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5 Things I Learned During Big Little Week

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5 Things I Learned During Big Little Week
Jade DeArmond

1. I'm not the best artist.

Seriously, how do you people do this? I mean, I'm not the worst but I'm definitely no good. I had several canvases turn out well, but the majority were just average and looked like a preschooler colored them. Pinterest is the bane of my existence because I couldn't replicate srat canvases to save my life.

2. The bigs are super nervous.

I thought I was the only one for a few days until I heard one Big say, "What if my little doesn't like me?" I also heard, "What if she wanted someone else?" And "What if she's not excited?" When I got my big, I don't remember being nervous, but looking back I'm sure she was! It's a lot of pressure to the Pinterest-perfect Big, and very often either the big or little sister doesn't get their first choice. Here's the thing – there's a 99 percent chance that she will like you and you will like her. And if you're in the one percent? Well, there are plenty of other girls in your sorority that you can be besties with.

3. NEW MEMBERS ARE SNEAKY.

I repeat new members are sneaky. They want to know who their big is but, at the same time, they don't want to know. So they stalk the absolute heck out of their potential bigs on social media, but not too much because they don’t want to figure it out. That may not be all new members, but that's what I was told.

4. I've never spent so much money on a single person at once.

Like, really, though, my goal was about $250 MAXIMUM, and I spent about $300 at least. And probably half of that was the week before and the week of Big/Little. I had a sufficient amount of things, but some girls got a lot more. Personally, when I got my Big, I loved all of the things but it was almost too much. I "regifted" a lot of my own stuff, because I just didn't have room for it! I don't even know how girls took twins, this was so stressful with just one girl to worry about! It was all worth it though :)

5. Hobby Lobby is my best friend.

Do I really even need to explain this?

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