Picking up a little

[Alpha O]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

Hey! I had twin bigs. I'm still in touch with one. It was really unusual, but it sure worked for me and both of them. We three had much fun. I adored both of them and learned so much from them. One of my bigs was a senior when I pledged, and she and I totally clicked - she was the big deciding factor in my going Theta. Yes one active can tip the scales in either direction. You never know.

100% full disclosure...I was the person I know with twin bigs! It was awesome to have two people to look up to like that and I honestly see no drawbacks to the whole scenario. I didn't know this happened in other chapters, because whenever I've told others about my twin bigs I've gotten confused looks. That's why I didn't say it was me originally. I think I'm a little too worried about internet privacy sometimes.

Both of my bigs were actually seniors, but they were such wonderful women and I love the fact that we were able to connect and have a lot of fun together, even though they graduated at the end of the year that I joined. I keep in touch with one of them, as the other one has kind of fallen off the face of the earth (though I should try to email her and see what she's up to). I was in pretty regular contact with them while I was in college, though, even though they had both graduated and moved.

I was probably too harsh in my last sentence of that one paragraph, but I just didn't want to get the OP's hopes up to have them dashed!

OP, I definitely think that you could present this idea in such a way that it would be seen as positive and could be implemented. Some pros I can think of off the top of my head: (1) the littles will have more love/even more people to support them and (2) the costs for the presents could be shared. Like I said, I can't think of any negatives and that's speaking as someone who has been through it.

Originally Posted by AZTheta

As for your last paragraph, *perfectly stated*. You're pretty awesome, your user name should be "awesome alpha o" IMO.

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the compliment. I've been a lurker on this forum and know that you give great advice. You should definitely consider going by "AzTheta the Awesome."

[depressedgrl101]

Thank you for that! We weren't able to get "twins" between my colony sisters, but we were all given bigs from different chapters close to us. I am close with my big and we talk pretty often. I should also ask, because this year will be my senior year, will grades be a factor in getting littles? Assuming that I don't meet the cutoff for whatever reason, would I be able to talk to an advisor to see what I can do about it?