I have a large extended family. I've got aunts, uncles, and cousins galore. A lot of those cousins were around my age, so growing up was never lonely. However, I was the first girl of my generation to be born in both my mom's side of the family and my dad's — this gave my childhood a different spin than that of my cousins. For the most part, I was treated pretty equally to my cousins regardless of my gender, but I'd be lying if I said our experiences were exactly the same. If you grew up like me, I think you'll understand. Here are five signs that you, too, grew up surrounded by a bunch of boys,

You spent a good decade or so trying to be one of the guys.

Growing up the only girl with a bunch of boys, you have to try and fit in somehow. Calling myself a tomboy and claiming to hate pink were only a couple things I did to achieve this.

You've heard the phrase, "You run like a girl!" too often.

No matter how hard you try to keep up with the boys and their sports, someone's bound to say something like this. Kinda makes you think that doing anything like a girl is a bad thing, huh?

You got along better with the guys at school because the girls were "too complicated."

This is definitely something I've grown out of, personally, but I totally remember being confused at all the drama my girlfriends would be dealing with. A lot of the time, the supposed simplicity my boy cousins and friends seemed to have was just a lot easier to deal with.

You didn't do anything girly.

Going shopping was an utter waste of time and just the idea of makeup was horrid. Doing your hair consisted of throwing it back in a pony or just leaving it as is. Dresses? Just no. Why couldn't you just wear some pants to the party like all the boys?

Despite all your efforts, realizing you really are different from the boys.

As much as you got along with them, there came a point growing up where you began to drift from the boys. After all, there are some things that they just don't get