The Pros And Cons Of Being An Only Child
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The Pros And Cons Of Being An Only Child

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The Pros And Cons Of Being An Only Child

When you're an only child, you get a lot of stuff all to yourself. You don't have to share and you get all of the attention, but you're stereotyped. If you're an only child, you can probably relate of all of these pros and cons.

Pro: You never had to share anything with anyone.

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Sweet, sweet freedom.

Con: Once you went away to college, you had to share everything with everyone.

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Your bedroom, the bathroom, no matter what, you will never be alone.

Pro: You most likely got a lot of presents for Christmas, your birthday, etc.

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And the best part is that you didn't have to share any of it.

Con: Everyone got the misconception that you were spoiled.

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Just because I'm an only child doesn't make me spoiled.

Pro: You got to bring friends with you when your family went on vacation so you had someone to hang out with.

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Con: It's lonely being an only child.

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Not having an older sibling to look up to or a younger sibling to pick on sucks.

Pro: Your parents gave you all of their attention.

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*Side note, this can also be a con.

Con: They were most likely pretty overprotective because of that.

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Curfews were not to be messed with.

Pro: You most likely matured faster than other kids.

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Being around adults all the time really started to rub off on you from an early age.

Con: You were always jealous of people with big families.

Tanner family, can you adopt me?

Pro: You will forever be the favorite child.

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