If you’re in a sorority, you’ve been lucky enough to experience a multitude of the extraordinary privileges of Greek life, from meeting and making a hundred of your new best friends, to sisterhood yoga and shopping and lib dates, to exchanges with frats. However, one of the best parts of Greek life, for me at least, has been getting to know and falling in love with my Big sister.

Going into Big and Little week and Greek life in general, I wasn’t exactly enchanted by the notion of having a Big; I already had the best biological big sister in the world, as far as I was concerned. However, from the minute I met my now Big, becoming her little and best friend has been one of the highlights of my college experience thus far. And, as it turns out, while she is like a big sister (and best friend and boyfriend) to me, although she didn't technically "birth" me, more than anything she has become like my second mom. Hopefully, those of you who are lucky enough to be the child of an amazing Big like me can relate:

1. She lets you stay at her place all the time. Seriously, you basically live there.
2. She shops for you even when you’re not with her (and loves to get you guys matching outfits).
3. She feeds you. Constantly.
4. She makes you run errands with her, and is willing to drive you anywhere you need to be at any given time.
5. She’s always there to give you advice, but supports you and your decisions even when she doesn’t agree with them.
6. She doesn’t judge you for your mistakes and has an uncanny ability to turn them into valuable life lessons.
7. She loves dressing you up (usually in all of her clothes).
8. She weighs in on your choice in boys, and no one gets to date you without her approval.
9. She tries to help you with your homework, even when she's never even heard of the subject.
10. She's proud of every accomplishment you make, no matter how big or small (she's equally thrilled when you get an A on your midterm and when you make it to your 8 a.m. on time).
11. She’s incredibly protective, especially when someone hurts you.
12. She lets you cuddle and cry with her when you’re sad (or when you’re happy and just really want to cuddle).
13. You can watch all of your favorite TV shows together, because you have all of the same favorite TV shows (cough, cough "Grey’s Anatomy").
14. She’s always honest with you, even when it sucks to hear.
15. She will always be there for you and love you, no matter what.