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[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

The school I'm doing grad school at makes a big deal about it and even the guys talk about "grand big brothers" or whatever.

I wonder, too, if there's a generation aspect. Back in the day, we had bigs and we had littles. I'd never heard anyone from any org refer to "grandbigs" or "grandlittles" or the like until GreekChat. We just didn't think about it that way. At least, that was my experience.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I wonder, too, if there's a generation aspect. Back in the day, we had bigs and we had littles. I'd never heard anyone from any org refer to "grandbigs" or "grandlittles" or the like until GreekChat. We just didn't think about it that way. At least, that was my experience.

I think you're on to something. The older women in my alum chapter who have been AOIIs up to 60 years didn't keep up with anything other than their big and little sisters.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I wonder, too, if there's a generation aspect. Back in the day, we had bigs and we had littles. I'd never heard anyone from any org refer to "grandbigs" or "grandlittles" or the like until GreekChat. We just didn't think about it that way. At least, that was my experience.

We definitely had 2bigs, 3bigs, etc which is the same thing.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by 33girl

We definitely had 2bigs, 3bigs, etc which is the same thing.

Hmmm. Then maybe some combination of generational/regional and other factors?