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But What He Really Wants ...
While my mother was pregnant
with me, my parents warned my
three-year-old brother not to get his
heart set on either a brother or a
sister, as they didn’t know what I
would be. He seemed to understand
but added this caveat: “Well, if it’s
a dog, I hope it’s a boxer.”
—Kathleen O’Hagan
Congress, Arizona

The Long Sufferer
Ours was a family of eight children,
but only one boy. One day, I was
complaining to my brother about
having six annoying sisters. He
wasn’t having it. “What are you grip-
ing about?” he said. “I have seven!”
—Donna Ayer Rockport, Indiana

Boys Will Be Boys
I am one of four boys, and, true
to stereotype, we fought. During
one scuffle, Mom had had enough.
She broke it up and demanded,
“Who started this?”
My brother Wes wheeled around,
pointed at me, and cried, “He hit
back first!”
—Steve Walhood
Battle Ground, Washington

Been There, Done That
Like all Americans, my family was
ecstatic when Apollo 11 landed on the
moon. Well, most of us. My blasé six-
year-old sister wondered, “What’s the
big deal about a man going to the
moon when the cow jumped over it?”
—Sandra Durkin Mars, Pennsylvania

✦Being the youngest child
means no matter how old you get,
you’re always going to be stuck in
the middle seat of the car.
—@cocotoomajian
✦As a middle child, I always
considered my brothers to
be the bookends. Which
makes me the book.
—@JoshMalerman

✦Being the oldest
sibling really means
buying all the gifts and
putting “From all of us”
on the tag.
—@_xlexxuh

What
Your Birth
Order
Means

80 june 2019


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