10 Phrases And Facts You've Grown Up With As The Youngest Sibling
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10 Phrases And Facts You've Grown Up With As The Youngest Sibling

Some might make you cringe others might make you smirk at your older siblings.

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10 Phrases And Facts You've Grown Up With As The Youngest Sibling
Stephanie Cornejo

I have an older brother and an older sister which makes me the youngest. Most say that being the youngest is the easiest, but they only say that because it seems like everything gets done for us. Did they ever have your parents undivided attention when they were all away at college or had to sit in the middle seat on a very long car or plane ride? So the real question is this, is it really that easy being the youngest?

1. You have to sit in the middle!

It's a long car ride and your two other siblings have already called dibs on the outer seats so yup that means you're squished in the middle, where your arms are stuck to your sides and everyone can read your text messages.

2. Hey did you know *insert made up myth here*

If you didn't believe every made up story your siblings told you to scare you, you're lying to yourself. It also probably took you awhile to finally figure out after all these years that lie your siblings told you when you were six was never true. Yeah my siblings use to tell me during Christmas time our giant Nutcracker would chase after me and then eat me.

3. I'm the oldest so I get to *insert whatever you wanted to do here*

Forget about whatever you were about to do because your older sibling will use this line. Your siblings will most likely always use this line against you to do something and there really is no arguing because it's a true fact.

4. You need to learn to do things for yourself

So yeah being the youngest a lot gets done for you and by the time you get to college it will probably be the first time you were the one who had to call a restaurant because your older siblings weren't there to do it for you.

5. Hey you, child, the third kid come here

When your parents get to you they're pretty worn out because your older siblings were exhausting, so your name might be forgotten at times, but it's okay at least it's on your birth certificate.

6. No, it's fine you can do that!

This one can be a good one since your parents are really worn out when it comes to the youngest child, they start to slack on what you can or can't do. Your older siblings probably didn't see a PG-13 movie till they were actually 13 while you saw one around the age of 7.

7. You can just wear your siblings' old clothes

The classic hand-me-down phrase. I always got my sisters clothes, shoes, you name it. I wore her old school shoes for the 2 out of my 4 years in high school and let's just say they had seen better days by the time I graduated.

8. Oh, you must be *insert your older siblings names* sibling!

Time to cue the song That's Not My Name by the Ting Tings because I can't even count the number of times I got called my sister's name in school.

9. Oh, I had your siblings before!

You're hoping your siblings made a good impression on the teacher you now have because if they didn't you're in for a long semester.

10. Another *insert your last name here*?!

It's like some teachers in your school thought your last name could only belong to your older siblings, but sorry that's not the case you're stuck with my family ties for another year.

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