ewecandraw:

ariaste:

thottyanneconway:

Having a sibling or three really like….gave you interpersonal skills and moral exercises from an early age that people who were only children had to learn later on, because nothing makes your brain work overtime than having a ride or die relationship with someone who you would suplex through the dining room table in a second if they touched your shit, but you’d also stand up and take the blame for some shit if you knew it wasn’t their fault or stepping in and swinging if they were being bullied by someone else

Also gives you a keenly honed ability to lie, wide-eyed and plausibly and at the drop of a hat, because you definitely had Nothing To Do With This Situation, How Could You Even Think This Of Me, Papá

Slightly out of tangent; there’s also an advantage when you’re younger than all of your siblings (I have 2, my age gap with them is 5 and 7 years) and basically live in another generation lol. I was able to mature faster (I guess) and learn more advanced stuff (particularly with computers) in reference to the situation that I don’t have any sibs to guide me. And plus since I’m the youngest (my brother and sister are in college right now) all of their stuff is my stuff.

I’m the younger of two and the youngest of my entire generation of cousins. You have no idea how many chores I’ve been able to avoid doing because of that, especially when I was younger.

It’s mostly because of the traditional Chinese belief that the older siblings are lowkey responsible for the younger ones and are supposed to be leaders/role models to them, in return for their younger siblings’ obedience. So, basically, what it means is that I was able to talk my older cousin into killing a giant roach in a room we were sharing on the basis that she was older and thus supposed to be leading the way, despite the fact that I’m about a head taller and ten kilos/22lbs heavier, and we both feared the roach.

Being the youngest has its perks.