12 Reasons Your Sorority Sisters Will Be Your Friends Long After College

"Not four years, but for life."


When you first read "not four years, but for life" on a sorority T-shirt, you had a hard time believing it. You probably even snickered a little to yourself, quietly. Yet even after college, you still cherish your sorority for the irreplaceable friendships it brought you—and you can't help but agree with that cheesy quote. Here are just some of the signs that you and your sisters are in it for the long haul.

1. You talk to your big and little every day. They continue to guide you through life years after graduation, and you do the same for them. When you had a quarter-life crisis and decided to change career paths entirely? Your big stopped you from going crazy. When your little went through a bad breakup? You listened for hours and sent her a care package across the country. That's what family does.

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2. Also, you still call them "big" and "little," because those are their names. Obviously.

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3. Speaking of your lineage, you kept all the crafts they gave you. Those scrapbooks and photo frames took forever to make, and they mean the world to you. You don't care how heavy they are to transport; the thought of throwing them out never even crossed your mind. Even when the glitter and puffy paint stops having a place in your grown-up décor, they will be in a box for you to take out on a bad day.

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4. You're definitely doing this for your wedding. You honestly can't think of anything cuter for your "something borrowed" than having your sisters' pins on your bouquet.

5. When you go back to campus for homecoming, your sorority house is always your first stop, so you can reminisce about the college days with your sisters. In this house, you all raided for food at 3 a.m. after a night out, watched rom-coms together, and held study parties where you did no studying at all. You'll still be telling these stories when you're 90.

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6. When you hear about a job opportunity, you immediately share it with your alumnae newsletter and offer to recommend anyone who applies. These girls played such a big role in getting you to where you are now, and it's only fair that you return the favor.

7. When one of your sisters moves to your city, you always meet up with her, even if you guys weren't close in college.

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Look who I found!! 🌷🌙💕

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8. Your sisters are your go-to dates for brunch, happy hours, and impromptu beach days, even long after you've settled into your grown-up life and made new friends who don't share your secret handshake. They're still who you want to text first.

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9. They keep track of your love life and your work life and your current diet better than even your mom. That time you broke up with that douchebag who made fun of your job? They remembered every bit of how shitty he was to you, and they'll be there to remind you how much better off you are without him when you run into him at a happy hour. Even your darkest moments haven't scared them off.

10. You send your sisters cards or gifts for every Christmas and birthday, and they return the gesture. No matter how far away you are from one another or how busy your lives become, you always know they care, and you don't need Facebook to remind you.

11. And when the first of your sisters had a baby, you all pitched in for this. OBVIOUSLY.


12. You consider your sisters your actual family. You spent Thanksgiving at their houses when you couldn't afford to fly home in college, and your parents constantly ask you how they're doing. This is real, and it's for life.

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