Are you an Only Child?

Question

first born, middle, or youngest in your family?

Answer 1

I am the youngest of six, three girls and three boys. However, as I have mentioned on here a few times, I was raised as an only child because my mom & dad took me to my grandparents shortly after I was born and I lived there for 13 years. No....mom and dad were never divorced or anything.
In fact they were married for 72 years. It's just that mom was 28 when I was born a month after Pear Harbor, they had six kids and I know they were no doubt real hard up and just couldn't afford another baby. It was really difficult for a little girl to figure out why she wasn't with her siblings and parents so I used to tell my friends that they were actors and traveled a lot and just couldn't take me with them. I was so lucky to be raised by my wonderful grandparents on the farm. They loved me so much.

Answer 2

I am the first born of my family. But being the oldest never
served me well. I was raised by a different set of standards
than my twin sisters who came about 9 years later. We were
all 'accidents'. Or so we were told.
I was raised very strictly all my growing up years. My sisters
were never spanked that I recall. And the sun rose and fell on
them. But I was never jelous and I'm glad that the green bug
of envy never bit me. Although, being a naive child, when my
mother asked me what I thought of them, I told my mother,
"Well, you can take them back to the hospital now!" LOL.
And this was when most kids thought the stork brought
babies. We've sure come a long way since then, haven't we?

Answer 3

I'm the youngest of 4 sisters.

Answer 4

Quasi-only child. In other words my mother had my brother from a previous marriage, fourteen years before me. So we are siblings, but fourteen years apart. That is where you get the quasi terminology. I have a sibling, but because of the age difference I was not brought up with a sibling. By the time I was 4 he was married. I know not of sibling rivalry, dependency, or sharing life experiences like "Do you remember when?". Because my mother was diagnosed terminally ill when I was 9, I did not experience the "Spoiled Only Child", as I had to learn to do many things on my own and help to be a caregiver, and support to my mother when the illness really had her down. I was blessed that my mother fought and hung in there until I was 22. (She said she wanted to live to see me grown, she did it humorously, making it easier for us both to bear.) The life I was given is a life shared of the grace and beauty God places in all our lives, no matter where in the family dynamics we fit.

Answer 5

I am the youngest. My sister Is 8 yrs. older and My brother was 6yrs. So I felt like I was a only child from 10 and up till I was a adult.

Answer 6

Only . Lonely only growing up, I always wished for a brother or sister, but my Mom couldn't get pregnant again. Always felt sort of cheated because all my friends had bro's and sis's, and I didn't. Now I have my husband's family and all the bro's and sis's I want.
Didn't grow up spoiled, but didn't have much of anybody to play with until I started school, and I didn't have any idea how to get along with other children as we lived in the country and far from any other relatives. Took me a while to get socialized but I was still terribly shy as a child.
hmm. I guess THAT'S changed!

Answer 7

One of 8.. 6 brothers and 1 sister.

I was second oldest, sister was youngest. I was almost 15 when she came along.

Answer 8

The one and only! It was nice growing up as the only child [not spoiled though] and I never missed not having a sibling - that is UNTIL my parents began to age and all the things that go with that fell on me only. However, I have been blessed as my kids help me out.

It was very difficult though when my Dad died - my mom sorta flaked out and the entire task of the his burial and the arrangements fell on me and it was months before I was able to properly grieve.

Answer 9

As it turns out I had thought I was... and that is the way I was raised. However, of late things have come to light that have changed everything... Very interesting stuff! And I truly do have someone working on finding my siblings, who are all younger than I am... a great deal in fact. How about them apples? I'm feeling rather pleased about it all... after being alone for all these years... just WOW!!!

Answer 10

No, sixth of 13, with four sets of twins in family. Only 7 of us survived, 4 boys, 3 girls. We had a ball and my brothers and sisters are my favorite people in the whole world.