BittyBug
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posted on June 24, 2001 07:35:58 AM
Third child (third girl) of 12 children (eight girls, 4 boys).
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sadie999
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posted on June 24, 2001 07:51:10 AM
12? My cervix just fainted.
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Hjw
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posted on June 24, 2001 08:05:31 AM
stockticker,
As guru and factfinder, you probably already know.
Helen
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Linda_K
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posted on June 24, 2001 08:08:35 AM
Oldest of three - 2 sisters - 10 & 11 years younger than myself.
Husband is an only child.
Interesting thread Irene.
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stockticker
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posted on June 24, 2001 08:09:40 AM
Helen, a wise guru knows when to keep her mouth shut and keep the illusion of omnipotence. 
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Hjw
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posted on June 24, 2001 08:12:48 AM
stockticker
Wise gurus know how to duck the question also.
Helen
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Hjw
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posted on June 24, 2001 08:14:10 AM
I only have a younger sister.
Helen
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rawbunzel
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posted on June 24, 2001 11:37:52 AM
Being the Lesser Guru,I can only say to you, Helen,I knew that ! 
Grand Guru...Did you guess this lesser Guru correctly? Huh,didja didja??
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crankyoldhag
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posted on June 24, 2001 11:40:48 AM
2nd of 6, the youngest is the only boy. However, I grew up more as a middle child as there were 3 of us within 4 years, then a 5 year gap to the next 2, then another 5 year gap to the last 1.
I married the youngest of 3, however I consider him more of an only child as he is 10 years younger.
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ZILvy
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posted on June 24, 2001 11:48:38 AM
The older sister of a younger (by 7 years) brother. So, I enjoyed the benefits of being and only child and the JOY of being a second mom.
edited to add: I married the older brother of a younger (by 13 years sister)...This is not a match made in heaven...took a lot of work to figure out who was in charge. I handle world crisis and he takes care of the domestic front (it worked for us)
[ edited by ZILvy on Jun 24, 2001 11:51 AM ]
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enchanted
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posted on June 24, 2001 02:12:12 PM
Hi nettak and bittybug! great to know I'm not the only one from a huge family.
It's an "experience" growing up in a big family. Yes, my parents were Catholic, errr, with no TV either.
In an 'oversize' family you never had to worry about finding someone to play with. You never ran out of things to talk about either. You had to be quick at the dinner table though or there might not be enough to go around!
My parents both came from families of 9 or 10 children. They had 8 kids. I have one child. The big family syndrome came to a grinding halt with me.
hello to Helen and everyone else up there!
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jamesoblivion
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posted on June 24, 2001 02:17:09 PM
Youngest of four, three older sisters. I think I mentioned that once.
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MichelleG
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posted on June 24, 2001 02:24:39 PM
Can I play?
9 out of 10, youngest of 8 girls. Sister No#1 is 18 years my senior and her elder child is 7 months older than me. By the time my mother was my age (33) she had 8 children! 
Michelle
*edited to add: Being the youngest from such a large family was good grounding for this job - I've lived my whole life dealing with petty bickering, hot debates, name calling and having to shout to be heard.....
[ edited by MichelleG on Jun 24, 2001 02:30 PM ]
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MrsSantaClaus
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posted on June 24, 2001 03:12:04 PM
Middle child (boy, boy, GIRLY ME, boy, girl)
Last 4 kids 18 months apart each. We were not Catholic. Mom said there was no birth control then - sex was like playing Russian Roulette
Married to:
Oldest of three
HUBBY, girl, boy
Growing up in a large close family was fun - but now it is excellent! There is always someone to help out with whatever I need
Sometimes our spouses have problems with my family being close, especially those with bad childhoods. Oh, well.
And I still call my parents each nite and tell them I love them.
Did you figure me out?
BECKY
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enchanted
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posted on June 24, 2001 03:59:00 PM
Michelle -- LOL 
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MouseSlayer
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posted on June 24, 2001 04:14:55 PM
Oh now I know why I'm always so confused! I'm a youngest, sort of only (with the 8 year gap from first kid) and a "ghost-child" (thanks to jt for the link!). I guess that fits for a Gemini.
And I'm married to a youngest, with a 6 year gap from next oldest. So yes, at times we fight over being the 'baby', but I'm usually the one to take care of 'adult' stuff. *sigh*
~^~  Hippy wannabe  ~^~
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oddish4
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posted on June 24, 2001 04:19:04 PM
I'm opposite of Enchanted
I grew up an only child and now I have a family of eight.
I'm not lonely anymore
Enchanted
I laughed at your list of things that happen in a big family..especially getting to the diner table LOL
Michelle
I'll be 30 when my 8th is born but the upside is they will all be gone by the time I'm 50 so I can PLAY!!!!!
Oddish~ The Odd One
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busybiddy
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posted on June 24, 2001 07:17:25 PM
I'm the oldest of three.
I got blamed for everything.
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BittyBug
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posted on June 25, 2001 03:36:15 AM
Enchanted, I honestly do not know what I would do without any of my nine surviving siblings. We are spread all over the place and contact is loose, but I know they are there and that is extremely important to me.
I married the eldest of five. We had three children, the third born 15 days after I turned 21. They are all grown now and the next generation has come along.
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nettak
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posted on June 25, 2001 04:10:06 AM
I have mixed feeling about being from such a large family, on one hand it was good to always have a friend to talk to, but on the other I hated having to get all the hand me downs and I always had kids' tagging along behind me when I was in my teens.
Growing up in a large close family was fun - but now it is excellent! There is always someone to help out with whatever I need . How I wish it was so......
I actually get on with all of my sisters' and brothers', I seem to be the one in our family that everyone talks to. Sometimes I wish they would talk to someone else, but I would never tell any of them that. LOL Some of my sisters' live a long way from me in different states but we still have periodic contact, but I really only have 2 that I know I can rely on if help is needed, and they know that they can rely on me as well.
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cyanide
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posted on June 25, 2001 05:49:37 AM
I was a adopted and I'm the only child.
cyanide3 on Ebay
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Linda_K
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posted on June 25, 2001 06:40:58 AM
I'm surprised at the number of posters who grew up in a family with 5 or more children, especially since this is such a small sampling of posters here. And I can't imagine what it would have been like to grow up in a family with 8 or more children or to be the parent to 8 children.
Irene, whenever you're ready.... I'm curious to know if you've guessed right about the various posters here. And I'd be interested in hearing your 'take' on how birth order might show in a persons postings. Only if you're willing, of course.
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ZILvy
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posted on June 25, 2001 06:48:11 AM
MichelleG, terrific that you survived, and very interesting about your eldest sister and your nephew. Large families can be confusing to outsiders, when I was a kid I
had a friend from school same age as me. My first time to her house I thought her mother was her grandmother and that my friend was kidding me. Turns out she was the surprise baby, her mother was in her middle 50s and mine was only 38 at the time and very youthful looking. I was embarrased (because I thought my friend was playing a joke) when my mom explained it to me.
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moonmem-07
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posted on June 25, 2001 12:28:12 PM
I'm #4 out of 5. I had 10 glorious years before my youngest brother was born and wrecked it all! My Mother was was 46 when she had him. He was quite a surprise to everyone.
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sulyn1950
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posted on June 25, 2001 12:33:49 PM
Middle-1 sister 6 years older, one 18 months younger. I really never related to my older sister and my younger sister and I were like "oil & vinegar"! All of us wanted to be "onlies"...
I went out and found myself another family when I was about 5. They were an older couple with no children. I adopted them! I stayed with them more than my own family (even attended all thier family reunions/holidays) until I was 16 and my family moved to another town. Then I spent the summers with them until I went "off" to college.
So, I really had two families. I was the only child (and spoiled rotten) in my adopted family!!!!
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nebula5
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posted on June 25, 2001 12:49:47 PM
I always say "my brother and I are both Only Children." He's 12 years older than I am, so really, we each grew up in a house pretty much without other children.
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sjl1017
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posted on June 25, 2001 02:31:19 PM
Oldest of two. My sister is 13 months younger than me (whoops!) and we fought mercilessly, still do sometimes.
I am now the proud parent of none, unless you want to count the fuzzies who control my life!
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wisegirl
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posted on June 27, 2001 12:36:48 PM
As with Nebula5, I consider my sister and I to both be only children; I was 16 when she was born. I couldn't stand her for years - she was so adorable that my dates always ended up drawing pictures with her while I did a slow burn on the other side of the room. Now, though, I'm happy to report that we're very close; I'm 51 and she's 35, and the age difference doesn't seem to matter much anymore.
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