your hair was too short)...

i'm pretty sure there is some symbolism with guys going bald while on line/coming out, but then again, most guys aren't like women when it comes to hair! :grin:
 
MsDee4 said:
A girl here at my university has cut her hair from BSL to a bob to become a member of a sorority. The members "urged" her to do so. She is not the first girl, and this isn't the first year of them doing this but she had about the prettiest hair of them all and it SHOCKED me.

I know hair can grow back and the letters are for forever. Because of the ENERYG, TIME, and MONEY I've put into my hair, but I just don't know if I could make that sacrifice... Could you??
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I am a sorority girl (Zeta) and I love my sorority but there is no way in hell I would cut my hair off for anybody! That is taking it wayyyyy to far! But I guess some pledges will do anything to belong to something. So Sad....:nono:
 
DivaStyle said:
I know what you are saying, but back in the day when I pledged, everything was about sacrifice. We just decided that we would put our heads together to figure out ways to get around what we didn't want to do or didn't have time to do. We would have probably all showed up with the same bob wig or sew in. We DEFINITELY would have TRIED this before we would have cut our hair. I had some line sisters with waistlength hair, and I pledged some girls with waistlength hair. Even if we were asked to do that or I asked my little sisters to do that, I would not have wanted them to really cut it. I would have been more proud of them coming together to find a group solution. I guess that was just me and my chapter. Our big sisters were proud of us when we worked together for solutions to the problems they gave us.
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ITA with the bolded. That's how we rolled...maybe it was the organization ;)
 
I believe it was more of a mind game at the most :spinning: If all had to look in unison then all should have gotten a bob wig or sew in. My line sisters and I had to be the exact same, however all of us didn't have the same length so some got weave put in their hair so that we could be in unison. I'm not sure what sorority or what chapter their in but that was to the extreme I must say...
 
HONESTLY I DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE IF THEY HAD ASKED ME TO CUT MY HAIR SHOOT BRA STRAP THATS A LONG WAY FROM A BOB IM SURE THE CUT IS CUTE ON THE GIRL BUT I HOPE SHE MADE IT ACROSS AND THEY WERE NOT BS HER FOR FUN. MAN THAT SORORITY BETTA HAVE MY BACK RIGTH OR WRONG 4 LIFE IF I DID THAT CUT. BUT I HAVE HEARD AND SEEN SOME GIRLS DO SOME WAY STUPID THINGS JUST TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION OF INTEREST. AT LEAST THE GIRL HAIR WILL GROW BACK.
 
loved said:
I don't know if I would. Remember the girl on ANTM who went from waist length to a pixie cut an left when Tyra said she wanted another inch off?
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And you know she was a fool cuz all her hair was cut off anyway! She just did that out of spite and ended losing out in the long run.

Sorry...back to the topic at hand.
 
All I know is the debil would haver been iceskating that day, 'cuz hell surely would have frozen. Keep us updated and let us know if she makes it.
 
TLC1020 said:
I believe it was more of a mind game at the most :spinning: If all had to look in unison then all should have gotten a bob wig or sew in. My line sisters and I had to be the exact same, however all of us didn't have the same length so some got weave put in their hair so that we could be in unison. I'm not sure what sorority or what chapter their in but that was to the extreme I must say...
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This is true and they had better hope that it is not interpreted as hazing. :nono: I would sure hate for my dues to increase again....
 
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