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10 valid thoughts only the eldest sibling in the family will be able to understand and agree with

2016-06-15 , 6:05 pm

Last Updated on 2016-06-23 , 12:27 pm

Being the eldest child in the family has its pros and cons. Compared to the other siblings in the house, you are treated differently just because of the hierarchy that yo are placed in (even though you didn’t ask for it!) Here are 10 good and bad times where only us, the eldest sibling in the family can relate to.

Cons
Having to take care of your younger siblings
Walao eh, my friends can go out but I can’t, just because I’m the oldest and that automatically makes me the babysitter when my parents are out.

Your parents have more rules for you
Because you’re the first child that your parents have, they cultivate a stricter environment to prevent you from being a “bad” child. That means an early curfew, no mobile phone till you’re 14 and limited TV time. But apparently, these rules become less strict when your siblings reached that age.

More stress and pressure
Just because you’re the oldest sibling in the family, you’ll become the “teacher”. Regardless of any fight or quarrels with your sibling, you’re expected to teach them, be the leading example and according to your parents, “should have known better”.

You have to be more responsible
Responsibility is automatically incorporated into your character when your sibling pops into your life although some responsibilities are forced onto you, like needing to wait for your mei mei after school before going home together instead of having the glorious chance to run off to play with friends when the bell rings.

Being neglected
Your parents would expect you to understand that most of their time wouldn’t be spent on you when you have younger siblings. All these times that you want them to get off your back is often missed as you grow older even if that means more privacy and alone time.

Pros
You get to experience stuff first
Seeing the envious faces of your younger siblings after you get your driving license or being able to enter a club is (not to be mean), but quite enjoyable after all the times that they annoy you.

Being protective of your siblings
They may be crazy active, crack really lame jokes or annoy you till you’re almost bald from pulling your hair out but they are, at the end of the day, your best-est friends and you’ll do anything in the world to protect them. No one gets to bully my little brother but me!

We are the advisor
As you are older, you experience more (perhaps just by a few months or years), but according to your siblings, they’ll feel like you have experienced so much of life and often come to you with wide eyes and ears ready to listen to advice. We often feel cool about it, and dish out advice like a pro which we may or may not regret as it’s so easy to fool and prank them.

Being the smarter one
No, I’m not kidding! Studies have shown that the oldest sibling is usually smarter as compared to the other siblings. It may be due to the amount of teaching that we do (free tuition by us) and gathering knowledge in our brains to converting it into information that our siblings would understand. Seems like all these isn’t for nothing!

No old clothes
Unless you have cousins who are older or about the same age as you, you’ll generally get clothes that are brand new, unlike our younger siblings who would be expected to wear our hand-me-downs instead. Ha-ha!

We may sometimes feel like we’re suffering from having the eldest child syndrome but nothing beats being the oldest and we wouldn’t trade it for anything else in the world. Are you the eldest in your family and do you relate to these?

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10 valid thoughts only the eldest sibling in the family will be able to understand and agree with

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