Aside from sisterhood, brotherhood and all that good stuff, one of the best reasons to be in Greek life is for its social events. With calendars packed full of socials, chapters, philanthropies, and other various events, it’s hard to imagine having any time for the important things in life, like love... or the more likely in Greek life, lust. But leave it to sororities and fraternities to find a solution to the problem: Date Functions.
Whether you’re taking a random, your friend from back home, or your long term significant other, date functions are the end all be all of Greek social life. The only problem is that sororities and fraternities have two totally different ideas on the meaning of date functions.
For starters when guys hear “date function”:
They automatically know a night of outrageousness is going to ensue and will have #noragrets or worries when comes time for getting a date or planning an outfit.
When girls hear it:
Sure we're excited but we also have to worry about who to take, what to wear and how to juggle it with studying for our exam that happens to be the next day.
Fraternity date functions are also much more laid back and most guys only have one thing in mind:
Sorority functions usually include actual events that are really fun and that are not solely dependent on drinking. Like dancing at Semi Formal for example:
Speaking of formals...Fraternity formals seem to be the opposite of anything formal.
And then there are sorority formals which are relatively in line with the name of the event.
Worst of all is the misconception when it comes to themed functions.
Guys hear it's USA themed and show up like:
When girls usually think along the lines of:
And of course it all comes down to how the night ends.
Fraternity guys probably picture it going something like this:
But let's be real, we all know it'll be more like:
