Does it suck being an only child? If you're not an only child, does it suck having siblings? I don't want to get into too much detail but I want to know what's best for my child(ren) if I ever get to be a parent
>>18271989
being an only child used to suck because, well, there wasn't much to do, and parents didn't allow their kids to play with other kids as much as they do these days.
I would have made a decent only child simply because I was great at games of imagination. I'd go outside by my self and just create these big stories where i was a power ranger or a super hero or set up my figures and create one big journey for all of them and didn't really need interaction outside of the occasional friend.
other people dont have that kind of imagination but video games and extra curricular activites help make up for it. if you live in a neighborhood with kids, they will do fine. if not, they will often find themselves bored. ultimately this wont come close to making or breaking them as a person, so its not something you should plan too much.
have a kid if you want a kid. dont force your self to have another if you really dont feel in your heart that you your self want another. its a nightmare just to create another human that might not even get along with your first little human.
there's a funny saying
>at least one
>possibly two
>three by accident
thats how my family was made any way.
regardless, this isn't something that you can really say will effect a person or how it will effect a person til after the fact. both have flaws, both have risks, and all of them turn out more or less the same.
>>18272002
>My first time in /adv/
....This was really good advice, thank you
>>18272013
in the end the kids just gonna wish for the other any way.
only-childs tend to wish they had siblings to play with, but siblings realize that they hate each other and wish they were an only child.
>>18271989
I was raped by my sibling so there you go,
Though to be fair that is probably pretty uncommon and I am sure this is seen as an edgy post.
Anyway point, I think both can be good and bad.
>>18272050
its actually pretty common, I was forced by my brother to do sexual things and it definitely left a scar on my mind. i still have nightmares about it and im 24. it happend about 20 years ago and i still wake up and vomit sometimes just because it surfaces in my dreams.