Does the oldest person in your family...

Question

get treated better? Or is their ONLY one boy in your family and the boy gets treated sooo much better?

My brother is the oldest in my family, he is 19 (im 14) and to my parents, he can do no wrong, they(well, my mum in particular) just seem to think he does NOTHING wrong and is a great boy.

Like, he works for a delivery service and he gets up a 6am and gets home around 11pm and my mum's excuse for anything he does wrong is 'but he was at work all morning' or anything like that..

does anything like that happen to you? Its really annoying me because he gets away with everything aswell

oh, and he is the only boy in the family, and he is the first born so i think thats why he gets treated better. the only other kid in the fam is my sis who is 16

Answer 1

i assume you mean 11am not pm, otherwise, my god working them shift i would make excuses for anything that he does...all siblings, or at least most feel this way about each other, it is just part of growing up

Answer 2

Well I'm the oldest, and I have one younger sister and of coarse when she gets away with something I get upset and believe they are on her side and she's the same with me. I can almost guarantee they don't have a favorite, it just sometimes feels like it.

Answer 3

the eldest born does not get treated the best.. they usually have to take the blame for what the younger sibs do.. and they gotta do their chores too.. but yeah your right about the boy thing, my bro is the youngest and he gets treated the best. hes really spoilt.

Answer 4

Doesnt always work that way i was the oldest and my stepsister who is younger then me got treated the best its so fucked up !! I dont know why parents do it. But i know i wont do it when i have my own kids. I will treat them equally

Answer 5

Think that happens in most families My eldest brother & the youngest one always got treated different.I;m the middle one but turned out stronger for it.lol

Answer 6

sibling rivalry ahhh the good old days.

Answer 7

this happens in most families its just part of life