I began college joining a sorority, and shortly after, finding out how it was like to date someone else in Greek Life. Truth be told, even when you're in the same exact position, nothing feels as real as experiencing something yourself from the outside. I've dated men before who broke up with me for being in a sorority, because there were things happening that they didn't agree to. Being in an organization of any sort is a lot like having a full-time job, along with school. To save your sanity, here's something things you should expect before saying "yes."

Your schedules will never line up.

I learned this one the hard way. During any given week, there's at least two meetings your significant other will be going to. Loading that on top of philanthropy events, socials, pledge meetings, and brotherhood/sisterhood events, it will be complete chaos most days. With school, jobs, and internships of your own, there will be times where seeing each other for an hour every few days will be your only option. You will begin to appreciate the small times you actually get to spend together, and you'll cherish end-of-semester breaks when the chaos is finally over.

Make friends with their friends, because how their brothers and sisters think of you will make the difference.

As the Spice Girls would say, "If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends." Those in Greek Life treat their brothers and sisters like blood relatives and have all the influence. It may not be fair, but I promise you it'll save you tons of headache.

Words you've never used in regular banter will be used, a lot.

"Date party," "rush," "PNM," "pref night," and "chapter" are a few of many examples, and understanding what these are from the start will make tedious conversation mean something a little more to you.

There are events specifically designed for two organizations of the opposite-sex to mingle. Acceptance is key.

By far one of the toughest challenges to dating someone is Greek Life is accepting the fact that they will be around the opposite sex more than you would like. Unless you're in the sorority or fraternity involved in these mixers, you will probably not be invited to go. When I go to mixers, I enjoy them because I get to be with most of my organization at one time and dress up in a ridiculous theme. This will be a hard pill to swallow most weekends, but keep faith, because there's usually good intentions behind it.

You will never understand why he has "pledge stuff" on a Tuesday night, or why she has a 9-hour recruitment workshop on a Saturday. Every question is not meant to be answered.

In Greek Life, there are things we cannot disclose to people who are not in our organization. Even being Greek and dating someone in Greek Life, I still do not know about most things in that organization, and one of these things will definitely be "pledge stuff." For most sororities, you will see acronyms that don't make sense to you, and there will be obligations on Saturday afternoons to plan a recruitment that no one else can know about. Don't feel offended when these things can't be said to you; most of these people are just protective over their traditions and history, and even that's something I had to adjust to.

Sorority houses will have strict rules and fraternity houses will be... unique.

Sororities have strict rules about what can happen (or not happen) inside of their homes, like no boys and no alcohol. On the contrary, you will experience things in fraternity houses that you will never be able to un-see.

Paint on everything.

This goes for more of the sororities, but paint is on everything because we have a fixation with wanting to customize everything. Paddles, coolers, flasks, pong tables, canvases, wooden boxes - everything and anything deserves Lilly print, monograms, glitter, and our favorite frats letters. When we commit to a craft, we commit, so take your cooler, act like you understand why we made it, and enjoy it.

Moral of the story, it'll be an adjustment, but I promise there will never be a dull moment.