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Any other sororities with wedding traditions?

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Trevor, on October 19, 2017 at 3:25 PM

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So I was speaking with some of my sorority sisters and they reminded me that there's a tradition in our sorority (Chi Omega) where the sisters surround the bride, holding hands, and sing a particular song and sort of "send her off" into married life. It got me thinking, are there any other...

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S · on October 19, 2017 at 8:52 PM
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These are so interesting! I was in Gamma Phi, but had never heard of the teapot thing. I texted my little after I read it and she got a kick out of that!
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QueSeraSera · on October 19, 2017 at 8:54 PM
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@Alecia - maybe it was just our chapter then?! I've never heard of the Bible verse!! Also, our chapter called it candlepass Crazy!
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Trevor · on October 19, 2017 at 8:57 PM
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@SFB I'll be disappointed if she doesn't get you one now!
Some things are definitely chapter specific. I once went to a convention for Chi O only to discover that my chapter sang shades (the song used at weddings) to a different tune than others!
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AJ · on October 19, 2017 at 9:14 PM
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@OGA My chapter also calls it candlelight! All the groups at my school are local though so not entirely comparable
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AJ · on October 19, 2017 at 9:26 PM
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@OGA Illinois.. maybe a Midwest thing!
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QueSeraSera · on October 19, 2017 at 9:30 PM
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@AJ & Alecia - I went to school in Iowa.. so not a Midwest thing!
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Leeann · on October 20, 2017 at 3:48 PM
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Alpha Phi here! We have a candle pass to announce pinnings and engagements, but not much else in terms of wedding traditions. Love hearing other sorority traditions!
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Ashley · on October 20, 2017 at 4:01 PM
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These are so cute and sweet. It makes me really regret not joining a sorority in college!
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QueSeraSera · on October 20, 2017 at 4:05 PM
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It's interesting to see how much has changed.
When I was in college, we had tons of candlepasses because everybody was getting engaged.
My sister, who just graduated from college, said she doesn't know ANYONE who is engaged. I even asked my cousin who is a year older than my sister, if she thought her and her BF of 3 years were going to get married someday, and her response was "omg, we're too young to think about that".
It's weird, no? I went to so many weddings during and right after college.
I'm one of the last people I know to get married and I'm "only" 29! Everyone I know is married with children. I have several friends my age with 3 kids already.
Now, everyone getting married in the early-mid 20s is considered a "young bride"

Just speaking for my area and the university I went to Not generalizing here..
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Savvy January 2019
Trevor · on October 20, 2017 at 4:21 PM
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I think there were maybe 2/3 girls who got engaged whilst I was an active. I'm 23 and get told I'm too young a lot! I'll be 25 by the time I'm actually getting married though and people seem to think that that is the magic number and they are suddenly fine with it!
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