I have for the majority of my life been the younger sibling. Then when i was 15 i became a middle child. I would like to think that i have always been attention demanding and resented my elder sister, but at least i have an excuse now. Hannah has always been intelligent, independent and since her early teens... annoyingly pretty. This is best summed up in a vague memory i have of visiting a great aunt of some sort. She reported back to my grandparents that Hannah was 'lovely, such a pretty girl, she'll be very beautiful'.
Me... i got 'cute kid'.
Charming old lady she was.
I don't particularly resent Hannah for being nice looking. I don't think i'm that hideous, and i'm pretty sure i'm
But then i read this:
Oldest kids tend to emerge strong confident leaders. For example, almost all of the U.S. Presidents were either the first-born child or the first-born son in their families.Bastards.
However, I have recently acquired two baby brothers. Well, my dad and stepmum made them. They're pretty damn cool. Hamish and Ruaridh. You wouldn't think they're half Czech...
As they are so much younger, and my half brothers, i'm not sure how the sibling psychology plays out with them. Hamish is already catching up in the intelligence stakes as he is bilingual. At 3 years old. I am part incredibly proud, part intensely jealous. But really, you haven't lived til you've had a 3 year old with a mixed Scottish/Eastern European accent explain when it is and isn't appropriate to get your 'willy' out.
Told you they were cool.
So if i fail these exams, i could blame it on the pressure of having to live up to my sister, or the need to gain back attention from my infinitely more interesting brothers... but ultimately it will be my own fault for starting a blog a few days before the exams.
Makes me feel like a hero, being the oldest for 3 kids.
ReplyDeleteTANK.