… She may ask to pledge a sorority.
If she decides to go through rush, she is going to need a whole bunch of new clothes for the process.
That means her mom will have to take her to 20 different stores for at least 4 different outfits.
But the new clothes won’t look as good without accessories, so she will have to find some new bling to accent her new outfits.
And what goes with new clothes and sparkly accoutrements? New shoes, of course!
When she realizes that she needs new shoes, she will have to do some web surfing on Zappos.com
This search for shoes will remind her that she will need to search the web for the “best looking, coolest” sorority houses on campus.
This web search will give her the idea to look up all of the sorority web sites where she will see hundreds of smiley, happy girls.
These cheerful pictures will remind her how badly she wants to join one of these exclusive groups which then will produce lots of stress and anxiety upon returning to college for the new semester.
This stress may trigger thoughts of insecurity, even though she first went off to college with a great sense of self-worth and confidence.
As she soon will learn in her psych 101 class, insecurity could lead to a bad first impression which of course will earn her many, many rejections from the “best looking, coolest” houses on campus because rushing is all about the superficial aspects of people.
This will cause much crying, weeping, sobbing and uber-drama (did I mention crying?) which will generate scores of calls and texts to her mom for advice and help. If she is lucky she will listen to her mom who will expend every ounce of energy to build her confidence back up.
This will help her come to realize that most of the girls in most of the sorority houses just don’t get it, and there really are one or two groups of girls who want to know her as a person and not as a blingy, smiling mannequin.
Once she realizes this, all the drama will end, and she will gain back her self-assurance. AND…
With a new, more mature attitude, she will find and join a group of nice young ladies who will help her start the next episode of her still very young life.
Meanwhile, mom and dad will have aged 20 years during this week-long process!!
Sounds about right. Will you remind me of this in about 12 years?
I will be there for you. Maybe the system will be better in 12 years. Really!?