During my reign as a Florida State sorority girl I’ve had the chance to experience my fair share of fraternity and sorority date functions. In this time, I have come to realize that between the battle of boys verse girls, fraternities come up on top every time. Sad to admit, I know, but they really do.
Here are the top five reasons why fraternities have better date functions then sorority ladies.
1. Themes are always better.
With out a doubt, fraternities take the cake as far as themes go. Everyone knows that champagne and shackles is the Beyoncé of the date function world. Who wouldn’t want to be handcuffed to their date all night? Not to mention you have to finish a whole bottle of champagne before you can un-handcuff yourself from those dollar store shackles that would in no way come undone without a key. Fraternities -- A+ to you; this theme is #flawless.
2. You can be “that girl.”
Another perk to fraternity date functions is that your exec board isn’t watching. Oh yes, sloppy making out on the bus to the bar? Perfectly okay. Dancing on the stripper pole? Encouraged. Grinding on your date like you’re in a Nikki Minaj music video? Do it, girl. Since you probably know no one there besides one other sister, and maybe your date, these unholy actions that would get you sent to standards on your own function are totally okay. Just leave the throwing up in the bathroom at home.
3. No check-ins.
This is one is my personal favorite. In an effort to protect us, sororities implement check-ins; basically they know where you are at all times. However, these check-ins require you to wait 20 minutes for the bus to pick you up from Cantina to take you back to your house that you could get to in exactly 3.4 minutes (5.2 if you’re in heels) by walking. Meanwhile, at fraternity date function, there is no said rule. This means at 12:05 a.m., whern you and your date are really hitting it off, there is no waiting for the bus, and attempting to act sober while exec checks you out. You just go straight to his place to “play” with his puppy he’s been raving about all night.
4. You’re one step closer to going on his formal.
That’s right. Everyone knows that when you invite your hot baby bio lab partner to your Disney-themed date function in means nothing in the way of him thinking of you as a potential formal companion. He is probably just doing it so he can brag to all his friends that he went to XYZ’s function. Now, him asking you to his date function? Totally different story. This means he browsed and stalked probably seven other girls on all forms of social media, and he chose you. Him taking you on his date function is like a trial run for formal. So, for the ladies trying to paint a cooler this season, here is your time to shine. Put on your A game and show this dude you’re the coolest, and in no way, crazy chick who would be an awesome date to his formal. Just remember to act like you had no idea that his formal was a cruise to the Bahamas, and that you haven’t already started his cooler three weeks before he asked you.
5. Because pre-games.
Pre- games -- that one little word that no one dare speaks at the sorority house, but is raved about at the fraternity's. This really is what puts fraternity date functions ahead of sorority's. Because being able to down a bottle of wine before even getting to the bar, and not having to frantically find a mint before getting to the sorority house is actually the best.
So, moral of the story is girls should head over to Jupiter because they know how to have awesome date functions over there.
