Siblings or Only Child?

[DaisyRose]

I wanted to make a poll and see who has siblings. Unfortunately, I don’t have any siblings which makes me the only child. I wanted people to share their experiences and stories.

 

[Luca]

Also an only child. I have always wondered if my life would be better or worse if I had siblings.

 

[mysterionz]

Also an only child. I have always wondered if my life would be better or worse if I had siblings.

Same here as Luca.

 

[Xinyta]

I have 3 half-siblings from my dad second marriage to my step-mother. I was an only child for a short time. For about maybe 8-9 years.

 

[Rodafina]

Youngest sibling here. Eternally known as and made fun of for being “the baby.” I take it in stride.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

One sibling. I'm the oldest.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

^ Are you agreeing that I'm the oldest child in my family?

 

[Tom]

Middle of 5 kids. There were bumps in the road of course but we all have remained close and enjoy each other's company and support. We zoom together about every 6 months and those are usually laugh fests that go 1-2 hours. So I would definately say it was a positive thing for us. They say 'blood is thicker then water' and it took on literal meaning when my younger sister donated her stem cells to me for Leukemia blood marrow transplant. I am only alive today because of it and suffered no ill rejection effects which is very very rare. She was a picture perfect match blood wise. I run entirely off hers now.

 

[MC1Rcat]

Only child till I was 11, then my half-brother was born.

 

[Kisa the tea]

I have one older sibling. Not that my parents were ready for even a single child let alone two.

 

[Stuttermabolur]

Only child till I was 11, then my half-brother was born.

Same here, except I now have four half siblings, two on each side. The youngest is almost 19 years younger than me. It was quite funny that in elementary school I was the only only child in my class (what are the odds of that?), and when I took an acting class in high school several years later, I had the most siblings. I never actually wanted siblings, but I now I feel like I've had the best of both worlds. No siblings to mess with me when I was a kid, and plenty of attention from my separated parents, but also more fun people in my life.

 

[MC1Rcat]

Same here, except I now have four half siblings, two on each side. The youngest is almost 19 years younger than me. It was quite funny that in elementary school I was the only only child in my class (what are the odds of that?), and when I took an acting class in high school several years later, I had the most siblings. I never actually wanted siblings, but I now I feel like I've had the best of both worlds. No siblings to mess with me when I was a kid, and plenty of attention from my separated parents, but also more fun people in my life.

I agree, it was nice to be able to skip the sibling rivalry part. I was glad when my brother was born because my mom had someone else to focus on and would let me have more freedom. I also had fun documenting all of the new things he did. I made a very detailled baby book and used to take pictures of him a lot. I also made a few tape recordings of him singing when he was a toddler. He loves having all of that now that he is older. The only drawback was that it was difficult for me to adjust to all of the crying noise.

 

[The Pandector]

I wanted to make a poll and see who has siblings. Unfortunately, I don’t have any siblings which makes me the only child. I wanted people to share their experiences and stories.

Mom had two sets of kids; one from my father and one with ‘dad.’ Soon after her estrangement from father, he died and she married dad. Dad held the value system he was raised with; no one expects you to love a step child. I still effort to be thankful that he was a faithful provider. Growing up, it was a toss up whether he would address or even notice me during any given week. He dutifully beat me when Mom told him to do so. Otherwise, I had no father in my life, but I understood the concept by watching him kind-of notice his own three. His parents were the same; birthday and Christmas gifts were of equal value, but weekends over and trips to theme parks were reserved for their blood.

Mom and dad were both only children. Mom was undiagnosed aspie and clearly stated for the record on multiple occasions that she did not want children, she wanted sex; she tended to her children because she had no choice. Good of her to avoid any confusion on the matter.

My older brother figured out how to use me to control Mom and had great fun with it. Mom just wanted a minimum of noise and blood before we moved on.

Of Mom’s five children, only one did not move on to another state. That one claims not to be homeless by virtue of the fact that his tent is in a friend’s backyard. In hindsight, it seems obvious that four of her five are autistic and five of five found little family cohesion.

How different things might have been in an age when autism is a thing.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

2nd oldest of 6, wife is 2nd oldest of 5. probably why we get along so well. Our families are mirror image. Mine boys her girl's 5th oldest in mine is girl 5th oldest in hers is a boy.

 

[Richelle-H]

Yes, I had siblings! One of them may still be alive but I have no knowledge of his whereabouts if he is. There were three of us born with about 14 months between each birth. Then there was a gap of about 6 years and an unexpected new brother (I was 8 at the time). My brother and sister in the middle have both shuffled off this mortal coil. My youngest brother is estranged to me.

Growing up there were the usual sibling clashes over silly things, but I never paid too much attention to my brothers and sister. Possibly closer to my sister than my brothers, but I somewhat lived my life as if I was an only child. I probably would have been happier if I was, but that is just speculation on my part. Would my life have been different if I was? Maybe, but I doubt it, and that is simply down to the fact that having them around did nothing to change the trajectory of my life. Is it horrible of me to say that as a child they were more of a bother than anything else and I hardly related to them; this is the first time I have admitted that to anyone (including myself).

 

[Swansong]

Two brothers that are absolute pieces of trash and a sister who's a relatively nice person but far too different from me (also huge age gap) so we're like acquaintances at best.

I think my life would have been noticiable better had I been an only child but I have to admit I used to day dream about having a sister my age to whom I could be close to.

 

[Sypher37]

I have 3 step sisters, none of which I speak to. I’m 33, one is 39, the other 55 and the other 60!

We live miles apart and didn’t grow up together.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

We all get all get along great I am now the family patriarch parents deceased older brother deceased. For good measure just became grandfather.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I have a younger brother, and a sister who died in infancy.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

We all get all get along great I am now the family patriarch parents deceased older brother deceased. For good measure just became grandfather.

Mazel Tov, Bunicul!