For those who never had siblings

Hard to comprehend. I had no idea one could actually make it through childhood without littermates to taunt and torture them into fighting to survive.

(spoken as the runt that always got hind tit)

Learned very early in life that there was only so much that the cat was blamed for.
If there were 10 people anywhere, I was kin to 7 of them.
That made up for no siblings.

I am 5 of 5.

I am 5 of 5 but in a strange family dinamic. Dad had two kids his first marriage. Mom the same. I am the only child from their marriage. There is a 16 year difference between me and the closest sibling in age. 25 between me and the oldest. So to answer your question... Depends how you look at it.

I am 1 of 5, my wife is 2 of 5, and our five children are all "only child's".
That is actually kind-of true for the oldest and the youngest due to the age separation.

I constantly tell my three kids, ƒ??remember that one of you is a spare, we donƒ??t need all of you.ƒ? Keeps them fairly well behaved.

I am 1 of 1. Still don't share well. Ex was one of 9. Discovered early on the Holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas were entirely different affairs at each other's parents! There are times when its nice there's only me, but I don't think I'd recommend it for everyone. It probably had something to do with how I turned out...

1952 brother, 1954 brother, 1956 sister, 1960 sister, 1962 me.

I am an only child. I grew up as the only child around, my cousins that lived down the road were 13 years older, no other neighbors close. I was always different in school having grown up around adults, didn't fit in groups well, I still am not a joiner as in clubs or groups. I work better by myself than with others. So since most surveyors I know are not social butterflies I guess I fit in with this group pretty well.

My father was an only child and raised in a very urban area. He was a popular kid in school and had no social anxieties. Interesting thing that he did for me and my siblings was designate some of his good friends as our uncles when we were young and they were like real uncles. Also some of his cousins were uncles to us. Reflecting on it, I guess that he felt that we were shorted of uncles by his only child upbringing.
It was interesting having uncles of various ethnic heritage as a youth.
Uncle Tony, Harry, Sam, Leon and Eddie.
Plus there were two uncles from my maternal side.

gschrock, post: 452933, member: 556 wrote: 1948 brother, 1950 brother, 52 sister, 54 brother, 56 brother, 58 brother, me, 63 sister...

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After I became a Grandfather, my Mother was still calling me her baby LOL.

Any twins?

I have an identical twin brother.

Iƒ??m also an ƒ??only childƒ?. After being ripped from my Nannyƒ??s arms to move to FL (1957) I became self-sufficient at age 7. My parents had just converted a mansion (in my opinion) to a nursing home. The neat thing was that it was on 5 acres and had all kinds of citrus trees in the back. And a huge mulberry tree.

I met my best friend Bobby at age 7.58 and we decided since the orange, grapefruit, and tangerine trees were loaded with delicious fruit we would tote it all around in a wagon and sell it to the neighbors that didnƒ??t have citrus trees. We made enough money to buy our first spinning fishing reel and rod and later made enough to FINALLY buy a red rider bb gun. Shot the hell out of oranges but never shot my eye out. 😉

gschrock, post: 452933, member: 556 wrote: 58 brother, me,

You're a twin?

I was second of 5; 4 sisters:
55 Shauna, she had a different dad. He died in a car crash, during a game of 'chicken'
57 Dougie
59 Tannis
61 Fern (Kimberly)
63 Lissa

SWMBO is youngest of 4; 3 older brothers, the youngest of which is 10 years older that her...
Her oldest had a different dad too, but they never told anyone. They doctored their marriage license and took it to their grave.

Holy Cow, post: 452830, member: 50 wrote: Commonly known as "an only child".

During a trip around the job site with a new client, noticed a mail box for a nearby house and asked, "Is that your brother's house?" He said it was an uncle, instead. Then he volunteered that he was an only child and his wife was an only child. They have only a daughter, thus another only child, who, in turn has a son who will also be an only child.

This situation sparked my imagination a bit wondering what the life experience must be for the only child of an only child of two only children.

Anyone here an only child? Please share your thoughts on the advantages or disadvantages.

As for me, I am not an only child but my sister is. Just ask her if she has a brother!

I have a brother and a sister but no aunts or uncles because my parents are only children. All of my grandparents would come to our house for Christmas and we would sit at one table.

Only, but now have two step-siblings. I was in my 20s and already out of the house when my mom remarried so I'm not particularly close to either one.

I did ask for a sibling when I was very little, but by the time I got into school, quit because I'd realized I had it pretty good. All the toys and books were mine! mine! Main babysitter had 6 kids with the youngest a year older than me so I got to see a big family close up. I didn't like the ruckus that seemed to be going on most of the time. I also knew by the time I was 5 or 6 that I didn't want to be a doctor like my mother--too much work!

I liked being an only child, but I was a big reader, so although I could get bored or lonely it wasn't all the time.

Dad was oldest of two (sister, two years younger). His sister had 6 kids. They've had a lot of kids, but no one's had more than 3 each, I think.

Mom was oldest of three (brother, sister) all close in age. Uncle had two kids. Aunt had two kids. There's 5 kids from the 5 cousins (including me) with the youngest at 5 and the oldest...in her 20s, I believe.

Beyond me in California, everyone else is scattered in Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas...so we don't get together very much.

HWMBO tried the "oh twins aren't that much more work than having one!" I said, yeah, sure, and rolled my eyes at him. I have to admit that getting both through diapers, etc. at the same time has its advantages and they do play together sometimes.

My Mother is the oldest of three sisters and my Father had one, older brother (they had a cousin adopted into the family younger than Dad but I don't think that was until later-Dad's Mother being the oldest was expected to take on the family problem).

My Mother's Father was a fraternal twin, he died at 45, Uncle Hal died into his nineties. Mom's cousin-her mother was the twin's older sister-said uncle Hal did everything right after Grandfather died, quit drinking, played tennis every day, moved to Coronado, ate better, etc.

Bill Cosby said you aren't a parent until you have two. Of course he also said one is not enough and two is too many.
I am the middle of three, two sisters. My mother was an only child but my father is one of twelve. Six boys and six girls. In the early 1900's sharecroppers raised their own help.
Andy

Andy Bruner, post: 453023, member: 1123 wrote: Bill Cosby said you aren't a parent until you have two. Of course he also said one is not enough and two is too many.
I am the middle of three, two sisters. My mother was an only child but my father is one of twelve. Six boys and six girls. In the early 1900's sharecroppers raised their own help.
Andy

My mother in law is one of 17(raised in a two bedroom house). Pa in law was one of seven. I was about the only candidate my wife had for marriage. I was from out of state and she is kin to everybody else in the county. MIL's family were sharecroppers. She said they had mattresses everywhere, even in the kitchen.