14 Reasons Why Having A Lot of Siblings is the Best and the Worst
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14 Reasons Why Having A Lot of Siblings is the Best and the Worst

The ups and downs of having way too many siblings to function

Emma Grace Saylor
Dec 28, 2017
Concordia University Chicago
3872
14 Reasons Why Having A Lot of Siblings is the Best and the Worst
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  1. You have absolutely NO privacy.
    • I grew up in a house with seven siblings and I think there were maybe two times I had the house to myself. Even if I tried to lock myself in my room one of them would be bound to come knocking because they want something.
  2. You always have a sibling you like.
    • Having a lot of siblings means most of them are going to drive you crazy, but there will always be one that you can talk to without being annoyed to death.
  3. Someone is always bound to be annoying.
    • Just like there will be one sibling you can talk to, there will always be one that annoys you to no end, and it always happens to be the sibling that you have to share a room.
  4. Sharing a bedroom is unavoidable.
    • I have five sisters and one brother, and because of this uneven distribution of guys and girls I spent most of my elementary years sharing a room with my brother. It was not ideal.
  5. There are always enough people to play sports and games.
    • In the off chance you’re all getting along, baseball games, kickball, Monopoly, video games, and football are always a blast when it’s one half of the siblings verse the others. It’s even better when the parents join in.
    1. They give the best life advice.
      • I could go on and list so many late night conversations I’ve had with my sisters where they told me about guys, peer pressure, drinking, sex, kissing, dating, college, how to deal with parents, etc. Older siblings give the best advice and these conversations create the most meaningful memories.
      1. Learning from their mistakes is so amazing.
        • I have seen my siblings fail, talk back to our parents, make bad choices, lie, get into terrible relationships, and so on. While it’s tough to see people you love go through things like that, the lessons they learn are helpful to both them and you.
        1. Having a lot of siblings means having a lot of different wardrobes you can steal from.
          • Some of my best outfits have been created in my sisters, and sometimes my brother’s, closets. When you run out of stuff to wear, having six other wardrobes to choose from is extremely convenient (until you get caught of course).
        2. You have a reputation that goes before you from your siblings.
          • Being on the younger side of a bunch of siblings is difficult because all of your older siblings have a certain reputation for themselves, so if they have flaws everybody else expects you to have the same type of flaws.
        3. It’s difficult to figure out who you are when constantly being compared to your siblings.
          • Figuring out who you are and who you want to be is hard enough without being compared to your siblings. Then you have to deal with the feeling like you aren’t measuring up to the people that they are.
        4. Picking out a movie to watch is literally impossible.
          • A happy and laughter-filled family night can turn into one of the biggest fights of the year because multiple siblings are trying to pick out one movie to watch. Then the littler kids want to join but they can only watch PG movies so everyone starts fighting and somebody always cries
        5. Going on vacation is insanely difficult and takes over a year of planning.
          • Nine people need to pick one place to vacation, where we stay has to fit everyone, everyone has to be available, and it has to be affordable. We don’t vacation that often.
        6. There is never any food in the house.
          • It’s almost as if the more children a family has, the bigger the appetites each child has. We go through an obscene amount of waffles and cereal.
        7. They will always be willing to lie for you and have your back.
          • If you’re ever about to get yelled at by your parents make sure you don’t leave your siblings side because they will defend you until death.
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