After seeing the topic for Hl-w69e1, I was wondering if one can really have too many siblings. Looking at it from an angle where everyone gets proper education and succeeds in life. You will have a lawyer, doctor, military personnel and other professions in the family, wouldn't that be incredible? The pride that gives you as their sibling will be on a whole different level.
Another silly angle has to do with house chores, it is a fantastic thing to have lots of siblings because chores will be divided among them and I won't have to do much. From my perspective, it is cool but for the parents who will be responsible for feeding, clothing and others, it is a huge challenge. It can be a huge problem when the family is financially unstable but fun when there is money to cater for their needs.
Gone are the days when people enjoy having lots of kids, too many kids with the level of inflation in the world at the moment is a problem. Childbearing requires moderation and I always speak about the need to always bear what you can cater for not just today but in the future as well.
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I have three siblings who are all boys and I am contended with the numbers and gender. It feels great to have them in my life and even though it was challenging for my mom when we were younger, she is a happy mother today. During my teenage days, I always wished for more because we wanted a daughter in the family. I don't know why we feel incomplete because no one was left out of this campaign.
My mom wanted a female child as well and that's why she had four boys, she probably might have just stopped at two or three if she could see that she won't bear a female child. After the fourth child, we realised it was pointless.
I and my siblings are very close, we have always lived together except for when I was in school and probably two years after. We fought a lot when we were younger, I remember days when my mom would clear the floor for us to fight whenever she is tired of our troubles.
There are days when we are restricted from going out to play, we are enough to play with each other and sometimes, she sends us out when she can't handle our running and jumping.
As grew older, we realised the importance of having one another. We made sacrifices, supported, protected and scold each other when there is a need for that. As the eldest, it can be challenging trying to be fair among them. It is a tough task but the joy of having them in my life is bigger than any troubles they might have caused me.
I have never had a reason to wish for more or less and like I said earlier, I am happy with the number and gender. My friends called us the fantastic four and that's exactly what we are. My mom got lots of nicknames for having only boys and even if you don't know her, you can tell about her from the nickname.
Many times, I feel incomplete without them. People who know this always told me that I better stop it because one day, we will need to live separately. That's true, distance will put us apart someday but the connection and love we have always shared will remain intact.
Life would have been very boring if I had fewer because I might not share the same interest with the few but as it is, two among them share the same interest with me. They inspire me and many times, we rub our minds whenever we are having an individual challenge or a situation that involves the family.
Just like I am always happy to have them around me. I don't boss them around, their opinions are welcome and I appreciate every contribution they make to the family. I do not wish for more or less and I am grateful to God for blessing me with amazing siblings. If coming back to the world happens, I will choose them to be my siblings again.
