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8 Signs You Have Middle Child Syndrome

Only the middle of the family will understand.

Kaycie Romanello

Mar 22, 2017

Quinnipiac University

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People always talk about the first child due to their role as being the oldest. They complete mistakes, accomplishments, and honestly, they complete anything first. Then you have the youngest, who is the baby. Of course, all of the focus is on them due to people never thinking they will ever grow up no matter if they are 6 or 26. If you have an older sibling and a younger, then you must be the middle. With the role as the middle child, you probably don't feel the same positively as your other siblings. This is because you might suffer from the imaginary, "Middle Child Syndrome." Don't worry, all of the other "middles" are with you.

1. You feel like you are always getting blamed

You are still at fault even though the issue does not even come close to involving you.

2. You feel forgotten

You will tell your parents how an occasion went and they respond with, "Oh that was today?"

3. You know your older sibling can get away with it, so you do it...and now you are in trouble

For instance, you realize that your older sibling at your age was allowed to stay out longer, so you do it. Then you come home and it is World War III.

4. You will never be the center of attention

The oldest child is the most important because they are always throwing obstacles at your parents. Then the youngest comes along and your parents cherish the moments they have with their last "baby."

5. Your parents never ask what you are doing

You could go hours or even a day without your parents wondering what you are up to. This is great when you want to escape.

6. You get calls from your parents when favors are needed.

You get so excited that your parents are calling to ask about what you are up to. Then you get hit with the, "I need you to do this for me."

7. You could tell your parents something obscene and they still wouldn't believe you

You throw a question at them to get their attention and they still just say "yes" without listening to you.

8. Middle will always be "average"

You know that you will always be the average child, so you accept it and abuse the invisible privileges.

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Only the middle of the family will understand.

1. You feel like you are always getting blamed

2. You feel forgotten

3. You know your older sibling can get away with it, so you do it...and now you are in trouble

4. You will never be the center of attention

5. Your parents never ask what you are doing

6. You get calls from your parents when favors are needed.

7. You could tell your parents something obscene and they still wouldn't believe you

8. Middle will always be "average"

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2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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