Little Sister Coming to School!

Hello everyone!

So sorry for the long delay but never fear, I am back once more! And did I have fun this weekend. And no, not because I got smashed or got laid or any of the other vulgar things, you dirty minded readers!

Just kidding ;).

But really, I had fun. My younger sister came to stay with me here in Missouri. She is a junior in high school and is starting the college search. It was a bit iffy at one point, but she will be considering my university for the next four years of her life. The iffiness was due to my presence. Does she want to attend the same university that her older sister goes to? The world waits in suspense for her answer.

So anyway, she slept in my dorm and we hung out for a little over a day and a half. She took a tour and attended an info session. I showed her my room, introduced her to my friends, and took her to a frat party.

I can just see the look on your face. Yes yes, I took my sixteen year old sister to a frat.

And now I need to spend the next couple of paragraphs defending that decision so I won't loose readers as fast as Brittney Spears loses the shirt on stage.

First of all, I knew the frat I took her to well. I had frequented their basement for many a night of dancing (on my part) and drinking (on their part). This frat, frats in general here at WU, are not like some of the other frats I have heard about. Generally, I believe they are a bit tamer than other might be, perhaps owing to the general tame nature of WU students or some other factor, I do not know. Well, ok, so I'm a bit naive and of course I don't know everything that goes on in the house, and the drunk boys are always a risk factor, but I took her in a large group of my friends from my floor and she was always within seeing distance, so I didn't feel too threatened.

Anyway, on with the story. So parties at this frat happen in the basement, which has half the room taken up by the elevated dancing floor, a mixture of wood and those lights in the floor like old disco movies, and the other half plain tile for beer pong. They set up the long tables and anyone and everyone can set up a game with the beer and cups that are provided until supplies run out.

At first, I kept her close to the group of friends who was dancing, staying beside her every second. Then, I let her go.

Having lived with her all my life, but for the past school year, and having tried to be the advice giving role model older sister, I know quite a bit about her personality. She cannot take advice. I'm the same way with certain things. She has to make her own mistakes before she can learn.

She has been pushing our parents to let her out, let her have some freedom to experience life like "all the other kids get to cuz thier parents actually understand and let them" (quote from one memorable parentals vs. sister fight). Hookah bar. Under 18 club. Concerts two hours away with parental supervision. And its always a screaming fight when they feel these things are outside the realm of "things a 15/16 old should be doing".

So I took her to a frat. A relatively safe frat with people all around who knew her and what she was (not a college student). A place where I was there.

A place where she could make a mistake and not completely ruin her future. A place like WU.

This is why I want her to go here. I believe it is a relatively sheltered environment where she can grow with risking getting taken advantage of too badly.

That night, I let her make her own decision, just like many a college freshman get to make the first night away from their parents. I do not know if she drank or not. Yes I was there and she was always in my sight, but I was not carefully cataloging her every move.

I'm like the military, man. Don't ask, Don't tell. I don't know if she drank or not. I don't know if she took a hit from some joint. But we where back in the room by 4am and she had had a great time.

I don't think I made a mistake that night. It's a decision that everyone will make, and should be free to make. Alcohol is a choice. We need to let people make that choice.

LPin