I can think of only a couple of people who've thought I was unusual for being an only child. Very occasionally I would get pity, but I haven't for years and years now. Huh. Maybe it's a cultural difference?
I occasionally wished for a sibling when I was little and wanted to play a board game or something like that, and when I was a teenager and wanted rather less parental attention (not that I would've done anything bad, but you know how when you're a teen and want PRIVACY AND YOUR OWN LIFE OMG), but in general I've tended to see being an only child and having siblings as kind of equally desirable/undesirable. (I would've had someone to play games with, but I also would've had to share a bedroom, blech.) Both have benefits and drawbacks, and I kind of figure that if you've lived your entire life with one, it would be difficult to switch to the other. I wouldn't change it now, certainly.
One thing I am conscious of, in particular because I don't have any interest in romantic relationships, is that everything is going to be on me and me alone as my parents age and, eventually, pass away. That is a bit depressing, but it's also just kind of a fact of life, and I accept it as such.
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Date: 2010-10-16 10:19 pm (UTC)I occasionally wished for a sibling when I was little and wanted to play a board game or something like that, and when I was a teenager and wanted rather less parental attention (not that I would've done anything bad, but you know how when you're a teen and want PRIVACY AND YOUR OWN LIFE OMG), but in general I've tended to see being an only child and having siblings as kind of equally desirable/undesirable. (I would've had someone to play games with, but I also would've had to share a bedroom, blech.) Both have benefits and drawbacks, and I kind of figure that if you've lived your entire life with one, it would be difficult to switch to the other. I wouldn't change it now, certainly.
One thing I am conscious of, in particular because I don't have any interest in romantic relationships, is that everything is going to be on me and me alone as my parents age and, eventually, pass away. That is a bit depressing, but it's also just kind of a fact of life, and I accept it as such.