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10 Things Every Only Child Knows To Be True

Things Every Only Child Can Relate To

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10 Things Every Only Child Knows To Be True
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Being an only child is truly an experience. Half of the ones you'll meet will tell you that it's the absolute worst and go on a ten minute rant about why they deserved a brother or a sister, and the other half will tell you that it's the best thing that ever happened to them. Whether you're the former or the latter, here are five things every only child can agree on.

1.) Tons of personal space

You either want to be friends with and meet absolutely everyone because you never had people to hang out with at home or you don't know how to function with more than five people in the room. There is no in-between.

3.) Your parents being waaay too supportive but also on you about everything all of the time

Look, pretty much every parent wants the best for their kids, that much is true, but it's different when you're an only child. Your parents only have one shot to get the whole parenting thing right, so they encourage you to try literally everything to make sure you're good at at least one thing.

4.) You're terrible at sharing food, or just sharing in general

But...that's mine.

5.) We're really good at being alone

Everyone needs alone time, but only children truly need set times throughout each week where they get to just be alone with their thoughts and relax. While it takes some people a lot of growing up to learn how to function by themselves, only children have been doing it since birth, and most of us are pretty comfortable with it.

6.) We know exactly why we are only children

Every only child knows the exact reason why their parents didn't "bless" them with a sibling. It's like our equivalent of the talk. Whether it be because of pregnancy issues or our parents just not wanting other kids, there's a definite reason, and we know it.

7.) We tend to be perfectionists

Don't even get me started on schoolwork and other responsibilities. If it's not perfect, it will not be turned in. While hobbies tend to be a source of relaxation for most people, we think we have to be perfect at them too, and somehow they can become exhausting.

8.) Our circles tend to be small

Personally, I like knowing a lot of people because I enjoy knowing who is around me, but our social circles tend to be a little smaller than other peoples'. We latch onto a few really great friends and we rarely want for any more. The way we see it, why surround yourself with people you aren't super close with?

9.) We had imaginary friends, like, a lot of them

10.) We're really good listeners

Only children are the best people to vent to. We're super empathetic and tend to give really good advice. We also tend to be really sensitive because our parents talked to us a lot from an early age about things most kids don't hear about until they're older, so you shouldn't be afraid to open up.


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