On Bid Day, I was very unsure of what my future would hold. As I hurriedly pulled a Delta Gamma letter shirt over my sports bra (we’re all girls here), I looked around and wondered what the heck I was doing getting involved with the madness of a sorority. All the screaming and bouncing and picture taking seemed foreign, like a good hair day in Alabama.

Fast forward to this year, and let me tell you. I now understand all of the screaming and bouncing and picture taking. I constantly argue the necessity of popping a gamma in every picture. I do my best to respect the Hannah Doll (even though I keep mine in a closet, because let’s be honest…scary). I’ve even started pinning cream colored roses on my Pinterest wedding board, and I am a hydrangea girl over everything. Yes, this is who I have become. Because I, dear reader, am a DG fanatic. If you relate, I bet you are too.

1. Anna, Mary and Eva are the sisters we all want to be.

It’s kind of incredible that three women stuck in a blizzard had the gumption to create a women’s fraternity. When I’m that cold, I can barely get out of bed. But no, dear friends, we are lucky enough that our founding trio found time in their Mississippi winter to create a sisterhood built on friendship, education, culture, and social responsibility. Way to go, ladies!

2. Your left shoulder is somehow much more flexible than your right.

And thank goodness, because how else could you let the world know that you’re a DG? Being a Deeg must be God’s will, because why else would our gamma-poppin’ shoulder be the more flexible one. Am I right?

3. Speaking of popping the gamma… Yes, it is appropriate for pictures at every event, Greek or not.

Concert? Pop that gamma. Going out on a Thursday? Pop that gamma. Invite party? POP THAT GAMMA, GIRL! Plus, it’s a lot easier than making a delta and a gamma with your fingers. You really can’t mess up popping the gamma, but it sure is easy to throw a delta seven with your fingers.

4.You can just tell if someone is a DG, even if you can’t put your finger on exactly why.

You know when you have the biggest friend crush on someone, and you know you would be best friends if you just knew them? And I don’t mean “oh, she’s so stylishh she’s so cool” kind of friend crush. I mean the “I-could-tell-you-my-secrets-and-also-watch-movies-that-make-me-ugly-cry-with-you” kind of friend crush. Bid Day is like waling into a room full of friend crushes. And it. Is. Awesome. You’re walking into a sisterhood filled with women you can admire in character and spirit (and style).

5. Anchors.

I know this doesn’t really need any explanation, but can we just talk about how EVERYTHING HAS ANCHORS ON IT LATELY? Literally. Everything. I don’t care if you like J.Crew or the Gap or Anthropologie or TJ Maxx (love ‘em all). Anchors are a thing.

6. Correcting the grammar police when they say “Doing Good” isn’t a thing.

Yes, yes it totally is a thing. We don’t just do well, heck, sometimes we might do AWFUL, but at least we’re always doing good.

7. Capitalizing the “dg” in any word with a “dg”. Even when it doesn’t make sense.

#pleDGe #modpoDGe #eDGe #heDGe it might not always make sense, but gosh darn it, everyone is going to know that we’re tweeting this as a Delta Gamma.

8. You need designated clappers for all the chants.

It’s not that we don’t respect you, it’s just that you can’t clap on the beat. And that’s okay! Just don’t clap, plz. We don’t need D-E-LTA getting lost in a sea of random claps.

9. You don't really understand Hannah, but you respect her.

Why did we have to make this red-headed gal our mascot? I'm not sure, but that's what she is, so we love her anyways. Also, she's small enough to hide away in a closet at night, so that's nice too.

10. You've pinned cream colored roses to your wedding/home decor/ board (and you don't even like roses).

Somehow, in the process of becoming a Delta Gamma woman, the cream colored rose has become an acceptable flower. In fact, it might be the only acceptable flower. And it's all ours! (snaps to the American Rose Society)