I’m the winner!
I was the first one to make it to the finish line. There’s no Do-Overs either.
I’m the first born.
Yea I know, not all of you can say that you won the race.
I hear ya… laid back, not paying attention. Don’t worry about it. Hey, at least you made it here, right!? Nice effort.
So, being the first born means that statistically, we fucking rock. We get mushed over and get lots more attention.
We rule.
That is, until one of you suckers wakes up and decides to join us.
Now, the worst thing about you little jerks running through the finish line second or third, is that we had to wear these kinds of fucking shirts for at least a year.
As you can see, it’s not pretty. It totally takes away from the triumph that is the First Born.
But we always got to pawn shit off on you… and fuck with your heads.
For example, my own little brother thought that every time my mother was spelling words out so he wouldn’t understand them, she was really calling him stupid. Why?
I told him so.
Hey, don’t like it? BOO HOO!
We all know the Wikipedia.com is like the closest thing on earth to God; like, sometimes they know stuff before it even happens…
It says:
“Birth order is commonly believed to have a profound and lasting effect on psychological development.”
Firstborn
Firstborns are typically believed to be serious, conscientious, directive, goal-oriented, aggressive, rule-conscious, exacting, conservative, organized, responsible, jealous, fearful, high achieving, competitive, high in self-esteem, and anxious. They may learn the concept of power at a young age, and this can be expressed in their desire to help, protect and lead others. The firstborn may also have the need to regain praise from their parents that they received before their siblings were born. The first born may come to feel unloved through the perceived loss of mother’s love to the new baby. Adler (1964) referred to this as being “dethroned” by the younger sibling. Later in life the firstborn may become authoritarian or strict. A firstborn’s common feeling of a fear of losing the top position may make them more risk averse, and thus less likely to embark on a new venture.
There are several aspects of the family structure that pertain to firstborn children. First time parents are usually highly anxious and “sweat all the details.” They .. every milestone, celebrate each small achievement, and worry if it comes later than expected. They put the firstborn child under a lot of pressure to succeed. In addition to parental behavior, the firstborn child is often shocked by the introduction of a competitor into the family. This may lead to sibling rivalry. On the other hand, younger siblings often idolize the first born, putting the first born in a position of leader of the children of the family.
Wow… how did they know all that stuff about us? How did they know that I am the best? Unbelievable!
So now, you finally understand.
Ever wondered why there weren’t so many pictures of your ugly mug lying around?
The winner gets the glory.
(Ha, ha! We even have the higher IQs. We’re smarter than you!)
So, what do you think about this? I was being sarcastic *cough* for the most part, but do you believe that birth order has a direct correlation on your personality?
Middle kids (ahem, Jabs), Only Children, and Babies… what was it like for you?
I will post your Personality Profiles in the Comments Section. Man, you guys are screwed up!
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I believe it’s www.wikipedia.org that you’re referring too.
Duh. You obviously weren’t the 1st born in your family
How about the both of you type in www.wikipedia.com and see what happens.
who gives a shit
I absolutely believe there is a correlation! between your birth order and your personality. I am classic middle/youngest child (both characteristics due to the 9 year gap between the birth of myself and that of my younger sister (the youngest was born 1 year after HER).
Only child chiming in here! I was first born so a lot of those attributes can be seen in my personality. I am self reliant and independant. I am comfortable with myself and being alone. I have read various articles regarding the differences in siblings and birth orders. For me I was lucky enough to have close cousins and at the end of the day to leave them at home and go home to be the only kid!
I’m the Baby in the family. I have one older Brother and that’s it! My brother is NOT all that you describe. As for me .. being the baby in the family ROCKS!
Peace..
I am the poster child for the first born. My brother is 8 years and my sister is 9 years younger than I am. I was god to them. That whole blog describes me and how I treated them and how I see myself to a T. To this day I am the bar in which my siblings are measured and to some extent my cousins since I am the Eldest of the grand kids as well.
I was the baby, and I think I won. I ended up being the smart one, and the good one. I always strived to do better, and compete evenly with my older brother. I even could ride a bike before he could, as soon as I learned how he decided it was time for him to take off the training wheels. I remember learning multiplication with my brother, who is three years older than I am. He forced me to achieve because he would rub in any knowledge that he held that I didn’t. I also was his “babysitter” for awhile, because I turned into the responsible one. Of course, I am not typical of the youngest child.
The one downside was being the good-girl. My brother broke all the rules when he was younger so as I grew I had more restrictions placed on me, both because of that and being the girl.
middle kid rule
Middleborn
Middleborn children have a diverse range of personalities. The habits of many middleborns are motivated by the fact that they have never been truly in the spotlight. The firstborn always seems to be achieving and pioneering ahead, while the younger sibling is secure in his or her niche as the entertainer of the family.
The middle or second born child or children often have the sense of not belonging. They fight to receive attention from parents and others because they feel many times they are being ignored or dubbed off as being the same as another sibling. Being in the middle, a child can feel insecure. This in turn will affect their relationships throughout their whole life. In some cases the middle child will see life from a hopeless standpoint will often become depressed or even lonely.The middle child often lacks drive and looks for direction from the first born child. Sometimes a middle child feels out of place because they are not over achievers and like to go with the flow of things.
Middleborn children are often believed to be natural mediators. They tend to have fewer pictures in the family photo album alone, compared to firstborns. Middleborn children may avoid conflict. They may also be highly loyal to the peer group and have many friends.
The middle born child may develop good social skills and have an easier time growing up with an other-centered point of view. It has been suggested that middleborn children are more likely to be entrepreneurs. Karen E. Klein, a Los Angeles-based writer, suggested that a middleborn’s innate skills in diplomacy plus their flexibility in ideas make them more successful in entrepreneurship.
The middle child may have an even-temper and a take it or leave it attitude. Alfred Adler (1964) believed that the middle child feels squeezed out of a position of privilege and significance. The child is internally compelled to find peace within the family and may have trouble finding a place or become a fighter of injustice.
Youngest
The names given to the youngest child are revealing: the youngest child of the family is viewed as the party animal, the enterainer who is unafraid to test his or her luck. They are also thought of as the baby of the family and an outgoing charmer. While this is certainly not true of all youngest siblings, proponents of this theory state that the youngest of the family is an endearing, and delightful friend.
The youngest child is often babied or “pampered” more than the other siblings. This “pampering,” according to Adler, is one of the worst behaviors a parent can bestow on a child. “Pampering” can lead to dependence, and selfishness as well as irresponsibility when the youngest enters adulthood.
Youngest children may become manipulative and control-seeking if their sibling(s), parents, or other peers are overbearing or bossy.
Only children
Main article: Only child
Only children may have characteristics of either the first born or the youngest child. Adler (1964) believed that because only children have no rivals for their parents’ affection, they may be pampered and spoiled by their parents, particularly the mother. He suggested that this could cause later interpersonal difficulties if the person is not universally liked and admired.
Another view of only children, as noted by Alissa Eischens in her paper The Dilemma of the Only Child is that they learn to be children on their own, they learn to depend on themselves, and they have no problem being loners.
Naturally introverted only children may show extroverted qualities if he or she wishes to make friends. On the other hand, naturally extroverted children may learn to show introverted qualities by being content to focus on their thoughts when playmates are unavailable.
Twins
Twins tend to have one dominate twin, who acts as the first born. However, this can sometimes not be the case. Because of twins’ closeness, they tend to be a lot more confident; however, they often have trouble being alone and get lonely easily. When one twin gets married, this often causes seperation problems with both twins, and sometimes leads to depression. Twins, especially identical twins, tend to be much closer than normal siblings.
Y’all are NOT smarter…statistically…second children(ME) are smarter cause they learn from the older child!!! just fucking with ya, I have NO idea if that is truth or not! LOL
I tell my mom all the time the my older and youngest brothers got all the damn attention…she doesn’t seem to agree with me!! LOL
First Born ah yes Nothing like it, you get all the blame too!!!!!!!!!!!!
FIRST BORN KIDS RULE! YOU GO GIRL!!!
Damn just google what your looking for and put a space then wiki at the end!
Screw all you first born! At least I’ll be safe if that biblical plague ever rears it ugly head again!
I’m happy with the Jan Brady Syndrome!!! Marsha, Marsha…MARSHA!!!!!
I freaking hated hand me downs, especially when your older sib is a girl! But it was easier to get my sis into trouble! ~MOM!!!
lmao!!!… hand me downs from a girl!!!
props dude that was hilaious
C.
first born, i believe that much like older day i(the first born) should be in charge of my younger siblings fate and of course by right of the first born get everything(which i do, yay me). which is also why i have only a son, no more kids for me.(besides i dont want to screw up more than one kid)
C.
1st BORNS RULE!!!!!
Well, for a while I was an only first born child. Then my mom got remarried, and then I became a middle child. You talking about getting your brother to think he was stupid made me laugh. Once, me and my step brothers tied up my step sister (she was the youngest) and tickled her till she wet her pants. We untied her right before our parents got back. And we convinced them that she was crazy, and just telling stories. We were such monsters…
FBs are the ish!
i am the twin middle child. i have a big sis, a little sis, and a twin sis. so i suck
but i have a twin so i’m cool! and i am a gemini so i’m probably confusing
im an older child, and i have a younger brother.
haha nice KL
I am a middle child. I do think birth order can have a lot to do with a personality. Mix that in with the strangeness of having two of the siblings be adopted (my older sister and younger brother) and it gets nice and complicated.
But me.. I just keep doin’ what I do…
I’m the older of 2. I made out!
The baby got all the attention while we were kids but as adults I ended up with the independence. You just can’t beat that!
FBs RULE! - really, we do…
Famous first born children: Walter Conkrite, Dan Rather, Oprah Winfrey, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein and Arsenio Hall
More than 1/2 of the U.S. Presidents were first born children
21 of the 23 first astronauts were first born children
2/3 of entrepreneurs are first born children
Well, as the baby of 4 children I never got in trouble, well because I was the baby but that also meant that I never got to do anything because I was the baby. Lets see I got hand me downs until I was, actually I still get them. I also had 3 bodyguards at all times which was pretty nice until they decided to beat up on me. All in all I’d say being the baby has its rewards and its pitfalls.
Youngest. And I fully took advantage of being the youngest until I was in my 20s! I had full protection from my older brothers and sisters. I suppose I could have continued to be bratty and not be responsible but my Taurean nature wouldn’t let me! I need to work hard and provide a good life (along with my fiance) for my son. Luckily, he takes after us and likes to work!
I’m the oldest.
I am text book…everything.
My dad said yesterday I couldn’t give up college because I was the only one who would amount to anything. I felt bad that he thought that of my sisters.
How does this happen?
I am the perfect first born. My sister is the classic middle child maybe that’s why we don’t get along.
i am the oldest, my sister is 4 years younger than i am, and our little brother was 13 years younger {peace little brother~}. they never ever ever listen to me though…. haha~
you are RIGHT again~ we f’n rock…..
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Get some better writers on this thing.
I won the race because I killed the competition, so there could only be one. I am the only child. Okay so now that I’ve given you the movie trailer for my birth, Im’m an only child and I love being that. It has made me more responsible, independent and logical yet very imaginative, seeing that i only had me to play with for the most part. As an only child, I found that I had to think through alot of situations on my own and alot of pressure was placed on me to succeed. It has made me very introspective seeing that I spend alot of time on my own. Most times I would rather be left alone, not that i’m antisocial or anything, but sometimes everyone else’s issues wear me down. I’m used to fending for myself and myself alone. Me being a father has help me come out of that some but I still have my days.
Good Read Kristie. I missed you as usual.
LOL I guess all that doesn’t apply to my older brother because he is a total moron. His grades sucked in school, and he is a pushover. Me, being the only girl AND the youngest, got all the attention from my parents, have the better grades, and I love it.
But thats me, who knows about the situations of others.
congrats sweetie
Just remember that first-borns are always the first to be killed off by Biblical plagues!
hear hear!! well said!
i’m a firstborn of three total children.
being firstborn entitles me to being born before my siblings.
this also means i am older than my siblings.
this often means i have more experience being alive than my siblings.
this also means since i was the first child to be born, my parents had less parenting experience than they had for my two younger siblings.
being firstborn gave me free rule to teach my parents a thing or two about how much a child can teach a parent about parenting.
i’ll let you know how the race went when i die
first borns- aint shit, if you were there wouldnt be a reason for your parents to procreate again, they didnt get it right the first time so they tried again, i.e. george bush
Babies- aint shit either, yall are only around cause mommy was bored and decided that she wanted to clean up some more poo
only children- are the worst, your parents fucked up so bad with you they decided that the only thing left to do was quit trying, you really should ask your parents for forgiveness
middle childen(which is me)- are the only children who should exist, which i know you think is impossible but we could just wipe everyone else out, but then there would be no one to show our superiority to
First born here baby…
Yes, we rock!
Well, although I am a first born, I am also considered an only child by proxy, due to the fact that my younger siblings are 7 and 8 years younger than me. I do beleive that birth order had an effect on your personality. I don’t think it had to do with the fact that you are the first born, but the attention that you get. I think that being the first boy in a family that already has a girl is diffrent than being the second daughter.
But I digress, my experience is much like that of only children, I always got good grades, was never a trouble maker (I mean how much trouble can you get into by yourself?) and was always very adult like from a young age. And I have this horrible perfectionizm that comes through every now and again. In a book that I read about birth order they said that only children were the first borns times ten.
Ha! I am the first born. We fucking rock. I studied birth order tons in Psych and Sociology classes. And yeah, I got like no pictures of my third child… who can do scrap booking with three kids running loose? I didn’t even make him a hand made baby quilt.
I used to tell my little brother he was adopted, and i was there and remembered it and then I woudl describe it for him. I told him we got him from the Native Americans and his real name was “Little Running Water.”
Because I know so much about birth order, I did something very specific and intentional with my children…. My daughter is the first born…. and then when I had my son I made sure it was known that he is THE FIRST BORN SON and therefore has responsibilities as the OLDEST MAN IN THE HOUSE… I didn’t want him to think of himself as a middle child and I wanted him to take on first born characteristics.
Fuck I spent way too much time in college didn’t I?
You still have bigger boobs than me though so you win.
I’M A FIRST BORN!!!! We are soooo much cooler, smarter and just all around good people!!! LOL
FIRSTS RULE
I can tell you this being first born sucked ass. I was responsible for their actions I was a role model, I was the one that got slapped when they did something that my mom thought I taught them. I did not appreciate my siblings until I was 29. I did enjoy being the first born grandchild…no matter what they say, you are always the favorite!!!
I think birth order has some relevance but I have also read some literature that shows that the distance in age between siblings skews this research. For example, my sister and I are 4.5 years apart and in alot of ways, she and I are reversed and in others, I exhibit single child personality traits and she has many older child traits. Also, we were both adopted at birth, so if nature has anything to with who we are (and you bet it does) the fact we are actually first borns from our birth Mothers may come into play.
Everything is subjective, but I do like thinking I rule the world
i don’t care what they say. i was last one born and was spoiled rotten
middle-child= hard knock life.
Well… I’m the second (and last) kid but I was the first son. My dad has like these old values thing to him so the first son is the first born (apparently), no matter how many older sisters he may have. So my case is a bit of a mix. I (like any other younger child) am a SPOILED BRAT (and damn proud!), but there has always been pressure for me succeed, as if i were a first born (like wikipedia says). OH! And I’M the most rule conscious of the two of us (my sister and me).
it definetly makes a difference. I am an only child (and i was the only granchild for 11 yrs) so i am a spoiled brat that doesn’t like to share.
Well for me, I have four bothers who were born before the 1960’s(not really that far back) and then I was born after all of there sinaningans. I must say that I’m kinda glad after all the family stories I’ve heard, I’d probabbly be more tense than I am now. Plus makes harder to get along sometimes due huge age gap and personality, but I really aperciated everything they’ve done.
great blog.. and thats all Ic an say on this, for I lost my sibblings years ago as a child
Lol. Loved the blog. I am the first born child of four and yes I’m the leader of the children of the family. I’m the one who stays in touch with all the sibling even when the others are fighting with each other. I’m the glue that hold it all together. Lol. So with that said……………..We are the champions!
Kristi you are funny girl!!1 First borns are not always smartest. My older brother first born is not smarter than I . I made better grades in school than he did. I was in 8th grade teachin him his 11 grade English!!! But I don’t beliweve that is always true bout first borns but your hystetricall in your writing . Love ya girl!!
Kim
i believe that if Brandon can’t use the english language properly, he would have been wisest not to leave a comment. lol.
I was the youngest of 3 brothers and I was subject to foul tricks like the bath water tastes yummy and this is the edible kind of soap. But after I could talk well enough to tell, the power was mine. If I whipped up some crocodile tears and pointed that child got smacked. I used my tears like a loaded gun to get what I wanted. Then I had the “I always get my way song” that mocked my brothers after each sweet victory.
I’m the first born and yes, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
I get more freedom, more tust, more money and to boss
the younger sis all the time! But on the other hand, I
definitely had more limitations and pressure to succeed
while growing up than she ever did. So it’s a two faced coin.
But it’s still better to be me, yes, it is!