I feel like an Only
A fellow blogger I visit pretty often posted this about being an Only Child and I came to the decision I basically am an Only except for the fact that I have a brother. There is almost a 7 year age difference between my brother and I which means I had nearly 7 blissful years as an Only.
I think that has a lot to do with how I am now. I love my space…I love being alone for hours on end. In fact I almost dread spending too much time with anyone really. Maybe my brother barging into my peaceful life has made it so I don’t like visitors much. He’s like a visitor that never went away.
My brother and I have almost no relationship whatsoever. It makes me a little sad but then again I’m used to it by now. I have no idea what he’s doing with his life unless my parents tell me. My brother and I have never been on the same wavelength.
So therefore I am proud to be an Only…emotionally at least.
David W. Boles
November 3, 2005 at 2:39 pmThe Only Are Never Lonely!
Robin
November 3, 2005 at 2:41 pmGreat slogan!
Gemini
November 3, 2005 at 3:11 pmLOL I am glad that I am not an Only now, although if you asked me in high school I would have given anything to be an Only… LOL
Now I love my Sister.. go figure.. the older I get the more I want her around..
That and now I have a Brother (in-law) and maybe another sister soon! I think that it rocks! big family
Robin
November 3, 2005 at 3:13 pmI look forward to have some sibling-in-laws 😀
Gemini
November 3, 2005 at 4:06 pmhehe! wake me up before you go go!
groovygrrrl
November 3, 2005 at 6:13 pmI too am an Only. I guess it’s cool to be an Only. I never knew any other way… Along the path of my life I’ve adopted people to fill the role of brother, sister, or whatever I needed at the time-whether they liked it or not 🙂
Crystal
November 3, 2005 at 7:37 pmI was an Only for 8 years, and I’m another one who enjoys my space, something that annoys the husband now and then. It’s only been over the last 3-4 years that I’ve been able to be in the same room with my younger sister and not want to shake her silly.
Robin
November 3, 2005 at 7:38 pmYeah my bf loves being around me and while I do love his company I do look forward to me time too.
Maureen
November 3, 2005 at 10:46 pmAs one of 10, I’d just like to say that there are many times in my life when I longed to be an only child.
😀
Angel
November 4, 2005 at 12:37 amI have a wonderful relationship with my siblings. We used to fight when we were younger, as in kids but not anymore.
Robin
November 4, 2005 at 8:21 amAngel see that is what is supposed to happen. My parents are still waiting for my brother and I to get along.
Fragile Musings » Blog Archive » My Brother and I
December 21, 2005 at 12:52 pm[…] I know at one point I adored my brother, when he was born I think I was really happy to not be an Only anymore and I probably figured I finally had someone to boss around. For the first few years I think we got along pretty well but that may have been because he hadn’t yet learned how to talk back to me. My mother says it wasn’t until we took a family trip to Canada that we started bickering and ever since then we’ve been distant I guess. I have a few memories of my brother and I when we were kids. I remember dressing him up like a girl and calling him Matina. I remember him throwing a rubber duckie at me and giving me a fat lip. I remember MANY “Mom tell Robin to stop looking at me†and “I was sitting here first†but the memories don’t go much farther beyond that. […]