lovinthepizzalife:

lieutenant-hankypanky:

armoredsoftie:

why-bless-your-heart:

Oldest Child Things

-Frustrated perfectionist

-Never Good Enough

-Works really hard to prove doesn’t care about other people’s opinions

-Cares too much

-Internal/eternal screaming

-Always ends up being the mom friend

-Bossy

-Skittish bundle of nerves or complete lump of oblivion

-Panics when criticized

-Unhealthy coping mechanisms

-0 or 100 all the time, no inbetween

may i add:

– wanting to kill your younger siblings but doing everything humanly possible to help them with their problems

– after a certain age, starting to pick wich relatives you’re never talking to again based on how they talk about your siblings/parents

– being the only “”“parental”“” figure your siblings actually listen to

– feeling like you have to be the first at everything: having a job, a career, moving out of your family’s house

– wanting to murder your younger cousins when they don’t spend time with grandma because you’ve lost granpa and you don’t want them to lose time

– being mom’s therapist