Tell us your big/little story!

[absolutuscchick]

My big sis in my local, Alpha Gamma Gamma:

After formal rush had come and gone, and I had dropped out of recruitment, I was just pretty much doing my thing all the time....I went to a few date parties with guys I had met, hung out with the girls on my floor etc. At Rosh Hashannah services, I was sitting down next to the girl who would later be my big. She starts talking to me, and I find out that she has the same birthday as me, so I got really excited. When she asked me if I was in a sorority, I told her I had rushed but had dropped out. So she wrote down her number on a piece of paper with instructions about AGG's rush, which was that next week. So I went into rush, and never had I felt so happy. All the girls were nice, and I felt like I could really be myself...and I definitely was....dancing around, smiling, really animated. Anyhow, when it came time for Big/Lil, I put her first on my list, and she put me first on hers. During BS/LS revealing week though, she really tried to trick me. Every day I would find a new gift, and was really excited, and one day she called my cell phone while I was in my friends dorm. I answered, all excited about my gift that day kind of knowing it was her, and told her about it. And she told me that the sweatshirt she got her little was different. I was crushed!!! I wanted to cry, but I didn't. I still sort of thought it was her. But when Big/Lil Revealing came around and she was my big sis, I was overjoyed!!!!!!

My Local sorority, AGG's Little:

Right before fall rush, I had restricted my calories down to about 600 or so a day. The night after the first day of rush (which I couldnt go to because I had class), I ended up going delerious because I was so starved for food. Anyhow, my best friend at the time and the building Residential Coordinator, took me to the hospital, where I was admitted for about a week, getting me back on track with regular meals, medicating me and such. So I missed rush, bid day, everything. When I got back for the first monday dinner, the first girl that I talked to was Carrerra. She was cute, really sweet, and we had a good conversation. When it came time to rank little sis's, she was my number one choice!! I was so excited when I got her!!! Even though she's 23, and I'm only 20, she's the sweetest little sis!!!


Kappa Delta, my big sis:

After the first day of rush, I was coming out of my last house, when I saw Tory at the Kappa Delta booth. I ran up to her and smiled and wanted to hug her, but we were afraid of a rush infraction because it was after the designated time so she couldn't. (I had known Tory in high school). The next day at rush, I was so excited that I came up and hugged her. I still didn't get to talk to her for long because she was with another girl. At every rush party we would make a point to hug and smile, until preference where I finally got to talk to her. I felt so at home and comftorable, it was awesome. Anyhow.....she's my big sis!!!

[mattpike]

i was a founding father of the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter at the university of central oklahoma. so i really didnt have a big but the older members sort of took the younger ones in as "littles". well mine didnt really do much, he wasnt around and was never there when i needed him, plus when i had just been dumped by my girlfriend of a year he takes her to one of our date parties about 2 weeks after the breakup. she didnt like him but wanted to go to try to talk to me. but i didnt want to see her again. i couldnt take her back because she did me wrong. i was pretty upset with him. so then a year later i met this girl at a different college while visiting some brothers there, we hit it off and now we are engaged, so i transferred schools and affiliated with this pike chapter. here i met by big bro T. he kind of took me in, he had been active for 4 years so he knew a lot about the fraternity, plus since uco didnt really have any traditions because we were new, he taught me all of ECU's. i knew him from a couple of conventions that we had both attended and of course visiting their chapter and all but never really hung out with him. when i got there during the summer we were the only pikes who didnt go home. we had a lot of serious conversations and soon became best friends. i asked him to adopt me and there you go.

Kappa Phi Big:
I came into Kappa Phi a little late, but I still got a Big. Kappa Phi assigns new members Bigs as soon as they pledge so they get presents once a week at meeting throughout their pledgeship until activation. Katie and I just hit it off really well as soon as we met. We became practically inseperable and I would always IM her telling her how much I wanted her to be my Big. She let it slip to me a few times that I was her Little, but then she would trick me saying stuff like "I took a Little before you joined. Sorry!" After activation and during revealment another one of my pledge sisters thought Katie was her Big as well and when her Big (who wasn't Katie) revealed herself I just screamed "I knew it!" Turns out I was right!

Kappa Phi Little:
I was SO excited when I first met my Little! Her and her best friend were SO cute! I saw Meredith (her best friend) was a bit more outgoing so when I put down my top 3 of Little I put Meredith 1st, Melissa 2nd, and a girl named Tiffany 3rd. After they went through pledge ceremony I found out I got Melissa as my Little and was SO excited! She IMed me that night and was like "I wanna know who my Big is." For 6 weeks I convinced her that I wasn't her Big! Right after activation I couldn't wait to reveal myself to her! All of the new actives were sitting in 2 pews and I walked in front of them saying "Eenie, meenie, miney, mo... Who is my Little...? Aww heck! It's Melissa!"

Phi Gamma Pi Big:
I went through formal sorority recruitment, but dropped out. However, during a "meet the Greeks"-type night I met Sarah. When I first approached the Phi Gam table I really hit it off with her. Sarah and I talked and just really hit it off. Every time we saw each other around campus after that we'd stop to talk for a few minutes. We kept running into each other and when I pledged Phi Gam she was my Emerald Buddy (pseudo Big). Since Phi Gamma Pi is so small, Sarah was allowed to take a Little and I put her on the top of my list thinking that I wouldn't get her as my Big because she and I were REALLY close as it was. So all throughout Big/Little week I was thinking that my Big was one of the older actives or our president. Come Big/Little revealment she revealed herself and I got my paddle and just SCREAMED with excitement!

[RioLambdaAlum]

okay just cause i'm lazy tonight and dont feel like typing a bunch heres a short version.
I knew my big sis before I pledged, but it was the alumni that got me to pledge and then it happened I got her as my big.

[AUDeltaGam]

I met my little during Ice Water Teas (the first round of recruitment). After that round was over, I told one of my friends that she HAD to be a DG and that she would be my little. The night before Big/Little revealing, I went with her and her (biological) sister to a swap and afterwards we just goofed off and got Krystals at like midnight. I knew she HAD to be my little but I was worried that she hadn't put me down as her first choice big. But the next day, she officially became my little sister

[EGDeepher]

APO

I met my big, Miles at 4am in front of my dorm. I was having a fight with my bf at the time and he sat down an talked to me for like 2 hours. He told me about APO and invited me to the events. I went and decided to pledge. I didn't know how to pick as a big so I didn't write anyone down but he picked me!

I was Membership VP last year so I was in charge of the RUSH events. At one of the events, Tim comes up to me and says I'll only pledge if you're my big but I heard you weren't going to take a little (I was hoping to get a D Phi E little and didn't want to play favorites) I didn't even know Tim very well but it took me about a second to change my mind about the little situation.

I couldn't have asked for a better family. We're the closest, coolest family in APO. Sadly both Miles and Tim are leaving me this year and graduating. I'm going to miss them so much. But I have an awesome grandlittle to look after so I think I'll be fine.

D Phi E

I met my big Jess in APO. I didn't even know she was a Deepher until formal Rush. During my new member process she looked after me and always took me out on the weekends. I met so many upperclassman (I was a freshman) and had an awesome time. She said it was like taking mini me out. When it came time to choose a big I had no doubt I wanted Jess. She hid the fact that I was her little for a month! When it was big/little night I found out. I was the happiest girl in the room. We both grown up a bit but we're still really close. I'm going to miss her when she graduates and leaves for the Air Force in May.

My little, Marina, and I are like night and day. I'm loud, she's quiet. We met on the fencing team. I never thought she'd pledge a house. Since she was my friend I invited her to a COB event and she came. She liked the house so much she decided to pledge and she picked me as a big! She's older than me and will graduate before me but my time at D Phi E would not be the same without her.

[rayray]

Ok so I have 2 littles and i'm closet with my 2nd. I only wanted to take her if i was her first choice and I was! Well to make a long story somewhat short this semester i have moved back home and we are closer then ever!!!! When i was at school we were pretty close but being away has made us more connected and i feel that our relationship as big and little is a true one because of this situation! She just took a second little and when i go to visit the 3 of us are partners in crime! Its great