01-07-2008, 05:50 AM
I'd like to spend half an hour responding to your post, but I don't have the time yet.
However, since the responses you've gotten so far are mostly lukewarm or negative, I just wanted to post here that I was in a social fraternity many moons ago, and it was a big positive.
My school had many fraternities and many of them were "drones" -- but the house I joined had about 40 members who were all unique each in our own way. I can't speak for being in a big house, but this size house, you know everyone, and in ours you usually got to know them quite well.
It's been 20 years, and there's still a group of about 30 of us plus about 30 wives that still party together 3 or 4 times a year. Funny thing is, it's mostly the wives keeping us all together.
-V
p.s. It's "about" 30 wives because of a couple single guys on one side, and a 2nd wife on the other. We've kept the first wife, but we don't see her as much, especially after she remarried and had kids.
However, since the responses you've gotten so far are mostly lukewarm or negative, I just wanted to post here that I was in a social fraternity many moons ago, and it was a big positive.
My school had many fraternities and many of them were "drones" -- but the house I joined had about 40 members who were all unique each in our own way. I can't speak for being in a big house, but this size house, you know everyone, and in ours you usually got to know them quite well.
It's been 20 years, and there's still a group of about 30 of us plus about 30 wives that still party together 3 or 4 times a year. Funny thing is, it's mostly the wives keeping us all together.
-V
p.s. It's "about" 30 wives because of a couple single guys on one side, and a 2nd wife on the other. We've kept the first wife, but we don't see her as much, especially after she remarried and had kids.