Being the youngest one in the family definitely has its perks, but I'll never let the downsides go.
Here are 25 characteristics I have/things I do as the youngest:
1. You get away with anything you want because you parents think you’re a lost cause.
2. Our family/friends never forget to remind us that we’re spoiled. We are..but..yeah..
3. Everyone thinks we’re younger than we are. The annual Christmas eve party consisted of people swearing and then trying to cover it up.
4. We're servants to our older siblings. The amount of times I’ve gotten my sister popcorn and water and the amount of times she didn’t give me the dollar that was promised!!!!
5. The whole family refers to you as “Little ___”. “Oh, its little Julie! Someone take a picture of little Julie next to the Christmas tree.” AUNT BEV I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!!
6. We're oblivious to everything/no one ever tells us anything . “We’re going on vacation in an hour?!!? WHAT?!”
7. We got especially mad when we found out that santa and the easter bunny aren't real. “Mom, is the Easter bunny real?” “Well, honey, I believe in the Easter bunny!” Older sister: “JULIE, YOU REALLY THINK THAT THE EASTER BUNNY COMES INTO OUR HOUSE AND LEAVES YOU A BAS-“ “YOU MEAN THE ENTIRE FAMILY HAS BEEN LYING TO ME FOR YEARS? LET ME OUT OF THE CAR”
8. Everything we say is unintentionally funny/can’t be taken seriously
9. Anytime you run into your parents friends, they introduce you as “Yup, this is my youngest!”
10. Always compared to siblings. “You’re older sister didn’t get a cellphone until senior year of highschool, so you aren’t getting a cellphone until senior year of highschool.” OK WELL SHE WAS BORN 20 YEARS AGO WE’RE ON IPHONE 6 HERE MOM IM RUNNING OUT TIME.
11. We’re the closest with our parents because we’re their last one so they gotta make it count.
12. Always blamed for everything, except for most of the time we were actually the ones who did it.
13. Confessing things to our parents years after they happen. Like spilling red Gatorade on their brand new sheets and then flipping them so it looked it never happened. Or getting pink hair dye in the brand new kitchen table. Or that one time when I cut my mom’s hair in her slee- NEXT!
14. Only wearing hand me downs...except for when grandma brought me to the mall for a shopping spree :)
15. When your older siblings were away at college and your mom remembers you exist so she buys you things for fun
16. “Oh, I had both of your older sisters! And your dad!" Said every teacher ever
17. Being the only one not in grandma’s section of each cousin’s senior photo. But I had my own table of my middle school pic so…….
18. Not being able to drink at family parties because we aren’t 21 :(
19. We're the most adventurous. Somehow I’m the youngest and I’ve biked across the golden gate bridge?
20. Our rooms are always the messiest
21. We always sleep on the floor or a chair on family vacations. ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LITERALLY STILL AND IM 18.
22. We never got control of the remote. But we’re still obsessed with Spongebob and watch it WHENEVER it’s on.
23. Loving when an older sibling went away to college because that meant you got your own room for a few months
24. Your mom forgot you at the store at least once. I went to best buy with my mom when I was 13 and started playing on an iPhone when I look up to see my mom WALKING OUT OF THE STORE WITHOUT ME!!!!
25. Last but not least, we've always been and always will be the CLEAR favorite.
