It always shocks every person who hears me state that I do not have any cousins. For some reason, this is just hard for people to really believe when it's actually not something impossible. I think we are all just so used to large families that it sounds weird when people say that they have no cousins. Yet, it is definitely a potential reality, and actually impossible if each of your parents is the only child to your grandparents.
Here are 14 things that you can relate to if you grew up without any cousins.
1. Nobody believes you when you say that you don't have any cousins
I'm serious, for the tenth time.
2. Your grandparents spoil you
With no other grandchildren to worry about, it's pretty easy to do.
3. You don't understand when people say that cousins are your first best friends
My best friend was my first best friend.
4. You and your siblings are always the youngest people at family events
This was simultaneosuly a good thing and a bad thing.
5. You get all of the attention at holidays
Since you're the youngest one around, then distant relatives are always doting over you.
6. Everything you do is deemed awesome by your extended family because there is nobody to compete with
It's much easier to be praised when you aren't being compared to someone similar to your age.
7. You don't know how to hold babies
You're never around them so why would you?
8. Family photos are pretty easy to coordinate
The less people, the easier.
9. Other family members spoil you just because
Afterall, you are the only kid around...
10. The family will make comments regarding the potential for you to have a cousin as a justification for why they aren't doing something for you
When you hear, "I can't buy you too much because someday your aunt is going to have kids and I will have to do the same for them" you cringe and just had to know that all of the attention wouldn't last forever.
11. Birthdays are always a big deal
A perk of not having very many to remember.
12. If your parents' siblings own pets, then you refer to the animal as your cousin
Cat cousins, dog cousins, lizard cousins, and fish cousins can be pretty cool, actually.
13. Sometimes you dream of marrying into a big family
This is to ensure that your kids do grow up with cousins.
14. You appreciate the closeness of your tight-knit fam
Maybe the only thing you would miss if you had a big family is the opportunity to develop such close bonds with the few relatives that you do have.
