So this past week was Big/Little Week.. what is that you may ask? Well.... Basically, the Bigs, active brothers, get to pref three "littles", which are pledges, and then the Pledge Educators get together with our VP of Membership and match up the brothers with a little or littles. It's a huge process and it takes forever to make everything work out correctly. After the Bigs find out who they have, they get a week to plan and get cute little gifts and clues put together for their little. They also might put together a fake Facebook page to talk to their Little all week. Then, during Big/Little Week, the Big's will leave the clues and gifts in the APhiO office for their little to pick up. The littles then spend the week receiving bogus clues (which may or may not be true) and trying to decipher them to figure out who their Big is. It's a blast in a glass.
My Big was a real hoot. Right off the bat, I received a friend request from my Big and we started chatting. I was curious so I decided to creep on their page and their info, which led me straight to their email address on the page. FAIL. HAHAHAHAHA.. My Big then spent the entire week trying to throw me off and give me completely false clues, with no success. I'm a smart cookie.
Last night was Big/Little Reveal. While walking to the BA building on campus, I was still 97% positive that I knew who my Big was. All the pledges had to sit in a room together and wait to go into the room with the actives one at a time. When it was finally my turn, the girl that I thought my Big was didn't get up and leave the pledge room (she was a pledge educator so she was keeping us company). Then I was confused. I walked into the room with my mind racing and thinking that my Big had actually thrown me off. I was flustered! When I turned around to see who my Big was, Emily Haynes was standing there with her arms wide open and saying she was my Big! It was exciting... Obviously, look at the picture. lol
BUT WAIT! All of a sudden, another brother, Molly Pottkotter stood up and said that she was my big.. Then I was flabbergasted. I had no idea what was going on. And then, FINALLY, Julia Godber came running into the room and shouted that she was my Big! She was who I thought it was the entire time and I was so happy that it was her! (not that the other two were bad)
Julia and I
Julia, Mariah (my "twin"), and me
Part of my family tree, Chicka BAMF (Brothers And My Friends)
Julia and I again!
All in all, the week of Big/Little fiasco was amazing and I'm so happy with my family! S/O to Julia, Emily, Molly, and all the brothers that helped to trick me at the last minute! :)
Thank for reading. <3
Lol that sounds dramatic!
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For the reveal, the pledges had three clues that led them to different stores in the mall and the last store they came to was where their big was waiting for them!
That's so awesome!! We actually aren't allowed to go on scavenger hunts or anything like the mall thing you did, because it's against BGSU hazing policies. :(
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