For those who are an only child...

Question

How was life growing up being an only child?

did you hate it or love it?

Answer 1

My childhood was...fine thank you.

Being an only child is just a way to be, not good or bad. There were\are advantages and disadvantages, but overall, I wish I had a sibling or two...but then again, maybe not.

Answer 2

Well you have to learn to amuse yourself and if you do something "bad" there is nobody else to blame.  So there is a lot of attention on you most of the time.  However you never have to worry about your brother or sister getting into your stuff and all that.  I personally like it and I really wouldn't want a brother or sister.  But you know you can't miss what you don't have.  I don't know what its like to have a brother or sister but from what I've heard from my friends that do it sounds annoying.  But I am sure there are benefits to having brothers and sisters too.  

Answer 3

it's a pain in the ****.

Answer 4

I always had my own room and never had to share a bathroom.  Never had hand me down clothing, toys or furniture.  Got a car at 16 and a college education.  Always had the full attention of my parents.  Since my dad had a job that involved traveling I got to go to New York City for weekends and see plays and show and stay at top hotels.  Traveled to Califormia, Hawaii, Canada . . . about 25 states in all before getting into High School.  I went snow skiing in Colorado, Orka watching in British Colombia, snorkeling in Key West, flew in a private plane over the Grand Canyon.  All these events could not have been experienced if my parents had more than one child.  Economically it would be too costly to do as much as I experienced as a child if there was a large family.

I got to see my cousins often (my age and younger) and friends who had sigblings.  If I had to say if I loved or hated it . . . loved it.

Answer 5

Its kinda nice but you'll still want to have a brother or sister

Hope it helps!      =)

Answer 6

being an only child sucks cuz therfe is nobody to do stuff with and so ur left alone at the house which gets boring after the first few minutes

Answer 7

I am one.

And I find myself wanting someone to be around, some sort of sibling. I always thought it would be nice to have an older brother or something, though my friends tell me I wouldnt want one if I got one.

I think it would be an incredible thing to grow up with someone like that your whole life and share your friends and family with them. Even through all the hard times.

Answer 8

I was any only child for 12 years. I loved it, I got everything that I wanted and was always the center of attention. But, I always found myself wanted someone to play with, but there was never anybody there. So I would say that I loved it.  

Answer 9

For me, I've found that I have the ability to LOVE alone time. I am completely independent, and that has helped me be successful in school and in life.

However what I've always had trouble with is people my own age. I'm 17, and I walk into a room of people my own age, and I don't know what to do. But send me into a room of adults and I am completely at ease.

I've been raised by adults, around adults, and so the only time I really have seen people my own age has been in school. It has affected my social life, and I had to make a very large personality change to fix that problem. I used to be very introverted, but I made myself extremely extroverted where I make myself uncomfortable, but I suddenly found that I have friends.

One thing that you may find interesting is that having siblings teaches you how to touch other people. I generally don't touch people, and growing up, I didn't wrestle with siblings and what not, so now I just don't know how to touch people. It makes me uncomfortable.

Being an only child makes you strong, and makes you able to rely on yourself. I don't know what I'd do without my alone time. I live for 2am when it is just me, and the world has turned off and I can be myself. However, I do miss the social interaction that I see everyone else partaking in, and I wish that I was more able to understand it. It's a mystery to me how people fit together so easily.

I like it, I love it.  I'm an independent person.  But socially I feel lost, and that is the one thing that I don't like.  Since elementary school, i've been just bidding my time until I become an adult because I will be able to feel more human.

Answer 10

It was great, but I really can't compare it to having siblings because I didn't grow up with any, so I have no idea what that's like.

Answer 11

Both my parents are "only" children. I'm a fraternal twin. Thank goodness for that! Our family is very small.  My brother had 4 children, I had 3. Now, we have a relatively "big" family. My brother died in a plane crash 10 years ago. Good thing we all had each other. Singletons are "different people". More selfish and self serving. Good people, but, not who you want to spend the rest of your life with. They don't know how to share.