Ain't no way I'm choosing to be an only child. Whaaaaat? Naa I love me some backup, "frontup", and the many freebies that come with having siblings. This may sound unusual, and I only say this because of a post I came across on Twitter in which a girl only child said she's been and her male acquaintances decided to give her a tip off the having-siblings iceberg. They threw things at her randomly, said mean things to her and even dipped their germ-infested hands in her food. One even stole her food and just cramped it in his mouth. Haha she so did not see all of that coming and trust me, just incase you don't know, with siblings, you never see it coming 😄. I mean sometimes you can predict one siblings or the other but not all the time. Nevertheless, despite the annoying, so annoying, very annoying 😫 aspects of having sisters and brothers, it's quite rewarding really. Especially when you're not the first.
This is my oldest sibling. In my place, we say Ada (meaning first girl child).
I am so glad I'm not the first. She had it hard, all 4 of us were always looking up to her... you know, first child big shoes. She gets to be the boss of all of us though and take things from us as of right and the other bothersome merits of being the oldest 🙄. I'm the 4th child and fourth girl and I can say again and again that the benefits of having 3 older sisters far outweigh the disadvantages - which includes going on endless errands and being told what to do most of your life 😑🤧. Besides all of that, it's fun especially when you think back at the lovely memories made and the big family gatherings during the festive seasons. Plus, the many lessons I get to learn without having to experience the negative consequences first, the seasoned advice, along with others.
Again, I so would not choose to be an only child because those ones just have too much attention on them. I mean daddy's looking at you, mummy has her eyes on you, aunty and uncle steady in your business, nobody to complain to about what daddy or mummy did to piss you off except strangers (friends) who would never get it like a sibling would. Nobody to even annoy, I mean don't think that I mean by all the complaints that I'm not annoying myself. I'm supposed to be a sibling too right? 😄
Anyhoo, as I've emphasised, I'd rather have siblings if I got to choose. I don't even want to think about the possibility of a different choice if I didn't know what I know now, but I know I'm not self-centred and hate to call so much attention to myself except when I have to, in which case I don't even do it with the intention of calling attention, it gets drawn to me because of something I did or an impact I'm trying to make.
This is me, uuh obviously 😄, sort of modeling the Raphael-Joy Quotes brand for a friend. Turns out it's my favourite picture so far.
Me again, in Nigeria's capital, working for a foundation (with a mission to liberate and sensitise poor widows and sponsor out-of-school children. This day was the thanksgiving Sunday though, after one of our quarterly board meetings.
I'd love to show you pictures of my sisters and brother so you can at least see physical reasons why I wouldn't trade them for being all alone in this mean world but, uh I fear it'll be too much. Haha they're too much.
Here's a compensation though.
My younger brother and one of my sisters on her wedding day 😁.
If I went on and in details, exceeding way above 300 words would be a walk in the park. 🤭
Please lemme know what you'd take out of my reasons or add if you had the same answer.
Until next time, xoxo. ❤️
PS: Of course, all pictures of theirs are mine by virtue of my being their sibling 😈. The pictures of me are mine too aren't they? 😌
(Credit: Sommiky photography photographed the wedding pictures).
