How many yall only child here how was your experience growing up. Never really minded having no siblings can't miss what you never had, vacations were pretty lonely and weird tho. It's getting trippy to think about as i'm getting older that I'm the only person that will have my memories with my parents which is sort of upsetting. Really felt for Kanye when he lost his mom especially since he's an only child too. No one else can remember the cherished memories he had with his mom except for himself. Overall pretty lit childhood and feel like it helped my personality too. Read s*** ton of books and watched movies to keep myself entertained. I do feel sort of sad though when I'm hanging with some of my homies and seeing how tight they are with their brother.

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I was an only child and I didn’t notice problems with my self until I was around 16 (prime dating years). It was hard for me to care and love someone more than myself. All my life it was about entertaining myself and it’s hard to just adjust that out of my routine.

Another thing I notice about myself is all throughout school I was an exceptional writer and story teller. My imagination was always better and more vivid then my friends, due once again to entertaining myself.

Looking back somethings could have been different but I don’t waste much time looking backwards. I was blessed to have 5 friends in my life with 2 of those relationships lasting 20 years and the other 3 close to 20 years. Without them I would have to be with a therapist weekly, but they kept me balanced.

being an only child is dope bro, but when I was younger I really wanted a younger brother

i feel that writing thing and vivid imagination thing heavy i was exactly like that too

and also agree once u get a bit older u start to notice some things u may lack in comparison to ppl who grew up with siblings, its like normal to them to always have somebody else there i mean as normal as it was for us only childs to always kinda be by ourselves its a weird feeling for sure once u get some perspective.

Maybe it’s just an outlier thing, but I’ve never known a single only child person who wasn’t a total narcissist. Everything always revolves around them.

Like I said, I bet it’s not always that way but it’s all ive ever seen. Thread is interesting to see from my perspective

sometimes it be like that but dont hate your own

I’ve noticed that this may be the reason that I may have came off selfish or very self centered. It also made me really self aware and introspective growing up. I also hate sharing too lmao. It hit me around 18 or 19 when I thought about the fact that all my siblings where so much older than me and hours away with their family’s started. These memories I created with my mom and grandma only I’ll be able to share them with myself. I also grew to adore and admire anyone who has a family or siblings growing up. My childhood was still cool as f*** none the less tho

I'd rather not be an only child than to be one but it's whatever I guess. I thought it was dope until I turned 18 or so, now I'm kinda envious of people with siblings, obviously this doesn't apply to everyone but if you do get along with them it seems like a special relationship.

Been an only child most of my life

I haven't really even peeped how selfish I can be until recently in life. I was always the most creative out of my friends cause all I had most of my childhood was my computer, so I would just teach myself a whole bunch of s***. Most of middle / high school I just had the house to myself. Taught myself how to animate, how to code, how to music, how to make videos, etc.

I always wanted a younger brother .

Then when I got maybe late middle school I wanted an older brother (had no dad either) so I really had no male figure to follow

I entertained myself so now it’s kinda hard to be around friends for extended periods of time lol

I enjoy my alone time and silence.

Or intimate hangouts (maximum like 3 ppl) I don’t do large groups

Story of my life

it's crazy how similar these responses are itt so far

i've noticed that being an only child has made me very attached to my friends, more so than they probably are to me honestly. i definitely wasn't like this even a few years ago but the older i get i guess i just crave having a bond with others that are actually my age.

real s*** i don't think i can say being an only child has benefited me in any way, i just feel like it's made me more reclusive more than anything. maybe my perspective on this will change in the future though, who knows

I still remember the first girl to call me a narcissist I had no idea what it was or meant. Went home and googled it and alot of the qualities were true with me but not all of them.

Some qualities were so far from the truth that it couldn't be me. I feel like NPD covers such a wide range of qualities that most people can fit into some categories (but not most) and I will admit that I fall into more then most people would.

When I first learned about NPD I learned that alot of famous people have it. Even the most polished on camera actors and musicians have problems with NPD.

After reading "11 signs your dating a narcist" its almost everything my girlfriend complains about :( I got some work to do to fix that.

I always dreamed with being an only child

self reflective, never bored, less sharing and compromise with others, more space, etc

i had one older brother and now that we're both in our 20s, we get along, but we did not share many memories or bonding experiences growing up. in fact, i was kind of scared of him and our relationship always feels a little off now when we talk about our childhoods. so it can go both ways.

yea for sure not saying having siblings automatically means having good relationships with said siblings

Can’t relate. Have an older sister and when we were young we had like very different lives. But In the teenage years we just became like best friends hard to explain tbh

Tbh I never worried about not having any siblings but recently the thought of getting old and not having any family in the distant future f***ed me up.