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My parents were too busy being fighting, divorcing teenagers to spoil me. We're close, but they've always treated me more like a friend than a child. Both of my little brothers are considerably more spoiled and catered to than I was. So I may be an exception to the rule.
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(Well, and the first college degree.)
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She tells me this, but all I hear is "You’ll always be my favorite, LaComtesse—listen to your heart instead of my words." And I smile in the smug satisfaction that only a firstborn can have. Sorry NSCs: have fun in therapy or prison or wherever it is you people tend to wind up.
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So I would say ¾ of the video of me shot between the ages of 7 and 12 is a quick image of me approaching the child being filmed and my mom saying "LaComtesse, get out of the picture! I’m trying to take video of the baby! We HAVE video of you!" Throw in the fact that kids #1 and #2 have a different biological father from kids #3 and #4 in my family and you have a situation RIPE for trauma (fortunately, none ensued). She has since apologized saying "I didn’t realize until I watched all the videos at once how much I did that."
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And yes, overprotected like whoa.
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math. With Little Ricky, I could do every-
thing. With Little Little Ricky, I have another
entire person to deal with. I actually think
LLR gets the better deal because I don't live
in fear I will accidentally kill anyone.
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And their second borns are named "Chang", which means "little or nothing".
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I am the first-born and always feel the need to be responsible and all that crap.
My brother shares my birthday, but three years younger and PERFECTLY fits the middle child (and only boy) mold.
Little sister is the sweetest and most caring of us all, and can pretty much do whatever she wants at all times.
We're boring. Now I can blame you, Mom! Muahahaha.
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In the end, the "precious" first born is invested with the hopes and dreams of the parents, and their siblings are kept around as back-ups.
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Look, parenting is not science but art. Your first kid is the hardest, because you don't know what you're doing. Each next one gets a little easier, but you've invested so much in the first one, and you're so afraid you screwed that one up, that you force the first-born into a mindset where they believe they have to work harder, and thus get resentful that subsequent sibs don't get put through the wringer.
This may be why my sister and I don't get along.
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1. With the second, you now have TWO babies to keep track of and there isn't really time
2. With the second, you're a bit more jaded and "Oh look honey! He's petting the dog!" just isn't as adorable.
3. The oldest child will probably end up being in most of the pictures of the second because they're already there.
With that out of the way, haha second born!! Suck my superior baby photos!
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But my sister is more responsible one because she is the oldest.
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Yes. I'm the middle of seven, by the time my parents got to me they'd seen it all. The first born, my older brother, has a ton of baby books. I have two pictures.
You know what helps? The fact that when he was young, my brother looked just like this guy:
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Come on mom! Neglect me! Or at least don't tell me I can't' move away because I'm a girl and it's "different."
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