Youngest sisters - a theme?

thorsoak

Mmmmmm.........I'm oldest sister (with older brother), 3 younger - youngest being 9 years younger than me. Now all in our 60s/70s, there is a general concensus of opinion between 4 older siblings "we were all brought up by the same parents, we're all different - but how come No 5 is so very different from the rest of us?"

marisco_2

My little sister is only 15 minutes younger than me, us being identical twins . There were times when we were growing up that I adored her, loathed her, would have walked over hot coals for her and quite happily throttled her. I have been known to have felt all those emotions in the same day. Sometimes she was my best friend and defender and other times I viewed her as the devil incarnate. All this had nothing to do with her being the youngest, just that we had a big clash of personalities and totally different outlooks on life.

I think the way a child is raised has a big effect on how siblings get on. With my own children there is an almost three year age gap. I have been careful not to baby the youngest. I didn't want him being molly coddled and spoiled or for there to be any reason to cause sibling resentment between my sons. What I have found is that he has come on in leaps and bounds, simply from benefitting from having an older brother to show him the ropes. So although he is that much younger, socially and ability wise both boys are already pretty much on an even level. Mostly they get on well, every now and then they fight like cat and dog, pretty much like every other set of siblings since time began.

Kynthia

People are all different but I do think there are traits that are more common depending on your 'position' in the family. Like the eldest child is more likely to be bossy and stuffy, the youngest is more likely to be inconsiderate and selfish and the middle is more likely to be convinced their treated worse than everyone else and life is unfair. However there are also good traits that are more common such as the eldest being organised and responsible, the youngest being creative and fun, and the middle being diplomatic and having a wide social circle. Yet there will be many, many people who don't fit these stereotypes so everyone should be treated as an individual.

Loz01

I'm the youngest sister and I'm always doing things for my older siblings!! Looking after their kids, picking things up for them, doing "technical" computer stuff for them which is actually easy and so on and so on

coolcait

Well, it's a new take on the standard 'sweeping generalisations and stereotypes' thread.

Speaking as an 'eldest sister', 'older cousin', 'older niece' etc

My younger siblings and relatives have had a far easier life than I ever did, were allowed to get away with far more than I ever did, got spoiled far more than I ever did, had to deal with far easier exams than I ever did... :rotfl:

But they've all turned out OK (which is far more than I ever did... :A)

rozmister

I'm the baby - I have 2 half brothers in their 40s I don't see and I have a half brother (11.5 years older than me) and a half sister (13 years older than me) that I am close to. I'd love to always get to be the selfish one! My sister is the loveliest person but extremely highly strung and prone to meltdowns and my brother is !!!!less and selfish. Borrows money off our Mum and doesn't pay it back, upsets everyone at Christmas because he refuses to do basic chores to help my pension age mother, etc. My sister hates my stepdad and vice versa and my mum finds the whole situation overwhelming. I spend a lot of my time peace making between them all and making sacrifices!!

I'm in my early 20s & my brother is in his mid 30s and yet he never calls my Mum up and I sometimes find myself phoning him to beg him to go and help her around the house when my stepdad is away because I'm worried about her and too far away to go myself - he doesn't even know she's struggling. It doesn't cross his mind to consider it.

I will say though that as the youngest I am good at getting my own way. Not in stamp my feet it's my way or no way but if I really want something I know how to approach a scenario to achieve the outcome I would like.

There_Goes_Trouble

I'm the youngest in my family. I have an older sister and brother. All 3 of us are kind, considerate and get along well. I don't think you can generalise about a group eg 'youngest sisters' because so much will depend on personalities and upbringing.

neverdespairgirl

I'm the eldest of 4, and I have two younger sisters and a younger brother. Both my sisters are great - all 4 of us get on very well indeed.

My mother's a young sister, too - her only sibling is a brother 5 years older than she is.

My mother is the most considerate, least selfish person I know.

The younger of my younger sisters lives with my parents (she's 29) and the other lives about half a mile from them. My brother ups the average distance, as he's working in South Korea.

pollypenny

OH and I spoiled my youngest sister, who is 14 years younger than me.

She has spent her adult life not speaking to someone, most of the time to middle sister. Since our father died I've been the villain.