Oldest, Middle, Youngest, or Only Child?

[strawberrysweetie]

I was just curious to see what all of you are.

As for me, I was the fourth born out of six children. There's also at least a six year age difference between me and any of my siblings. Apparently that can make a difference.

Here are some sites I went to, if you want to check them out:

www.briomag.com/briomagazine/relationships/a0004402.html

www.allsands.com/Kids/birthorderpers_rgw_gn.htm

pbskids.org/itsmylife/family/birthorder/index.html

The first and last links give some lists as to what some of the characteristics can be. The second one just kind of explains why it's not the same for everybody and how different factors can affect the birth order.

I don't remember if this poll has been done before, so please excuse me if it has.

[Sigh]

I'm the eldest of 2 siblings (thank god I don't have any more )

[Paulinus]

I'm the oldest of 3. Have two brothers, one is two years younger, the other is six years younger.

[paul1983]

Yep, the eldest here too. I have one younger sister.

[Kitten]

I'm the oldest of 3 girls, but the middle sis and I are so close in age I dont' even feel like a first-born. Of course, there are a LOT more pictures taken of me than of my other two sisters (and naturally, they were most excited about my birth, hehe ) but my sister is only 11 months younger than me and we were pretty much raised as a pair.

My sister and I always did stuff together. My mom enrolled us in school together, dance classes together, girl scouts together, you name it. Our Social security numbers are even one number apart, she got it done on the same day. So it's not like I was the first to do everything. I graduated high school first and drove first and all that, so that was cool, but my parents didnt' give my sister different rules than me, really.

Now my younger sis, she gets away with everything! My parents were more protective over her than me and the other sister, cuz she's the baby. I was always the most independent of the three of us, but a born leader I am not.

[Tal]

An Only Child

I fit the description given of only children up to a point (being fairly organised and a bit of a perfectionist), but its not a perfect match of my personality. I've certainly never really desired to have a brother or sister and I'm not that confident, which the link suggests I should be.

[pnoopiepnats]

Lots of oldest here.

I'm a middle.

Plus, I have some much older half siblings that I barely know or have never met.

[chemistry]

Only child from my natural parents
One sister from my father's remarriage
Three step-brothers from my mother's remarriage.

[Crashtastic]

I do have an older half sister, but I put down oldest because I was the oldest in the household. I have 3 younger brothers.

[zoegonzalez]

Oldest of five.

[Scotty]

i'm the oldest. i have a brother who is 2 years younger, and a very outgoing guy. he annoys me a fair bit.

[Samantha]

I'm an only child but kind of had an uncle who was a bit like a brother for a while. Cats and lego are much better than siblings

[GreenFerret]

I'm an oldest with three siblings: a sister and two brothers. I'm a perfectionist and pretty critical; my younger brother is (usually) easy-going and friendly; my youngest brother is our entertainer for sure. Only my sister, the second-oldest, doesn't fit at all--a middle child who's exactly the opposite of peacable or friendly--but... she's in her own little world or something, so I think she doesn't count.

edit: ok, to be blunt: she's insane, and I hate her. lol

[gLoo]

im the oldest, i have one younger(five years younger) brother

[Paulinus]

Seems to be a patten here, are oldest childs more conditioned to become shy for some reason.