I can't believe it's already here. This summer half of my closest friends will be turning twenty-one, which is fun and all but I haven't even turned twenty yet.

Of course, there are many ways to get around this problem, but being the youngest friend in your friend group can suck at times when certain birthdays come around. For example, when you turned thirteen it meant that you were an officially a teenager. When all of my friends turned thirteen in high school before me I remember feeling like a baby. Then sixteen came around, everyone would have their sweet sixteens and I would have to wait a year to finally celebrate mine. Next was eighteen, this meant lottery tickets, finally being legal and being a year closer to your twenties. Now here we are in college at twenty-one, where my friends can finally go out without worrying about getting caught with a fake ID. So, what about me?

Although I have to wait a year, it comforts me in knowing that when my friends turn thirty in the future I'll still be twenty-nine. Sometimes you have to look at the pros that aren't there yet. I noticed how mad I would get whenever my friends would turn a certain age because it made me feel SO young, but I eventually learned as I got older that it truly doesn't matter at all.

If you are in my shoes then think about some pros of not being the oldest friend before you give yourself bad vibes for not being able to fix something you can't fix. Meanwhile, this summer will probably be one of the best summers I've ever had because of these birthdays and I can't wait to attend many, many twenty-firsts.