
The Only Child Support Group; the most transparent, seemingly unnecessary band of misfits and loners which, in itself, is against its own nature. Not very many people consider what it’s like to be alone in your own home, yet, from the early age of not having someone to play tag or dress-up with, only children have a wide grasp of that concept. Having a sibling provides so many different people with so many different aspects of life that are key to growing up. A list of benefits of growing up with a sibling was written by the Huffington Post and shows just how important it is to grow up with some in your corner.
As a young child, all I wanted in life was to have a sibling (truthfully, to this day I still do). The unrelenting loneliness and isolation pushing their way in ever since the beginning of my life hate this idea. Waking up on Christmas morning and having someone to open presents with. Waiting in the normal ride line rather than single rider at every fair or amusement park ever. Being able to go to the pool on vacation without having to wait for your parents to have enough energy to swim. These are all normal things that are so quickly taken for granted. The desperation to have a lifelong companion, the longing of fighting over who gets the most evenly split brownie, make life seem so dull.
This flier represents this loneliness and isolation that only children feel. Knowing that being an only child will carry with you forever, this meeting will last forever. All only children are invited, knowing we can be lonely together. So here is the calling for all the young angsty kids out there who feel as if they are standing in and endless room of white, uterly and complete alone.
Wow, this was really interesting to read as someone who has a younger brother. Growing up I always wanted more siblings for the same reasons you wish of having even one. Every event you mentioned, splitting the last brownie and having someone by your side on family vacations, I never realized I was so lucky to have someone there. I couldn’t imagine waking up on Christmas morning alone to go see what greets us under the tree. Oftentimes I find myself comparing myself or being the comparison as the older sister. I’m sure being an only child has it perks but at the end of the day I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
I wonder what I would be like as an only child, given that my brother has played such a great role in making me who I am today. Do you think you would be a different person if you had a sibling?
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