alabama sorority wealth - all you need to know

To set the record straight. There are NO,ZERO wealthy Alabamans that is an oxymoron. There is NO “Old Money” in Alabama, anyone that becomes wealthy by US ( North and West standards) clear out of that cesspool known as Alabama. Old money or being wealthy in Alabama means your daddy or grand daddy owns the local mortuary or furniture store. INBREEDING has not been kind to Alabamans.

Truth Hurts- Show me on the doll where an Alabama local hurt you and stole your boyfriend. You don’t understand basic history. Google Mountain Brook average income. Google Founding Families of Virginia. Google The Great Migration. These Alabama “inbreeding” families are the descendants of whom? It’s true there were a lot of people who are not from that group of second and third son nobility who came to make their fortunes in colonial America but typically their great grandmothers weren’t in college joining sororities. Sorry their descendants beat you out for a spot in Old Row.

I went OR last year from OOS/in region(ish) -they pay my dues and can afford to, but my parents don’t buy me tori Burch or anything that can’t be found at TJ Maxx. I’ve saved up for a staple purse and pair of shoes. I drive a hand me down year old SUV that I love and I’m grateful for. I sympathize with the girls who can’t afford to join a house bc they can’t t afford dues, but more than anything, I’ve learned that in the right house, money really isn’t everything - it’s just extra sprinkles on a cupcake. What really matters is who you are and who the people you surround yourself with are.

Sorry not a hand me down “year old” SUV - I’m not a Kardashian. Eight year old SUV 😂

These comments always make me laugh. Do you honestly think only girls from Alabama understand the concept of “family”/“old” money? There are old money families everywhere. Oil families in Texas, Kennedy family in New York, the list goes on. It’s definitey not incomprehensible to OOS girls that not all wealth is Kardashian-esque.

this is so dumb. Where I'm from, if your wealth is from your grandparents it's still considered new money. Then again, no amount of money can buy class or intelligence, regardless of what generation it's from, so if you think the only old money comes from Alabama, your family must not be rich enough to get you out of your little bubble.

There are "old money" Vestavia public school girls, prep school girls from southern cities like Atlanta, and OOS New England/Manhattan prep school girls all in the same house. None are superior to the next. If you fit in, you'll find your home. If you don't, you'll find it elsewhere. It's that simple.

Wow. What a nice lot of comments to #6. The way I read the comment was in response to #3 (the last serious comment above her). That girl said that girls with inexpensive, non-name-brand clothes got into top houses. She was just explaining why. And yes, there are states where there isn't a tradition of revering the past like there is here. So stop hating on people who make observations that we all know are true.

There's a difference from having old money and "revering the past" - which we all know Alabama's past as a state (if I'm reading your implication correctly) is mired at best. There's also a difference between celebrating girls who aren't brand-crazy and tearing down OOS girls. Let's just all agree that any chapter worth its salt would prefer a classy, kind, intelligent, well-mannered girl who knows how to present herself over someone who only cares about brands and money, regardless of where you're from or what your daddy does. So long as you can pay your dues and you're not a flight/reputation risk, you'll have a good shot.

I wasn't going to "name names" but decided it would be better for those trying to understand.

Since when is phi mu considered old row?? They most definitely were not when I was in school there in the early 2000s.