Are you an only child?
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I only have a brother who is three years younger than me! We used to fight a lot as kids and he's still a pain in the arse sometimes, but I love him and I like hanging out with him because we have similar interests (Pok?mon and other videogames, mostly). My parents wanted three kids originally, but I'm glad they only had two, mostly because I don't have to share a room and I get more stuff without a second sibling. Big families are fascinating, but I don't think I could handle the chaos (I grew up close to two of my cousins and when we all played together as kids it was HELL).
Disneyfangirl23
🦁 Lion King fangirl 🦁
I have one older brother
Unfortunately I am not.
I have one brother who’s 9 months older who I haven’t seen in over 2 years (Bcuz he hates me) and one half sister who is 30 and hates me so much she didn’t invite me last second to her birthday thing where all of my family was gonna be.
I have one brother who’s 9 months older who I haven’t seen in over 2 years (Bcuz he hates me) and one half sister who is 30 and hates me so much she didn’t invite me last second to her birthday thing where all of my family was gonna be.
Dawnpiplup
Kick ass.
Yes.
I'm not an only child. I have one younger brother. I'm 4 years older than him and I remember being so excited when he was born. I helped my mom take care of him when he was little, I watched out for him at school, I babysat him as I got older, and I was basically his only friend most of the time because he was bullied and picked on horribly in school.
But now, I think I would have preferred to be an only child. I know my brother went through a lot, and he has several mental illnesses, but he also has an awful personality. He has admitted to me that he uses his mental illness to keep my aging, physically ill parents waiting on him hand and foot. Their health is declining and he's making it worse and he doesn't even care. Of course, I've tried telling them and convincing them that he's an adult now and is capable of doing at least some things for himself, but my mom won't back off. He's her baby and she will do everything for him even if it leads her to an early grave.
So mostly for their sakes, I wish I had been an only child. I don't think I would have been lonely. I've always been the type of person who appreciated spending time by myself.
But now, I think I would have preferred to be an only child. I know my brother went through a lot, and he has several mental illnesses, but he also has an awful personality. He has admitted to me that he uses his mental illness to keep my aging, physically ill parents waiting on him hand and foot. Their health is declining and he's making it worse and he doesn't even care. Of course, I've tried telling them and convincing them that he's an adult now and is capable of doing at least some things for himself, but my mom won't back off. He's her baby and she will do everything for him even if it leads her to an early grave.
So mostly for their sakes, I wish I had been an only child. I don't think I would have been lonely. I've always been the type of person who appreciated spending time by myself.
I've been an only child my whole life until my mom gave birth to my little sister last year! She's now a bit more than one year old, and it's weird to think about our age gap! (17 years!!) I really liked being an only child, and now that I'm an adult I don't care about my mom caring "more" about my sister than me, you know.
I'm an only child!
As a kid I always wanted a younger sister to play with. As an adult, it doesn't really bother me because I've surrounded myself with friends who fill that role in my life.
As a kid I always wanted a younger sister to play with. As an adult, it doesn't really bother me because I've surrounded myself with friends who fill that role in my life.
Darkesque_
gotta be delusional to be in the biz
Same with me!
ungiftedhybrid
what, you egg
I have two older siblings, both female (as am I); in both cases there is a significant age gap. My older sister goes to university in the Netherlands and my oldest sister is 34 and lives in Chicago, which is like 10 hours away from us 
It sometimes feels like I?m the only child in the school term when they aren?t around, it can get kinda lonely sometimes, but now they?re back and I seriously miss it like crazy tho
It sometimes feels like I?m the only child in the school term when they aren?t around, it can get kinda lonely sometimes, but now they?re back and I seriously miss it like crazy tho
nintendofan85
Good grief.
Yep, I wasn't supposed to be one, but my dad's anger problems made my mom decide to not adopt me a sibling...
I do wish I had a sibling, so I wouldn't have been as lonely as a child. It also meant that especially since my mom's older siblings (she's the youngest of three children) don't have any kids of their own, whenever I was with her family, I was surrounded by adults, which kind of felt strange...
I do wish I had a sibling, so I wouldn't have been as lonely as a child. It also meant that especially since my mom's older siblings (she's the youngest of three children) don't have any kids of their own, whenever I was with her family, I was surrounded by adults, which kind of felt strange...
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There's a large gap between my half sister and myself (and my two younger brothers) as well, though I haven't seen any of them in many years, but I think it's more your mum caring for a new baby, not that she cares less about you.
Babies demand a lot of attention, and need looking after.
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