Siblings and Birth Order

I am the oldest. I was very close to my brother growing up as there was only 1 year difference. I hated my sister up until I was about 20. There was a 5 year difference and she always wanted in on what I was doing and my mom would make me include her so I despised her.

I'm the eldest. My brother is a year younger than me and my sister a year younger than him. So we are very close together.

Being the older sibling didn't affect me as we were so close in age.

I'm the youngest of 8. But to be honest, the oldest 4 were out of the house before I was even born. I feel like I hardly know them. Three were in Vietnam when I was born, and the other was in college. So I really only grew up with 2 brothers and a sister. I think being the youngest, and the one who obeyed my mom, I really didn't get tons of attention. Poor mom had her hands full. It's not that I was ignored. We spent lots of time together. But she was always trying to get the other siblings to stop acting like maniacs.
My mom says I'm her kind hearted, sensible kid. Lol.

I'm the third of four - all born within six years.

I'm pretty calm and flexible, don't need a ton of attention, and pretty independent. Typical middle child stuff.

I am the oldest, but my brother is five years younger than I am and we hardly ever even had cross words with each other. He was young enough, and the opposite sex so he never wanted to hang out with me (until I was in college and could take him to parties LOL)

I have always read that when you are five or more years apart, both children have the attributes of first borns.

These days, my brother and I are still very close. We don't talk very often, but the bonds are there. 

I'm the oldest of two. My sister is 17 months younger. I hated her while we were growing up. We were/are complete opposites. I was fair, skinny, and flat chested. She tanned easily, had a great figure, and big boobs. I'm an introvert. She's an extrovert. I'm tidy, organized, and good in school. She's messy, unorganized, and hated school. Most of all, she tortured me on a daily basis from an early age. Karma caught up with her. She's now fat, wrinkled from years of sun worshipping, has saggy boobs, and works in a dead-end job. I love her, but I don't like her and am glad we live several hours apart. 

I am the oldest, but my only sister is 14 years younger than me so it was more like being an only child. I do think that effected me (and is why I insisted that I did not want to have only one child). Sadly my sister and I are not close at all. My oldest daughter is only 5 years younger than her so I guess we're in different worlds. The sad thing is that she now has a baby and tells everyone that various friends and a couple cousins are the baby's aunt (and takes the baby to visit these people when she's in town) but never mentions me.

I am the oldest...one brother is 14 months younger and the other is 36 months younger than me. We were and are all very close. I love their kids as if they were mine and I am their favorite aunt...LOL

I'm the baby of two. My brother is 6 years older than me. He didn't like me very much, I annoyed him. We had nothing in common growing up and we have very little in common today as 60 something adults.

I always wanted a sister and prayed for one as a child. I don't think I would have made a very good middle child because of my jealousy issues with my brother.

Am the oldest by five years and probably fit those stereotypes. My mom says I was always "fiercely independent". Ha. I hated my sister until she was a teenager. We don't see each other often but when we do, we have the best time. We really make each other laugh.
We have a younger half-brother but I am 22 years older than him and was having my own baby when he was born, so he's always felt more like a nephew to me than a sibling. He's grown up like a very pampered only child.

I'm the middle of three. My older brother is 2 years older, the younger brother is 5 years younger. I prayed for a sister when my mom was pregnant with the youngest. But as the only girl, I never had to share a bedroom, while my brothers did. So it worked out for me!

My older brother thinks that he is the boss of us because he's the oldest. He has very different recollections of our growing up years in which he is the hero and good guy in all of the family stories. Uh, no. He's mean and always thought of himself first. He hasn't changed much in the past 30 years or so, either.

I get along much better with my younger brother, though he annoyed me something awful when we were growing up. We have much more similar viewpoints in life, and neither of us is waiting for our dad to die so we can get his stuff.

The same can't be said for my older brother. He's biding his time, then he expects to control everything when Dad goes. Well, I've got news for him. Younger brother is the executor of the estate and I will back him up 100%, especially when it comes to taking care of our mother. When our parents are gone, I don't really expect to see much of older brother or his family.

Zero siblings for me. I sometimes feel my mantra is "Sorry, but I'm an only child therefore the concept of sharing is foreign to me".

I'm the baby, but the first (and only) girl. I have a lot of the characteristics that oldest children usually take on. My middle brother definitely has the middle child syndrome. My oldest brother however, I guess he got babied too much because he definitely does not take on the oldest child traits.