Alumni/ae: Are you still in contact with your bigs, littles, or grandlittles?

[kdonline]

I'm not sure what a "grandlittle" is? I'm guessing the little sister of your little sister? In that case, I have no idea who they are - I don't think we really kept track of that back in my day.

But..
My big sis (1985): no contact; she withdrew from school in 1986 & disappeared.
My 1st little sis (soph year 1986): in touch through occasional email. I went to Sis #1's wedding in 1991..that's the last time I saw her. She's still in FL.
My 2nd little sis (jr year 1987): in touch with through frequent email. Used to see each other @ holiday time, but now that she's in CT, I doubt our holiday visits to FL will coordinate. She got married in 2005, but I didn't go.
My 3rd little sis (sr year 1988): in touch with through occasional email. We had a huge falling out in 1993 or so, lost touch, but recently "found" each other by email. She got married when we were not in contact. She's also still in FL

As for my own wedding in 2000, I only invited Sis#2.

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by kdonline

I'm not sure what a "grandlittle" is? I'm guessing the little sister of your little sister?

Yes, that's exactly what that is! I'm from a smaller chapter, so it's a bit easier to keep track of all of those people. Plus, I only took one little (because my little let me know she would be angry if I took another, haha), so I have less to find out about.

[erica812]

My little sister transferred in her second semester in the chapter. I really wanted to keep in touch, but she has never answered an e-mail. I don't have any other contact info for her. I'm sad. She used to be on GC. CareBearBSP...where are you?!?

[AGDee]

I lost touch with my Sister-Mother when we both divorced and changed jobs, unfortunately. I'd love to find a current address for her.

I've also lost touch with two of my Sister-Daughters. I see my other Sister-Daughter several times a week though. She's my best friend, lives near me, and I recently got her a job in my department while she goes back to college for a second bachelor degree. She's awesome. How many women are willing to be your Maid of Honor twice?

[AchtungBaby80]

No.

[Kevin]

I was never able to get a little. We have them for obvious reasons when we were a colony. That was 3 years. When we finally did pass out littles, I ended up getting a guy who ended up being a total douche.

After holding up the voting process procedurally and on a technicality to give the guy a chance to fix things with the guys who didn't like him or want him, he turned around and embarassed me. I ended up balling him.

[polarpi]

My diamond sister (when I was an Alpha) and I still keep in contact, but it is very sporadic. Mainly emails and some cards back and forth.

My Alpha Diamond Sister and I are still in close contact - I stood up in her wedding last year, spent New Years' and 5 1/2 weeks this summer with her and her husband, and we talk pretty often over the phone.

[leanne beck]

i am a sister of delta chi fraterity, i haven't been in touch since i left school in 84, (mainly because we have been traveling with the military. )now that i am back home i really miss my brothers and sisters. if you are out there, contact me, i need my family really bad these days, thoughout the years i have seen many of you but somehow we never manage to stay in touch. i'm sure that is due to life in general. time seems to getaway from us even when we try not too.

[MooseGirl]

It's been over a year since I've seen or talked to my big. She only lives about 2 hrs away, but I don't have a car and she's busy with family now.

I had 3 littles, but one disaffiliated pretty quick, and the other 2 went alum before I even graduated. I heard from one (my first) of them back in Spring, but we don't keep in touch regularly. Obviously, I never had any grandlittles.

I keep in better touch with my grand-big (i.e. big's big) and went out west with another close sister to visit her in Calgary this past summer. My best friend is a sister who was in the same new member class as me I'm also fairly close with the woman who was MOC (I guess some call that 'pledge mom').

My chapter is having its 25th anniversary in 2 weeks, so hopefully I'll get in touch again with a few more sisters.

[PinkRose1098]

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.

[APO-WW]

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

[AlethiaSi]

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!

[Tom Earp]

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

[Jimmy Choo]

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.....

[pinkyphimu]

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.