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Do you think your birth order affected you? Do you think your partner's birth order affected them? How so?


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Yea. I was the middle child for a while till my sister died.. then I became the baby in the family. I think that it definitely makes me demanding and I expect to get what I want. He's the first born with younger sisters that he's taken care of. I think he has the instinct to take care of others before himself. Our relationship works well this way, but it won't last long if I don't loose my "it's my way or the highway" attitude. I've been focusing on that a lot lately.
Female, 36-40 years, Dating, Bi, DC, US • • Comment

We are both the youngest, my life however been much easier than hers, she was given an incredible amount of responsibility from a young age and has handled it with grace and humbleness
Female, 36-40 years, Domestically Partnered, Gay, PA, US • • Comment

I don't think so since we're both in the middle.
Male, 21-25 years, Dating, CA, US • • Comment

I'm the youngest and he's the 2nd out of 4 children so no it has affected us
Female, 41-50 years, Married • • Comment

Yes. As the oldest child, I was essentially Harriet Tubman...
Female, 41-50 years, Married, NC, US • • Comment

I think mine did. I'm very disciplined and motherly at times (after my parents divorced I was helping to "raise" my younger sister when my mom was working). My fiancé is the youngest but doesn't act like the traditional "youngest" so I would say no, I don't think his did.
Female, 36-40 years, Engaged, MA, US • • Comment

Whats a birth order?
Female, 36-40 years, Dating, NY, US • • Comment
Like in which order you were born (oldest, middle, youngest, or only). There have been some scientific studies that say which order you were born (like if you are the oldest), it effects your personality differently.
Female, 41-50 years, Dating, CA, US | Feb 18, 2012

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Yes definitely I'm more responsible because iv seen my siblings hurt my parents be selfish and make mistakes! I'm the baby....
Female, 41-50 years, Engaged, TX, US • • Comment

Yes I'm more mature then my siblings sometimes to mature
Male, 36-40 years, Engaged, TX, US • • Comment

I know it affected me. I was constantly challenged with where I fit in. I would probably say yes for my husband too. I think his life would have been different if he had been his mom's first son.
Female, 36-40 years, Married, TN, US • • Comment

No. That applies to people with poor coping skills
Female, 41-50 years, Married, GA, US • • Comment

Naw
Male, 41-50 years, Married, NC, US • • Comment

Sure it, partially makes us who we are
Male, >50 years, Married, AZ, US • • Comment

No
Female, 41-50 years, Engaged, DE, US • • Comment

Yes. Because we are both the first born in the family, I think we both have to take some sort of a leadership role in leading or younger siblings and taking care of them.
Male, 36-40 years, Dating, CA, US • • Comment


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