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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son had an interesting take on it. He’s had several fraternities reach out to him but he isn’t interested. In his opinion it’s A. Weird to pay for friends B. More about gaining social protection by subjugating your will and moral compass to a group and C Limiting as he enjoys bringing together different groups of people. My daughter had a slightly different but similar opinion that she didn’t want some other group picking and dictating her friends for her. She is shockingly beautiful so the queen bees always zero in on her to get her to join their cliques and she’s always rebuffed them, picked her own friends.

Both kids have a strong protect the weaker person ethos and can’t stand people who reject or pick on people to boost their own popularity. Greek life seems to attract people willing to follow not lead, and prey on the weaker people rather than defend. [/quote]

I do agree with the not wanting to pay for friends.  When I att need college rush was fall literally during new student week before clssses had begun.  Kids had 2 days on campus then bam! Rush started.  So no chance for people to make their own friends and those that had started ended up going different ways because they ended up in different sororities [/quote]

Someone explain “paying for friends”.  The phrase is thrown around all the time and makes little sense.

Is joining any organization where you pay dues (a pool club, a running club, a rec softball team, etc.) and receive a product in return “paying for friends”?

My kid saves money with their fraternity fees compared to the other room & board options…how is that “paying for friends”?[/quote]

DP.  Do the pool club, running club, and rec softball team decide whether or not they will allow you to join based on ambiguous reasons, or is anyone allowed as long as they pay the fee?[/quote]

There's a huge difference.  For starters, the rec softball team doesn't all live together.  There are only so many rooms in a frat or sorority house, so only so many can fit.

Nice try, though.[/quote]

Is membership in any of those clubs based on how cute you are, what you’re wearing, legacy status? Do the members vote on whether other students are worth having in the club?
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You're assuming that those things matter at all -- or even most -- houses.  They don't.  [/quote]

But the members do vote on who is good enough, right? That’s a big difference.

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Exactly.  Talk about obtuse - the PP refuses to acknowledge this crucial point.  No one votes to let you into a pool, running club, or rec softball team.  You just join and pay your dues.  Done.[/quote]

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