Joining a sorority was by far one of the best decisions of my life, and I couldn’t imagine what my first year at college would have been like without my sisters. However, even in my short time being a member of a sorority I have made the discovery that everyone is not friends with everyone. Some of you may be thinking, “Well duh, there are hundreds of us; of course some girls won’t get along.” but then there are some of you who are thinking, “What?! That’s ridiculous. Sisterhood forever, I love everyone and everyone loves me.”

The truth is, not everyone is going to like you and you aren’t going to like everyone else, either. That’s one of those things that end up happening in a house full of girls. Just like in any real family, sorority sisters can have problems with each other. If you approach sorority life thinking that you’re going to be best friends with every single one of your sisters, you’ll end up sadly disappointed.

What I’ve also found out about sorority life is that even though you don’t have to like everyone, you do love everyone. Just like in your family back home, you and your siblings can argue nonstop but at the end of the day you know you still love each other. That’s what sisterhood is all about. Being in a sorority means that although you may not get along with some of your sisters, you’re all still family and you have to watch out for each other. This doesn’t mean you have to hang out with everyone, or even really talk to every single one of your sisters, but you do need to have each other’s back no matter what.

Girls will be girls, and there will always be some sort of drama or disagreement somewhere in your chapter. As the unwritten rulebook of sisterhood says, you don’t have to like everyone but you sure have to love everyone. Life in a sorority is so much easier when you realize that not everyone will be friends with everyone, but they are all your sisters. It’s your job to love them as a sister would.