Whether a national or local sorority, greek life is something that we take so very seriously. Our sorority has become our life, our home. However, you never notice how silly you sound to your friends that aren't in greek life until you start talking about it and realize they don't understand a single word you're saying. For all of us srat girls out there, here are 25 things that only sorority girls will understand:
1. Tying to explain to non-greek life friends what a big and little are
2. Crafting, so much crafting ... even if you don’t necessarily know how to craft
3. Hearing the ever so popular “you pay for your friends” phrase
4. Trying to juggle school work while staying up all night during recruitment week
5. “Do you guys haze?!”
6. What boys think when they hear you’re in a sorority
7. What adults think when they hear you’re in a sorority
8. Spending hundreds of dollars on something greek apparel
9. No matter what the event, your guy friends always want you to invite your sorority sisters
10. Throwing what you know everywhere you go ... and watching all your peers judge you for it
11. Running into someone from your sorority of a different chapter and having an instant bond
12. Dreading weekly chapter meeting, but never wanting to leave when you’re there
13. Trying to recruit every freshman you meet to join greek life, and scaring them with your enthusiasm
14. Going all out for mixer themes
15. Turning competitive during greek week
16. All your classmates think you own nothing but letters
17. Everyone on campus knows your chants, that’s how much you scream them
18. Either being completely obsessed with Lilly Pulitzer or having no idea who she is, there’s no in between
19. The “sorority squat” that we all claim we don’t do, but find ourselves in more than often
20. Buying a new dress for formal every year, even though you're broke and own a million dresses
21. When frat boys think they know you based off of the sorority you’re in
22. That awkward moment when your big or little call you by your first name
23. Having an unbreakable bond with your pledge sisters
24. All anyone thinks you do is party 24/7
25. Feeling lost when the year is over and all your sisters are gone for the summer
Despite the stereotyping and judgement, and no matter what the sorority or letters, at the end of the day we can all agree that joining greek life was the best decision we've ever made.
