I grew up being an only child and I was okay with it I wasn't too thrilled about it because all my friends had siblings but I didn't have any or at least I didn't know him. I do have a half-sibling but we are not on good terms I think? and we don't know each other that well. I grew up without knowing him but I did not feel isolated because I am so close to my mom so she became the sister I never had. I was known to have the coolest mom and she was friends with all my friends sometimes they came over just to see her like how sweet?. Honestly, she made me feel like she was my age but at times I did want to have a little sister. Being the overprotective person that I am I always wanted to protect and take care of someone but sadly that did not happen and I found out that friends find that annoying.
I know that they typically say being an only child often makes the child not like sharing their things and that they love to get all the attention. Personally, I can say that is not true! someone who likes all the attention has nothing to do with being an only child... but I get where they are coming from with that because being an only child you kind of have all your mom and dad's attention but that is not the case for me. However, the part about not liking to share with others I can agree to that because growing up as an only child I did have all the toys to myself but my mom always made me share with others even If I did not like that. I still don't like sharing not so much my stuff but my friends and my significant other, I guess I kinda have to learn to share the people I love because there are other people on the planet and of course I am number one but I mean they can have other friends I guess.
Being an only child I can testify that despite getting all the things that you want without having to share them with anyone it can be a little lonely. When I was a kid I used to hang out with my childhood best friend a lot but when she goes home I used to be really sad. The fact about being an only child is that we often want to make our friends part of our family, we probably do a lot for them and expect them to always be there but the truth is they are just friends. I always had just a few friends but I treated all of them as my brothers and sisters but when I realize that at the end of the day they have to do what's best for them and if that means keeping me out of their plan I have to accept it because I am just a friend. I guess that was a really big part I had to learn because we cannot expect too much from anyone it is not healthy.
Now that I've grown I realize that if either of my parents dies I will probably be all alone...It hurts and at times I wish I had a sibling that I could count on or that supported me through hard times. There are certain things that only a family member or someone who grew up with you will understand. The one person I had close to a sibling passed away 2 years ago in December which is why this month is one of the hardest months that I have to live through. Being an only child I can say that we focus a lot on our education especially if we were raised in a strict family (which I was) They always expect a lot out of me because I am the only one. I had a lot of downtime which I would spend reading and writing, it was good times but the best part of it all was living with my mom because I love her so much maybe a little more than I love myself. I love my dad too by the way but I lived with my mom so I am closer to her.