My sophomore year of college I was fortunate enough to be crowned the Tzena (sweetheart) of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity -- aka, the best honor ever. It’s my claim to fame in college and was the most fun-filled, wild year of my life. Not only did I get to be invited to brotherhoods and be the only girl, but I got to know, like really know, and get inside the mind of a bunch of frat guys. I saw it all: the good, the bad and the ugly. There are such bad stereotypes about the Greek system in general, but especially fraternity men. I had the opportunity to see most of those stereotypes become completely debunked. After a while none of them filtered anything around me, no thoughts, stories or bodily functions. And I loved it.

1. It is in fact, possible to love more than one man at one time. I loved 80. Now I know how Serena felt when she couldn’t pick between Dan, Nate, or her many other lovers.
2. Despite common beliefs, they do have feelings. Most just chose not to show it because men are too wrapped up in their egos and being “macho.”
3. They talk about girls ALMOST as much as we talk about them (disclaimer, it is, however, slightly more vulgar language.)
4. You can bribe them to do just about anything if you give them food and/or beer.
5. They are some of the best people to have heart-to-hearts with. And yes, they will open up, but they just have to trust you.
6. When they have that “I just rolled out of bed and went to class” hair, they didn’t. They just spent five minutes looking in the mirror fixing it to look like that.
7. If they like you, they’ll treat you like a little sister and won’t let anyone mess with you.
8. Their idea of multitasking consists of power showering before they start getting ready so they can get a little buzz before the pregame. Also, it’s fun, so why not chug a beer while taking a shower?
9. If they get cheated on, or a girl plays them, it really messes with them. They may not show it on the outside (the whole ego thing again,) but inside it’s taking a toll.
10. They truly believe rules are meant to be broken. All. Rules.
11. As long as their refrigerator has some beer in it, they’re content.
12. Some of them are huge mama’s boys, and seeing them interact with their moms on mom’s weekend, is one of the cutest things ever.
13. They do actually have a sense of style, they’re just too lazy to put together anything other than basketball shorts, Nike slides, crew socks and a t-shirt… but I mean, I’m not complaining.
14. They are way more manipulative/scheming than we give them credit. They are almost as creepy as girls are.
15. We all know how annoying it is that Instagram doesn’t have a zoom-in feature. So sometimes, you have to screen shot a picture and zoom in. Guys do this too.
16. Beer is an “acceptable” substitution for any meal of the day.
17. They’re better at taking orders than they pretend. They hear us telling them to clean up, but just ignore us… which they can’t do in their fraternities.
18. When we can’t figure out the message they’re trying to send us, it’s because they don’t even know the message they’re trying to send us.
19. We are basically the same. Except for a few more belches, other bodily functions. And of course, yes -- that other part is a given.
20. But most importantly, they are the most beautifully annoying and confusing creatures to grace our existence. And life would be pretty boring without them.