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The 7 Stages Of Big/Little

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The 7 Stages Of Big/Little

It's every sorority girl's favorite time of the year. You guessed it, Big/Little Reveal! The stress from recruitment is over, you've caught up on all your sleep and you are finally starting to regain the feeling in your feet. Your new pledge class is turning out to be more perfect than you ever imagined and you're on the hunt for future Littles. But if you thought recruitment was an emotional roller coaster, you better brace yourself for Big/Little week.


Waiting for "the call".

You've spent weeks going on girl dates trying to find the perfect Little, you've narrowed it down to a few girls you could really see yourself with, and you have turned in your potential Little list. Now you wait.

The anxiety while waiting for this call might be even worse than the night before Bid Day. What if those girls hate you? What if no one put you on their potential Big list? What if you don't get a Little and you bought those cute Big/Little shirts for nothing?!

Suddenly you find yourself pacing around your living holding your phone in the air to make sure you don't lose service (even though you always have full bars in your apartment).


The offer.

Your stomach drops as your phone starts ringing. This is it, moment of truth. Your new member educator tries to be funny and make small talk while you try to hide the fact you're internally freaking out. She offers you the two most perfect Littles and you say yes before she can finish asking if you would like to take them both. Twins? Psh, I can handle it. BRING ON THE LITTLES!


The honeymoon phase.

You're in a Little-induced high. Nothing can bring you down right now. You have officially been #blessed with the most precious little nuggets. Your family is complete and even more perfect than before. You start creeping on all of their social media, not because you want to find out more about them, but because you're just that obsessed.

You spend all night perfecting your secret "Little" Pinterest board with crafts to match their personalities. You can't wait to spoil them during Big/Little, especially since you're already plotting ways to trick them. (You don't want to be toooo mean.)


Shopping for crafts and gifts.

This part is kind of a blur, because you still don't know how you managed to spend your entire savings. All you remember is saying "Little would love this!" every three minutes and grabbing two of everything.


Crafting.

EVERYONE goes into this stage with the false impression that it wont be that bad. Sorry to burst your bubble, but unless you are Martha Stewart or Picasso you will most definitely hate your life. And if you have twins, you will hate your life twice as much. You will be covered in so much paint that people will question if you were trying to paint yourself as one of the crafts. I suggest holding off on that week's manicure until after you are done crafting.


Gift days.

The second best part of Big/Little! After days of slaving over canvases and pulling all-nighters just to craft (twins, remember?) you can finally relax and pick off all the rhinestones that are inevitably still glued to you somewhere. Have fun stalking your Little's social media to see them showing off their new gifts from their "perfect Big"!


Reveal.

After a week of awkwardly avoiding your Littles and breaking their hearts by convincing them you "didn't take a Little", you can finally call them yours! The Big/Little Reveal hug is that like no other. There is a good chance that someone will end up getting tackled to the ground, especially if they both run to you at the same time. But being able to finally call them your Little's is so worth the bruises.

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