GreekChat.com Forums  

Go Back   GreekChat.com Forums > Alumni Involvement


Register Now for FREE!
Join GreekChat.com, The Fraternity & Sorority Greek Chat Network. To sign up for your FREE account INSTANTLY fill out the form below!

Username: Password: Confirm Password: E-Mail: Confirm E-Mail:
 
Image Verification
Please enter the six letters or digits that appear in the image opposite.

  I agree to forum rules 

» GC Stats
Members: 325,042
Threads: 115,496
Posts: 2,195,825
Welcome to our newest member, prettyandpearls
» Online Users: 1,243
4 members and 1,239 guests
prettyandpearls, samuepetrovo164
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 09-12-2017, 11:20 PM
kitekat kitekat is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 67
Big/Little Relationships as an Alumnae

Just curious to see how many of us still keep in touch with our Bigs and Littles (or whatever your organization's equivalent is!)

Have you kept in touch with your Big and/or Little?
How often do you talk to each other?
How often do you meet up to see each other?
How has your relationship changed over the years?
Any other notes or fun stories?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 09-13-2017, 08:31 AM
KSUViolet06 KSUViolet06 is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 18,142
1. Yes. My little is out of state but we are in touch via phone and text and she even came up for a visit this summer. My Big and I are in touch via social media and see each other at events due to her busy schedule and new little boy.


2. Daily for Little. Weekly for Big.

3. I try to do something with them at least once a year even if just seeing them at Homecoming.

4. Distance and not living in same city has been challenging.

5. I was in my Big's wedding and hope to be able to return the favor someday.
__________________
"Remember that apathy has no place in our Sorority." - Kelly Jo Karnes, Pi

Lakers Nation.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 09-13-2017, 08:56 AM
Sciencewoman Sciencewoman is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Michigan
Posts: 4,416
Have you kept in touch with your Big and/or Little? Yes, I'm friends with both on Facebook. They're both in other states, so we're not close geographically. My little is a frequent FB poster and has a very active life, so it's fun to follow all her activities. Right now she's evacuated from Florida due to Hurricane Irma.

How often do you talk to each other? I exchange messages with my little, but not my big.

How often do you meet up to see each other? I last saw my big at a wedding for another sister. I haven't seen my little in years, because I wasn't able to attend a mini-reunion she organized a few years ago.

Any other notes or fun stories? My little and my daughter's little are both named Jenny.
__________________
Gamma Phi Beta
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 10-25-2020, 11:27 PM
misscherrypie misscherrypie is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Las Vegas Valley
Posts: 487
My land Beta chapter (founded when I was a student at UNR) did have bigs and littles.
I never was able to take a Sigma little. I have a Sigma twin though (my pledge sister who founded our family "Tokyo" together with me) who is my best friend!

Have you kept in touch with your Big and/or Little? Yes! Two of my four Beta littles virtually attended my daughter's Zoom Bat Mitzvah last month ( and so did a LOT of Sigmas!) and one was honored with a reading and they were both honored during the candlelighting.

My Sigma twin and I talk multiple times a day as I rent a room in her family home...she's in the next room. :-) (which answers the next question partially.)

How often do you talk to each other? My Beta littles: A few times a week.

How often do you meet up to see each other?

Since two of my Beta littles live in Reno, and I return to Reno very rarely, I see them every time I travel back to there. One lives on the other side of the Las Vegas Valley and we usually meet in the middle and see each other infrequently...perhaps a few times a year. One lives less than five miles away, and before COVID we saw one another at least once a week.

My Sigma Twin and I see each other multiple times a day!

Any other notes or fun stories? So, I became a Beta when my daughter was five and taught my daughter to call my Beta sisters "Aunt" HerName. Same goes for my Sigma Twin. She is very close to them, calls them on the phone often and sometimes goes to lunch with them.

They still call me "Bigs" or "Big", and I still call them "Little!". Sometimes, when we're out and get separated from each other in a crowd, I will call out for my Sigma Twin with "TWIN!" and she'll call right back with "TWIN!"
__________________
Beta Sigma Phi
ΣΑΕΠ Alumna
~*~* Home is where you find your people*~*~


Last edited by misscherrypie; 10-25-2020 at 11:28 PM. Reason: Correcting
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 10-26-2020, 08:53 AM
honeychile's Avatar
honeychile honeychile is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Counting my blessings!
Posts: 30,447
Have you kept in touch with your Big and/or Little?
My Big has fallen off the face of the earth, but I'm still in touch with my Little.

How often do you talk to each other?
We don't talk as often as message or text.

How often do you meet up to see each other?
Distance has taken its toll, but we're near each other, we try to make it happen. If our chapter's Centennial ever does happen, we plan to share a room.

Any other notes or fun stories?
SO many, but the best is when her daughter went through Recruitment and went Pi Beta Phi. (Thanks for the rec, carnation!) She and her Big & LIttles remain in awe that K & I are still so close after all these years! Not four years, but a lifetime, y'all!
__________________
~ *~"ADPi"~*~
Proud to be a Macon Magnolia
"He who is not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 10-26-2020, 12:44 PM
Benzgirl Benzgirl is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Out in Left Field
Posts: 7,510
Big: I actively communicate with her on Facebook and see her every couple of year.
Litte: We still talk on occassion to her
We are in our late 50s so saying how often is, "whenever we can fit it in"

Notes or fun stories: Big - we still bitch to each other about the same people via messaging or text. We have similar opinions on everything and seem to have similar opinions about the same people
__________________
When did GC become Twitter?
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 10-26-2020, 04:21 PM
ForrestGrump ForrestGrump is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Metro DC
Posts: 62
Back when I was in college, when dinosaurs roamed the earth (aka the mid-80's), we had pledge moms/pledge daughters instead of Bigs and Littles. I lost touch with my Pledge Mom shortly after she graduated. She moved back to her home state, married, divorced and remarried. Don't even know what her last name is now, and she hasn't kept her information up-to-date with DG. I am still friends with one of my two pledge daughters, along with her pledge daughter (my "granddaughter"). We message and post with each other on FB. I kept in touch with my other pledge daughter for a few years after I graduated, and then we lost touch. We tried to revive communications a decade ago, but between work, family and life, it's been at least two or three years since we've had any contact.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 10-26-2020, 07:21 PM
carnation carnation is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 13,780
My big transferred to Georgia Tech during my pledge year so she could cheer. We still communicate occasionally on Facebook!

My little fell off the face of the earth--no one knows where she is.

You're welcome for the Pi Phi rec, honeychile!
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 10-27-2020, 03:00 PM
Kevin Kevin is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Posts: 18,654
I never had a big as I was a founding member of my chapter.

I had a little, but the guy wasn't Sigma Nu material who only rushed because his girlfriend was an AXiD who I guess thought it would be cute to have her boyfriend in their 'brother' [note: this isn't an official recognized status by either organization] organization. I definitely have not kept in touch.
__________________
SN -SINCE 1869-
"EXCELLING WITH HONOR"
S N E T T
Mu Tau 5, Central Oklahoma
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 10-27-2020, 03:53 PM
TLLK TLLK is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: May 2016
Location: SoCal
Posts: 440
1.I see my big in person occasionally but she helped my daughter with her college applications. Otherwise we text or use social media to communicate.

2. I have three little sisters that I have not seen in many years, but we do keep in contact via social media.
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 10-27-2020, 05:10 PM
UVASquirrel UVASquirrel is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 230
I don't have a big since I was a charter member of my chapter. My little and I are from the same home town, different high schools. We lost touch when I moved out of state, but reconnected via Facebook 10 years or so ago. I wish we talked more.
__________________
Alpha Gamma Delta
Loving, Leading, Lasting
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 10-27-2020, 05:42 PM
Titchou Titchou is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Sweet Home Alabama
Posts: 4,569
Haven't seen nor heard from/of my big since we left school. Little and I still live in the same town, see each other regularly, have served DG locally, regionally and nationally and went on many DG trips together.
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 10-27-2020, 09:05 PM
Kdbruin Kdbruin is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 9
I haven’t been in touch with my big in years! I am not even sure why she wanted me as her little in the first place! She was not real excited about being a big and waited until her fourth year to take on a little. I was the pledge who would not get gifts from her big like the other pledges during big/little week....and she was the president lol! That being said, I took on a little during winter quarter after initiation and made sure she knew she was wanted! I keep in touch with her through social media as we live over 300 miles away from each other. I have a grand little and I have not seen her since college.
__________________
KD, Alpha Iota Chapter
UCLA
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 10-27-2020, 10:17 PM
flirt5721 flirt5721 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Roasting in Phx
Posts: 1,124
Send a message via Yahoo to flirt5721
Have you kept in touch with your Big and/or Little? I kept in touch with my big for a little bit after graduating. However, now no contact. I have tried to teach out but no response.

My little I have a little more contact with her through Facebook. But not very much.

How often do you talk to each other? Rearly
How often do you meet up to see each other? Never
How has your relationship changed over the years? We grew apart.
Any other notes or fun stories?
__________________
Alpha Xi Delta

"The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword"
Land of Entrapment has me again
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 10-28-2020, 02:10 AM
PhilTau PhilTau is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Oregon
Posts: 176
Big: Assigned. Main job was to keep me from getting blackballed and to rescue me when being hazed. He got married right after I pledged. So my contact with him after pledging was very limited. I didn't really get to know him in college. Reconnected decades later. We live on opposite coasts and are very in sync politically. We communicate somewhat regularly.

Little: Assigned. My main job was to keep him from getting blackballed. Shortly after pledging, some actives got on him about wearing high water pants. He depledged before I had a chance to intervene. I have since forgotten his name.

Little sister 1: Chosen. Stayed in contact with her and other members of her family for decades. We talk regularly.

Little sister 2: Chosen. Lost contact a year after graduation.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Adjusting Alumnae Relationships AST384 Alumni Involvement 10 11-05-2015 10:11 PM
Long-time, very successful alumnae club or Alumnae Panhellenic Fundraisers? nyapbp Greek Life 8 11-06-2013 09:00 AM
Relationships SapphireSphinx9 Phi Sigma Sigma 6 02-14-2004 05:09 PM
relationships amm Greek Life 6 07-19-2000 12:20 AM



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:02 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.