While mom and dad may have been Susie Sorority and Freddy Fraternity, times have changed… kind of. Your boyfriend is Fratty McFratpants and you’re definitely a sorostitute.

Frat Daddies

You might be wondering why I’m writing about frattiness on a blog about white chicks. That is one common misconception about frattiness– but gender need not apply. Frattiness is a way of life.

There are many elements of frattiness, and what we will focus on here is not the “grimy apartment filled with dude-smell” aspect, but the spirit of being fratty.

So what’s fratty? Skiing down three flights of stairs at 3 o’clock in the morning? You bet. Playing real live Donkey Kong with empty kegs in a stinky hallway? Absolutely. Throwing parties on a porch dubbed “The Fratio” or drunkenly scaling the fire escape? Totally fratty. And another reason white chicks love frattiness– theme parties are The Frattiest.

White chicks love, participate in, and date frattiness because they can wear Tiffany’s jewelry and still feel like they “get” guy humor. At the root of frattiness is fraternity, and thus, a feeling of inclusion. That’s why a white chick is secretly proud when her boyfriend does a 3 story beer bong of PBR in front of 78 people.

NOTE: Sometime frattiness cannot be clearly defined, so please be inspired by the list below.

Elements of (Fratty) Style:

-grilling

-pastel colors, popped collars

-snapping instead of clapping (snaps of the male variety are wildly spastic and have been dubbed by some as “the frat snap”)

-rainbows sandals and aviators

-playing “slap the bag” with Franzia on a school bus in pearls and a cocktail dress or suit

-Tour de Franzia

-Franzia

-rambunctious activity

-nicknames (fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon becomes Sigma Phi Hairsalon; sorority Alpha Phi becomes “all-for-free”)

Feel free to comment with your own examples, encounters, or experiences of frattiness!