Are you a middle child?

Question

1. How has this impacted your personality?
2. How has this impacted your relationships(with family, significant others, etc.)?
3. Do you LIKE being the middle child?

No, I'm not, but I have a lot of friends that are and I like hanging out with people that are.

Answer 1

Yes I am a middle child.
1. I think it has caused me to become an introvert because my older sister was an over achiever and received a lot of attention and my younger sister was the baby and needed a lot of attention and I often had to fend for myself and figure things out on my own.

2. This hasn't been helpful in forming relationships, but I can say that I am a lot more emotionally grounded than either of my siblings (both of them get very worked up over just about everything). Because I am somewhat of an introvert, I prefer to be alone a lot and this doesn't help when trying to form partnerships. I am getting better at this with time and have let people in, but it was/is hard.

3. I didn't like being the middle child, but now that I am an adult, I don't really care too much about it.

Answer 2

Yes I am.
1. I am very doubtful and suspect about everything and I take nothing for granted. It probably aided in why I am so quiet and shy as well. I also always think that I am the root of all the problems in my family.

2. I get angry really easy. My mother pretty much hates me...She actually said to me,"You are worthless and I don't care about you, I haven't for a long time because I gave up on you." when I did nothing. I don't really get along with my older sisters(both half) and I barely see/talk to my younger brother. My boyfriend of two years, is also a middle child, so he pretty much knows how it is and how situations usually pan out.

3. No, it sucks. I'm not the oldest, so I am always being compared to and pressured to live up to my older sister's accomplishments, which are outrageous (She went to a private college, that my mother paid for, yet she told me she isn't spending a dime on my tuition. She speaks 3 languages, she's been to 6 foreign countries, she doesn't smoke, etc) and I'm not the baby, so I don't get away with anything, which my brother does. Nothing I do is ever good enough for anyone. When I graduated high school, I received an Advanced Regents diploma(something my sister didn't even get) and my mother told me that I still could have done better, same thing said she when I got a 100 on the Spanish regents and a 93 on the English regents.

Answer 3

Yeah, I am.

1. How has this impacted your personality?
I'm not very outgoing. I've always had my older brother to tell me whats wrong and whats right, so he has pretty much molded me.

2. How has this impacted your relationships(with family, significant others, etc.)?
I'm not sure if this is because I'm a middle child or whatever, but I usually don't have strong relationships with other people. I'm sorta anti-social.


3. Do you LIKE being the middle child?
Ahh sorta, seems like my little brother gets away with far too much, thatd be nice.

Answer 4

I'm a middle child. One older sister and one younger brother.

It impacted me most by making me more independent and self-efficient. I also seem to be more of a mediator than the other two and am more empathetic. When I got a little older, I became built in baby sitter b/c my sister had left home and my brother is several years younger than me. So that was a huge frustration, but it taught me how to care for others, how to plan a family budget, how to do all the shopping, etc.

I don't mind being the middle child. I don't feel envious of my sister or my brother. I have a more stable life than they do at this point. I'm in a more solid, love-based relationship, am more attentitive and connected to my family, and seem to have the best balance of work vs. play.

Answer 5

I am the middle child, and because I was so fortunate to have a perfect older sister and a couple of perfect younger sisters, as well as a prince for an older brother...well my only options after being pointed at and asked why oh why can't you be like your sisters....was to do whatever they didn't do hoping that someone might notice that I was me and not one of my clone sisters. It may have caused some ripples in the family relationships but I needed to be me. I still use being a middle child as an excuse to rebel, even though I am older now and know it is so childish to do so.

Answer 6

im a middle child and i hated it,i got all my older sisters hand me down, and then i had a younger sister, i felt like they got all the attention, check this out i was sent to boarding school while the got to stay home, i never knew why, but it made me a better person, if you met us you would see what i mean, im more independent, not afraid to do new things and i make friend so much easier, im a real person, i guess in the long run it wasnt so bad, my sisiters have even said how easy it is for me to make friend, i could meet a person in line at a grocery store and laugh and joke, and next time i see them it like hey val, they rememeber me, its had a good impact on my personality, and i have great relationships, with my family and friends, i never thought about it, cool.

Answer 7

Yup, I'm a middle child. I'm number four of seven!

I don't think it has affected my personality. I am who I am. We were all taught to survive with our family. I rely on there support and guidance. That is my parents, older, and younger siblings.

I don't think it has anything to do with my family. I have a large family {five kids} and I love them all. We are very connected with each other.

I do like being the middle child. I am given advice and I get to give advice. I've been there, done that, but at the same time I have older siblings who have too.

Answer 8

Being the middle child is much better that being the oldest or the youngest because you have an older sibling to follow (for fashion tips, social tips, school help, etcetera) and a younger sibling to be the "boss" of. Being the middle child makes you well-balanced.

Answer 9

Im the eldest child, but watching my sister who is the middle child, she didn't handle the birth of my youngest sister at all. She was used to being the baby and she is now 22 years old and still has issues. I definately call it middle child syndrome.

Answer 10

I am the middle child and don't see that it has impacted me any differently than if I were the first or last.