Everyone always asks me, "How do you like being an only child?" and most of the time, I give the same answer: I like it, and I don't. In all honesty, I go back and forth about how I feel about not having siblings. Here are a few things that an only child deals with.
1. I don't have to share everything.
I've had my own room, bathroom and personal space since I was little. Yes, I am a slightly spoiled, but I have learned to be grateful for the blessing of being an only child.
2. There's never anyone else to take the blame for me.
I've been guilty since 1996.
3. I am my parents' favorite child 24/7.
There's no one I have to compete with...
4. I am the face of the family: good and bad.
It's safe to say our reputation as a family rests on my shoulders.
5. I am the "guinea pig" in the family.
All of the different parenting techniques were tried on me and I had my fair share of special privileges.
6. If I marry an only child, my kids won't have aunts or uncles.
A hasty thought, but something that only children have to realize.
7. I am an ambivert.
I need to be around people, and I need my alone time. I get my energy from both because they go hand-in-hand.
8. Friends become siblings.
Your friends become your family, and your parents soon go from having one child to 589472342349 children.
Being an only child has it's ups and downs, but I am grateful to have two parents that have sacrificed so much for me and to have friends that see me as a sister.
