Only Child

I'm an only child, my mom had 4 brother's & sister's growing up & man the stories she has told me about.  So being a Only Child is defiantly different than growing up with sibling's.  My cousin's did live across the dirt road from me as I grew up.  But play with your cousin's is just not the same as having a brother or sister.

Of course yes as an only child my parents where able to give me more than if they would of had 2 kids or more.  But I don't think they spoiled me either.  Growing up as a only child I spent a lot of time outside playing with the dog's, cat's, swimming or in the woods.  There where so many times that I said I wish I wasn't an Only Child!

Getting older I even said that when I have a child of my own I will have two so that I don't have an only child either.  Of course that was before I meet my husband that has 8 brother's & sister's.  He said even with that many around he still felt like a only child & only wanted one child.  After much talking about it I decided maybe me growing up as an Only Child wasn't so bad after all.

So after having my son, which wasn't a great pregnancy.  I know women that have been worse off than I was, but it wasn't something I really wanted to do again.  Don't get me wrong the giving birth part was easy, the 9 months leading up to that point.  That was what was not so pleasant.  I decided that my new son would have to follow in my foot steps & become an Only Child also.

Of course he is spoiled in his own way's, nothing like mine where.  But he does love being a Only Child, I've never heard him once wish for a brother or sister.  I've even talked to him about it, he's like no way I'm good with being an Only Child.