I haven't talked to my big since she graduated (which also happens to be the year I was initiated) but my little and I keep in touch through livejournal. We also occasionally talk on the phone but have really different schedules. Little was also a bridesmaid in my wedding.

I keep in touch with my Big via MySpace, but it's hard to keep track of my Little since she's a musician and teacher. I'm still in contact with a number of brothers from my chapter, thanks to my sister & brother-in-law. Been to lots of weddings and assorted gatherings, and I got to spend an hour on the phone to my sister's Little - in Arizona! I keep telling him he's got to stop referring to me as "Uncle Reen" - it confuses his daughter :eek: :rolleyes: :)

Most definitely! Even though I live 7 hours from my WHOLE LINE we all keep in touch. Facebook and MySpace have done miracles for communication. And it's a long standing tradition for all of us to have lunch when I go back to my alma mater. I know it's easier with a smaller line, but if you impress upon the new guys the importance of staying in touch line-wise the tradition will never be lost. The lunch is one of my favorite activities when I visit. :D

I have two littles, and they are both active right now- i graduated in May.
little #1- she's president (took over my pres spot) - we aren't that close but i was more mothering to her- i always took care of her- so she knows i'm there if she needs me
little #2- we're closer now than when she pledged... she's treasurer in line for pres next semester (its a thing in my line to take on eboard positions.... i guess i set the precedent)

little #1- g.lil- she's house president ... we're pretty close
little#1- great grand little- she just got in this semester- super sweet girl- we're pretty close

little #2 g.lil- We're really really close- she's in line for social next semester (another one of my prior positions) we talk pretty much everyday online while i'm at work

my big also took another little after me and she's got two daughters and grandlittles- and i'm close with them too. mostly i stay in touch through facebook and myspace and when i come up- its a big deal

my family line is the biggest in my sorority b/c my great grand big had 3 daughters (we use mothers/daughters and big/little interchangeably but m/d is our official title) so i'm an aunt and great aunt to a lot of the new girls :)

I was visiting when the girls got in... and it made me so proud! i started crying and everyone was like whats wrong?! i was like- this is what i worked so hard for!

What can one say to this but CONGRATULATIONS and it is special isn't it?!:D

Big Brother/Pledge Father: I don't talk to all that often, we saw each other at a wedding a couple of years ago and hung out, but that's about it. He's a great guy, but he lives a few hours away and transferred after my freshman year.

Pledge sons/little brothers: We email/facebook/myspace message every once in a while; again, both are great guys, we just don't happen to hang out all that much these days.

I have to say I ended up being really lucky with both my pledge father and pledge sons; all are good guys and fun people.

my fam
 

I had lost touch with my big but we have recently re-connected via myspace. We are going out for dinner and drinks soon!

Little #1: we talk thru myspace on occasion. I'm glad we are getting the chance to reconnect! I missed her! We lost touch after she transfered schools.
Little #2: we met up for dinner and drinks over a year ago and it was the weirdest experience ever. We haven't spoken since. :(
Little #3: she withdrew from school and no one heard from her again.
Adopted little: (long story on how she got adopted) We talk all the time and hang out everytime she is in town or everytime I'm in her neck of the woods. I'm actually the closest to her out of all of my littles.

I don't really talk to any grand-bigs or grand-littles.....

i keep in contact with my big and grand-big. my big and i are in the same alumnae chapter so we see each other at events, PLUS, we meet once per month for dinner. we don't talk too much on the phone (she has two little ones), but we are very close.

my grand-big and i used to be super close (like talk to each other every day), but we stopped talking about 2 years ago. about 6 months ago, we reconnected and now chat here and there.

my little...haven't talked to her since i graduated.

Big sis/Little sis
 

I graduated from college 23 years ago and while I lost track of my big sis and one of my little sisters years ago I am still in touch with my first little sis. She was through here a couple of months ago while she was taking her 17 year old daughter on a trip to visit colleges.

I was finally able to track down my big sis' from college. (She had moved several times.) I had the most wonderful phone conversation with her and we're planning to meet again this summer. It was amazing how it seemed like no time had passed between us.

I'm still in contact with my diamond sister!!!!!!
 

Yes.......... Me and My Big (AKA Diamond Sister) are very close although I don't get to see her as often as I would like b/c she is so busy teaching....I do stay in contact with her and keep her up to date as to what is going on with me. She trys to do the same. :)

I also know that somewhere out there I have a grad-big but I've never really gotten a chance to know her b/c she graduated before I was a member.

My Big got married!

My little finished culinary school and we talk online every day.

My Great^5 Little is AMAZING and we are very close. He is primed to take a little this semester, making me a Great^6 Big!

My big and I stay in touch, although it is hard because we live on opposite sides of the country. Usually a couple phone calls a year plus birthday/holiday cards. She is someone I admire and look up to. She was such a great mentor, especially during the year after college when I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with my life (continue the path to law school? teaching certificate? politics? retail purgatory?)

My little and I are not in touch. We never really had the best time getting along in college (we were paired fairly randomly and I never had a chance to decline privately before the pairing was announced), so keeping in touch after college wasn't a priority for either of us. It's kind of a shame, since everyone hopes for the picture perfect big/little relationship, but still it is for the best. We each thankfully had members that were better bigs or littles in spirit, even though not formally, and I think both of us found those other relationships fulfilling.

I didnt have a "Big" sister, since I was a colony member. I had an alumna sponsor, Sandy, who I still talk to about once a month or so.

My Twin, Valerie and I are still close. She was one of my bridesmaids.

I have 3 littles. One of those is an AI (Debbie), the other two are still collegiates (both named Carrie). I have 6 grandlittles, and a great grandlittle. Only 2 of those grandlittles were around while I was in school, the others were new members Fall 07. I've met them all, as I still see the chapter regularly. But I'm that "old alumna" to the newer girls :(

I had two SAI bigs...but was only really close with one of them.

Cece (Big #1): We were really close. Hung out every week. Then she transferred and I haven't talked to her since.

Gretchen (Big #2): We weren't that close. She wanted me as her little way more than I wanted her as my big (hence, why I got 2). She tried, but the connection just wasn't there.

My grandbig is pretty awesome. She was very influential in the chapter. My great-grandbig comes around every once and while. She's crazy.

I took my first little last semester. She is amazing and one of my best friends in the chapter. We're both on the prowl for littles this semester. :rolleyes:

My Phi Sig Big was great. We spend a lot of time together and she was there for me when I got out of a really bad relationship. We're both still active, so we see each other pretty often.

My Phi Sig little went to the same high school as me for a little while. She's a sweet girl and I love her, but we're not really close. I'm hoping she'll soon take a little.

I email my big sis and we exchange cards at christmas. My first little sis deactivated after her first year (she was on a softball scholarship and didn't have time to do both.) My second little sis and I have stayed very close through the years. I will be a bridesmaid in her wedding next April. My third little sis and I have recently reconnected and trade occasional emails. It's harder with her since I became her big sis during my senior year, and we really didn't get that much time together. I just found my Great, great, great, great, great, great, great grand Big sis about two weeks ago. We were very close my first two years in AOII before she moved to NO to go to law school at Loyola. I can't wait to see her again at my chapter's 50th anniversary.

My family was quite large throughout my college years. Unfortunately, I don't have any idea what has happened to it since many people were "adopted" once their bigs graduate....(a practice that I'm not thrilled about unless someone transfers in).

Anyways.....

My grandbig and I keep in contact through email. I met her once because she graduated before I pledged but like I said....we still chat once in a while.

My big and I are in contact with each other....but it has been off and on. We seem to reconnect every couple years.

My twin and I talk but not often. She attended my wedding in August.

Little #1 and I talk as much as we can. She lives in DC. I unfortunately missed her wedding due to work, but she was able to make it out for mine in August and also comes home for Founder's Day in March.

Little #2 lives in Charlotte and we exchange christmas cards, etc, talk on the phone every once in a while and try to see each other if she's in town.

Little #3 lives in DC also. We meet up when she and her husband are in town or when my husband and I are in DC. We exchange emails and phone calls occasionally.

Little #4 is married and lives in Savannah. I was in her wedding in Aug 06. We see each other when they come home for visits.

My many grandlittles, and great grandlittles, and etc....most of us are still in touch, see each other at Founder's Day, alumnae events, etc.

My big & little sisters were both bridesmaids in my wedding. We are all alumnae now, but my little was still a collegian at that time. I still keep in contact with them via email, but it's probably once a month or so.

I occasionally talk to my grand-big and great-grand big on Myspace or Facebook. I will be inviting my big to my wedding as we have a Zeta tradition between bigs and littles before the ceremony. I talk to my littles occasionally over AIM or MySpace or Facebook. I'll admit I was only really close with my first little, as we lived in the same dorm/apt for my senior year. I attended her wedding and was in charge of the kid's bags and signature plate and my second little was in her wedding and I believe my first little will be in my second little's wedding (so my two littles grew pretty tight after I graduated and even won the Frick and Frack award). I'm much closer with girls I graduated with and one in particular that I pledged with (I'm a bridesmaid in her wedding this month). I wish I was closer with my littles but they both live in VA :( But that's really no excuse as that pledge sister also lives in VA.

I'm still a collegian, so I see my big, my new step-big, grand-big, and great-grand-big around campus. I'm just excited to get a little of my own next year....... :)

We're a fairly small chapter on a small campus, so a lot of the families are far more complicated than mine; up until the new addition of my step-big, we were one of the only straight up and down families.

I am a recent alum, and both of my littles are still collegians. I don't talk to my big very often, but we didn't always get along when we were in college. However, I talk with my littles (I had twins) at least once every couple weeks and we visit together too. In fact, I just visited my chapter, and it was exciting to see that one of my grand littles is the current president!