My kid is a senior and I finally went this year. Only because I hadn’t seen my kid in a while. It was fun meeting her roommates and some of their parents. Only a few organized events.

We don’t do the schools’s parents weekend-those are a waste with overpriced hotels. We just go see the kid when we want to. This year if just happened to be on the sorority parents weekend.

Some of you have some massive chips on your shoulder about Greek life. Which you know nothing about. Judge away from your high horse. We DGAF.

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Anonymous wrote:When I was in a sorority, mother’s weekend consisted of a catered brunch and a tour of the house. There was also some presentation and gifts from the daughter to the mother (flowers? A pin?).

It was relaxed.

This sounds lovely. I would go to this.

I am excited to meet my DD's sorority sisters, just like I'm excited to meet any new friends of hers. I will always want to know the people my kid is surrounding herself with and are important in her life.

So would I, I’d just prefer to do it another time and treat them all to a nice meal and conversation rather than forced mingling with other mom’s I won’t likely see again. Or even worse a party where people act like they’re in college again.

I don’t care less, just prefer to do it differently. Now if it meant a lot to my kid I’d hide it and go.

Anonymous wrote:OMG, I don't know but this triggers major feelings for me. I would NEVER do this. The one thing I cannot wait for when it comes to having kids in college is no more parent interaction bullshit.

Yes! After my kids were done with HS, it was great just seeing my friends and not all of the other moms.

next year skip the basic parent's weekend. Most who go are freshman parents. I am betting this will be way more lowkey.

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Anonymous wrote:When I was in a sorority, mother’s weekend consisted of a catered brunch and a tour of the house. There was also some presentation and gifts from the daughter to the mother (flowers? A pin?).

It was relaxed.

This sounds lovely. I would go to this.

I am excited to meet my DD's sorority sisters, just like I'm excited to meet any new friends of hers. I will always want to know the people my kid is surrounding herself with and are important in her life.

You should go. I think that Mom’s weekend is a lot of fun. We do a mix of the organized activities and our own thing. I drink, but definitely not to excess. It’s a good opportunity to meet some of DD’s friends and their moms.

My daughter is a freshman and her sorority alternates between mom's and dad's weekends each year. This year is for the moms and I am excited to go. The schedule is just hanging with your daughter and having a nice brunch and maybe one other thing. It should be fun!

I also went for the University's parent's weekend in the Fall. The sorority had a dinner and a celebration for all of the new girls. It was fun to see the house and meet her friends. We also went to the Frat parties and to a football game. The frats are set up for the parents during these weekends. They played our music and there was just some dancing and having fun. Nothing cringey or anything! I did see some beer funnels set up but didn't see anyone using any. My daughter was clear that the real frat parties were very different, lol. Not for everyone, but I thought it was fun to see how she spends her weekends in college! (Also, she is working hard and got a 4.0 first semester with a difficult course load, so she is balancing things just fine).

You all are too quick to judge. College is allowed to be fun...

Went to my DD’s sorority’s parent’s formal last fall, which also fell on Parent’s Weekend. I was not in a sorority, so this scene was new to me. After the football game, we had drinks at a restaurant, then headed to the dance. It was fun. We got to meet some of my DD’s friends and their parents. My DD was very happy we went. Her university is not that far away. We probably would have skipped if we had buy plane tickets.

Anonymous wrote:Ours was a parents' weekend and was fine. Brunch at the house, and I loved having my parents come and meet my friends. Very low-key and nice.

For my daughter at her SEC school it was Dads Weekend in fall (BBQ at the house followed by football game then Top Golf the next afternoon) and Mom’s weekend in spring (wine tasting painting thing on Friday evening, fashion show luncheon on Saturday, brunch on Sunday). classy events
But I’ll add that I saw a parents weekend SM post from U of Arizona that my 48-year-old friend from college posted and she was doing keg stands at a frat house while accompanying her DD, looking like she thought a MILF should look. That would not have been my thing at all, so I can appreciate that OP may need more information on this before making a decision.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people have kids if they do not want to interact with them when they are involved in an activity. Anyhow I remember a sorority weekend and it was a lots of fun. There was a brunch and also a dance with the dads (special guests). The moms had a dinner together while this was going on. We also went to a sporting event one day. It was a special weekend.

I definitely did not have kids so I could go get drunk with a bunch of strangers at my child's college.

Well the girls in those sororities did not rush girls whose parents have such distaste for the Greek system. See, it all works out!

They are great! Fly in - do fun things with yourr daughter. Meet her friends! Meet the friends' moms. Meet some people who live in other parts of the country. Go shopping. What's not to like?

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people have kids if they do not want to interact with them when they are involved in an activity. Anyhow I remember a sorority weekend and it was a lots of fun. There was a brunch and also a dance with the dads (special guests). The moms had a dinner together while this was going on. We also went to a sporting event one day. It was a special weekend.

I definitely did not have kids so I could go get drunk with a bunch of strangers at my child's college.

Stay home you hermit. I’m sure you do t interact well with other humans.

Google your daughter’s school and sorority and mom’s weekend and you should find some useful info. At our Big 10 school all the fraternities and sororities have it the same weekend and it’s house tours and social events with the kids and parents at the house. I know our kids aren’t at the same school since rush just started.

Anonymous wrote:When I was in a sorority, mother’s weekend consisted of a catered brunch and a tour of the house. There was also some presentation and gifts from the daughter to the mother (flowers? A pin?).

It was relaxed.

This sounds lovely. I would go to this.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people have kids if they do not want to interact with them when they are involved in an activity. Anyhow I remember a sorority weekend and it was a lots of fun. There was a brunch and also a dance with the dads (special guests). The moms had a dinner together while this was going on. We also went to a sporting event one day. It was a special weekend.

I definitely did not have kids so I could go get drunk with a bunch of strangers at my child's college.

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