What's your birth order?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

If you're a multiple...well, that's what the "other" option is for. :P

You may determine your birth order out of just "whole" siblings, you may include "halves" and "steps" if you like, you may consider just those siblings who you grew up around regardless of how they related to you, adoptees may consider either their birth families or their adopted families, what-fucking-ever. :) However, if yours is a situation that needs qualifying, please explain so in your reply.

Me, I'm an only. Simple. :)

On edit: Fascism removed from determination of birth order request. :) Thanks, Gormy.

[skygazer]

1. Youngest of six

Needless to say, I never had a new bicycle. :(

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. Whoa. I could not live with five siblings!

(Hell, I couldn't live with one!)

My dad is the eldest of six. He and the youngest are the only truly sane people, IMHO, of the bunch. :)

[antigone382]

27. I was third of six...and the only girl. The first two were twins. N/T

[greendog]

118. First of six

~

[smokey nj]

125. Same here, all I had were lot's of hand-me-downs

My mother recycled everything ncluding eyeglass frames. Yes mine was a childhood filled with painful humiliation.

[lizziegrace]

3. Oldest of twins

with a younger sister...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

4. You're a twin?

:)

How do you like your twin? It seems to me all the twins I know, admittedly aged 10-18 or 19, can't stand one another!

[lizziegrace]

6. We look nothing alike.

As fraternal as fraternal twins can be (ones of the same gender, that is...)

We get along okay and always had different friends and interests. Most people didn't even know we were related.

:)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

10. That's odd, but pretty cool.

One thing I'd hate about the whole twin thing is having a mirror image of myself...Creepy! I'd much prefer to be opposite sex or like you--same sex, but don't look alike.

:D

[MissMillie]

5. sixth but only by 27 minutes

:)

[lizziegrace]

7. You're a twin too??

:)

[MissMillie]

9. identical twin... and the youngest in my family

my sis and I are great friends, but we never got along when we were teenagers.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

11. You must be a multiple.

;)

27 minutes, in my limited experience, is quite the gap--most twins I know were born within 5-15 minutes of each other.

:D

[MissMillie]

15. I was injured in the battle to be first out

I lost the battle and was born w/ a hernia.

My sis beat me up!!!!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

16. LOL.

:rofl::rofl:

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Halves were born of or to a parent --- they should count regardless

of whether you lived with them consistently, if the answers are # born.

For that matter, how would you count adopted sibs? Sometimes sibs are old than you but not as old as other blood siblings -- what would be the birth order in that case?

WIMR, please reconsider your categorizations --- you've opened a hornet's nest. :hi:


Me, the birth order changes dramatically based on whether I count only those born to my mother, or only those related by blood, or those raised 'consistently' etc. The Brady Bunch had nothing on us.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

13. Whoa yeah.

Whoops. :blush:

How about I just say "Count people who you would consider siblings," and let people explain how they did it? Not so scientific, but less hornet-y.

:D

[Gormy Cuss]

17. That would do it.

:-)

Some birth order studies do account for birth order based on self description. I'm the first born of my parent's marriage, but way down the line otherwise so I qualify as a middle child in terms of the predicted characteristics.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

18. Going to edit it right now!

:)

[ulysses]

12. fourth and last.

Nine years after the next to last, too. Autumn-of-life surprise. :D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

14. Heh.

Your parents could have had a worse surprise than you, I bet.

;)

:hi:

[ulysses]

19. I like to think so.

Depends on who you ask. :D :hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

22. I bet if you asked that tyke in your avatar, she'd be all over it!

;)

[ulysses]

25. he, actually.

:D He gets that a lot.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

26. Whoops.

:blush:

:)

Now, I'm a hardhearted young Turk, but that is quite the handsome young man.

;)

[bigwillq]

20. I am a twin.

She is the only sibling I have. She is nine minutes older.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

23. Another twin.

What is with all the multiples?

:P

:hi:

[bigwillq]

28. Drugs

:smoke: LOL!

I am guessing I became a twin because my mom went through infertility and was indeed put on several medications in order to conceive. :) I've heard it's very common for woman who go through infertility to have multiple births.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

29. Yes, I think it is.

:hi:

[City Lights]

21. I'm the middle of three girls.

Just call me Jan Brady. :D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

24. Ouch.

:rofl:

[democracyindanger]

46. A fellow middle of three.

We end up the most interesting and well-adjusted, you know.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

49. Sure. You just keep telling yourself that.

:P

;)

[democracyindanger]

75. Figures.

Only child = spoiled narcissist.

:evilgrin:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

83. Oh hell yeah.

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

[City Lights]

107. I'll drink to that!

:beer:

[flamingyouth]

30. I'm an only child too.

:)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

33. A lonely only, or a satisfied one?

On the whole I am a satisfied one, though I do know some onlys who really wish they had siblings.

;)

[flamingyouth]

37. I'm satisfied

:D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

40. The whole "sibling" concept seems entirely alien to me.

Having to live with other kids of your parents--weird!

;)

[vikegirl]

31. Oldest - but I'm adopted.

So who knows? :shrug: :)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

35. Ah well.

:)

[ulysses]

41. you just made me think.

Our son is adopted, and I've already gotten used to thinking of him as the "oldest", even though we don't have any other kids yet. It's not out of the question that we could adopt a child older than he is in the future. There's a strict way to look at birth order, and then there's the date of the adoption, which is fuzzy of course, but at least to me, now, meaningful. Would he not still be the "oldest" in some sense?

More on which to think...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

43. Aww, now my head hurts.

x(

;)

[vikegirl]

50. more to consider....

I was found on at police station, so the adoption agency had to *guess* my birthday. I'm only a couple months older than my sister (also adopted, and birthday also guessed), so perhaps in actuality *she's* the oldest? :crazy: :-)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

54. *rubs head*

Owwwww.....

:7

[ulysses]

59. I was going to ask if yours was a closed adoption

but I guess the situation sort of transcends the label, doesn't it. :)

[vikegirl]

62. yep!

and I've never had any desire to find my biological parents. My "adopted" parents are my "real" parents. :-)

[ulysses]

67. cool.

Your happiness and satisfaction is what matters. :thumbsup:

[ulysses]

52. LOL - you don't have to live it.

This is all very much new ground for us. :)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

56. Very true!

Congrats on the adoption! How old is he?

;)

[ulysses]

61. 9 1/2 months

and changing daily. :D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

65. When'd you adopt him?

(If I am correct in reading that he was indeed adopted.)

[ulysses]

70. yes, he was.

He was born 9/23/05. His birthparents signed the papers on 9/25 and 26, and the adoption was finalized in court on November 14th, 2005. We're going to try to go see them at the end of this month - they haven't seen him since the day before the finalization.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

72. That's cool that the birth parents get to see him!

Does that mean it was an open adoption?

Sorry 'bout all the questions, btw.... :blush:

[ulysses]

81. no problem - yes, it's an open adoption.

His birthparents are both great people. They're actually married, both in recovery from heroin addictions, and just couldn't take on a baby at this point. This was my thread for his birthfather on Father's Day - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5280552

[WritingIsMyReligion]

84. That's really awesome.

:toast: to you and to Eric!

[SeattleGirl]

32. Oldest of five.

:hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

36. Were you often called upon to keep the younger ones in line?

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

51. Way too often for my taste.

But I guess that's one of the things that often comes with the territory.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

57. Benefit of being an only child #1--no siblings to herd.

:7

[SeattleGirl]

90. True. But despite the squabbling we did at times, we also had

-- and still have -- a lot of fun together.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

92. Downfall of being an only child #1--No one to chill with sometimes.

:(

;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2

Oh, wait... I thought you said firing order.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

38. Nut!

:rofl:

Divulge your information now, or face the consequences!

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

102. Well, I was adopted

and so was my sister. So does it matter? :shrug:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

103. No, of course not!

I never knew that!

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

105. Okay, then

I was second of two.

[Call Me Wesley]

39. Thank you for removing the 'fascism' option.

That's why I didn't vote.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

42. It wasn't an option, persay.

It was me being slap-brained in my request.

:blush:

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

55. No worries.

I'm just allergic to the definition.

:hi:

On edit: I voted. I have an older sister.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

58. Do you like her?

;)

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

76. Yes, I do.

Here she is: http://www.turquois.ch

[WritingIsMyReligion]

80. Cool!

What language is that in? Is the ".ch" ending for the Czech Republic?

[Call Me Wesley]

82. LOL!

.ch = Confoederatio Helvetica = Switzerland. It's Italian/German.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

85. Whoops again.

:blush:

:evilgrin:

[Call Me Wesley]

86. No worries again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsmZnXa31fw&search=milka

[WritingIsMyReligion]

93. WTF?

:rofl::rofl:

[Mutley]

44. Second.

I'm the baby. ;)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

45. Bebe!

:7

[ikojo]

47. I am the youngest girl of seven kids...

My mom had SEVEN kids in TEN years....OY VEY!!!

I had one younger brother who is now deceased.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

53. Wow. That's ROUGH.

My grandmother had 6 kids in 7 years, back in the late fifties to mid sixties, which is also rough. I think I know of someone who is the eldest of 7 kids, where there is a 10-year difference between him and the youngest, but if I remember correctly one or two of those seven were adopted, so it's not *quite* the same.

[trackfan]

48. Fifth of five

[WritingIsMyReligion]

60. Get picked on a lot by the others?

;)

[trackfan]

71. I was mostly spared that as a result of too great an age difference.

They range from 5 to 13 1/2 years older than me.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

74. That's luck right there.

;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

63. My dear WIMR!

I am the oldest; I have a younger brother......he is two years younger than I am......

But.....saying that.....I am not a typical oldest child.

I discovered several years ago, that I behave more like a second child would.

When the oldest has severe conflicts with the parents, then that child often behaves much the way a second-born child would.

And I did have severe conflicts with them....although now we have worked things out, and we get along very well. At least as long as I don't visit them!


I know, I'm unique.....but what else is new? (Thanks, WIMR!)


:shrug: :hug:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

66. "Weird" is not a good adjective there, Peggy!

"Unique" is.

;)

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

68. Ok, Ok............

I'll change it already....... :eyes:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

73. Hey, missy, I don't need none o' yer attitude!

:P :P

:7

[CaliforniaPeggy]

77. Oh........I'm sorry! LOLOLOL...........

Like fun I am!

You know I'm kidding, right? I am!

:rofl: :rofl:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

79. Yup.

:D

:rofl::rofl:

[Tikki]

64. COL baby, almost like an only... with two way, way older brothers......n/t

[Lady Effingbroke]

69. I got here first!

Beat my worthless brother by 4 years. :evilgrin:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

78. Hey, unless I'm totally mistaken, it's a fellow 'Dan fan!

I bet your brother's so worthless he doesn't even like "Reelin in the Years." :evilgrin:

:hi:

[Lady Effingbroke]

89. He likes deathcore and speed metal.

When he was a teenager, he and a few of his friends were in a "band" called Bacteria. Their one and only album was titled "Vomit Your Anus", the cover of which was a pen-and-ink facsimile of a guy doing just that, drawn by the enormously artistically talented yet irredemably macabre bassist, who, among other endeavors, tattooed a "sleeve" on his left arm (he is right-handed). One of the tattoos very plainly said "Mutants Fuck Humans" in inch-high letters.


:hi: fellow Daniac!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

94. Whoa.

:rofl:

:hi:

[xmas74]

135. Same here.

Beat my brother by 3 1/2 years.

[KamaAina]

87. Uh, a bottle of Similac on rye, hold the mustard?

:eyes:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

96. That went right over my head.

:wtf:

[KamaAina]

100. It's my birth *order*, get it?

The order I'd place, at a deli, at birth?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

101. ...

:rofl::rofl:

[China_cat]

88. Oldest of 3

but raised by my grandparents as an only child.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

97. Interesting situation. (nt)

[China_cat]

109. My mother, stepfather and sisters

only lived about 10 miles from us but I only saw them about 3 times a year until I was 11 then I went to live with them. What a disaster. Finished my growing up at my grandparents.

[Reverend_Smitty]

91. Oldest but...

The half syblings I have are 13 and 18 years younger than me, that and since they were born I was living with my other parent...so basically I was an only child growing up

[WritingIsMyReligion]

98. I see.

;)

[sarge43]

95. Strange situation

Parent's third child, but my sister died years before I was born and my brother was 13 years older than I was, so, for all practical purposes a near only child.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

99. That is fairly strange.

:D

[txwhitedove]

104. First born of 4 kids, but raised by grandparents as only child.

[u4ic]

106. Last of 5

14 yrs difference between my oldest sister and me, and 5 between my next oldest sibling and myself.

The aforementioned sister had a child at 18, so I was already an aunt at 4 years of age.

I'm the late child of a late child, so my grandparents were 83 and 88 when I was born - and sadly, both died that year.

I'll be turning 40 this year, and my oldest first cousin is 88.

I have a weird family. :crazy:

[Fox Mulder]

108. 2nd born--middle child.

I hate it.

[Deja Q]

110. Oldest of 1*(98-97).

:rofl:

[Canadian Socialist]

111. I'm the second of four

which sounds like a Borg collective name <snerk>

One older sister and two younger brothers. I am closest (emotionally) to my youngest brother. Probably because he is quite a bit younger than I. I looked after him a lot when he was growing up. Changed his diaper, went to his school recitals, was his "Beaver Leader" (youngest age group for the Boy Scouts of Canada)... yes, I know, most unfortunate name to be applied to a teenaged girl. What can ya do? He's now 40, married with a kid. I dote on him, his wife and their daughter. My other brother and his kid? Not so much.

My mother, otoh, was one of 11. Only 3 left now. And my mum is 82. The youngest in her group is still alive. My aunt must be in her mid '70s by now.

[bridgit]

112. Fourth born...

[evlbstrd]

113. I came out head first.

The rest of me followed.
And, I'm the oldest of six.

[Skittles]

114. 2nd of 6 and the only girl

yup

[NJ Democrats]

115. First born!

[Blue_Tires]

116. only n/t

[texanwitch]

117. I am the baby of the family, 4th of 4 children.

It has it good and bad points about it.

I had more things then the older children but they grew up together.

I would have liked to have a brother or sister close to my age, all I had was a cousin that was a year younger.

[cry baby]

119. Another ONLY here!

:hi:

[Dem_4_Life]

122. Another only child here as well nt

[cry baby]

128. Welcome to DU, Dem_4_Life!

:hi:

[mvd]

120. Only child here

:hi:

[In_The_Wind]

121. I probably have some 1/2 brothers or sisters out there somewhere.

I was an only child but my parents separated when I was a baby so I don't know for sure.

[Scout]

123. fifth born, youngest of five

babies rule!

:P

[SharonRB]

124. I don't know if it means anything, but I think it's interesting

that the majority of people who posted in this thread were only or first borns (adding the two together at this point is 70, which is more than all of the other options added together).

Oh, yeah, I'm the oldest of three. My brother was 2-1/2 years younger (he just passed away this past January) and my sister was 7 years younger.

[grannylib]

126. Second - and last. First born biologically, but adopted as a second

child, youngest and only girl (Daddy's, naturally!) :-)

[NewWaveChick1981]

127. First of three.

I have a sister who's 18 months younger, and a brother who is 3 years and 3 months younger.

:hi:

[deadparrot]

129. Oldest of two. nt

[BlueIris]

130. Despite my occasional bitterness about how much I sacrificed

and was forced to sacrifice for my largely ingrateful and oblivious younger sister, I'm happy to be a first born. Effective life management skills, empathy, familiarity with the concept of sharing--there's a reason many first borns are the most successful.

[wildhorses]

131. first born of first born parents

talk about pressure...

[ghostsofgiants]

132. First of three.

[WCGreen]

133. Head first....

Or, I'll have a baby, healthy with a touch of charisma on the side...

[MikeH]

134. Oldest of 5

The separation between me and my youngest sibling is just over 10 years.