Have not had a good rant in a while...

Published by Tech Tea in the blog A dosage of Dark Shine. Views: 575

So, I am just going to drop one here.
Being the middle child in a family, is one of the worst things.
I assure you, its something you cannot change, yet is almost guarentee'd against you.
You may be wondering: Why is Darky upset about bieng the middle child in a family?
Well, let me tell you a story.
There, you have me, who gets a laptop after wanting one for years, in 2009.
Then, you have my little brother, who gets next to anything he wants.
At home, we have a system.
You do the chores, you get £5 pocket money at the end of the week.
Lets do a little comparison between my chores and my brothers, shall we?
My chores: Help clean out the pets (For those who dont know, I have lots of pets where I live), do any heavy lifting (Often an old rabbit hutch, a pile of boxes, once even help move a car...) and anything else that needs doing.
My brother: Change 4 bottles of water.
See the difference, because I sure as sun do.
And what makes it worse, is it happens with everything.
I get a phone, my brother gets a better one at the same time.
I talk about my GCSE's?
My brother comes in to talk about what HE is doing and gets praised about it, leaving me with nothing.
My birthday?
He asks me to buy a video game, and when I say no, tells my parents that "I am not sharing" thus forcing me to buy him the game.
I want to go on the x-box?
He claims he will get off in a minute, but I am welcome to join in with "His game" usually one which I payed for.
Now, forgive me for ranting on, but I needed to get this off my chest.
Tl;dr: Being the middle sibling sucks.
This has been a bad mooded Dark Shine.
Good day.
Dec 15, 2012
  • Eight Star
    Eight Star Dec 15, 2012
    At times I was sad about being an only child.

    At times I am glad.
  • Legion
    Legion Dec 15, 2012
    Being an only child would be nice.


    I know how you feel, Darky. Actually, since you mentioned nothing about an older sibling, I assume they've moved out or something? In which case you are the oldest one at home?

    If that is the case, then I must correct you and say that being the OLDEST child is a pile of crap. Basically for all the same reasons you just said. In my house, nobody gets paid for anything or really gets anything for free at all from my parents, barring food and shelter and christmas/birthday presents. Even so, it's just the same way with my siblings.

    They do their chores badly, my parents clean up after them while they have fun.
    I do my chores better than they do, and I get yelled at for not doing them well enough and forced away from my fun to fix them myself.

    They get C's, and get praised for trying hard.
    I get A's and B's, I get yelled at for not trying hard enough.

    They spend 6 hours straight playing games on their iPods without asking, and get a casual reminder to "not play too many video games."
    I have to ask my parents before I play games, and when I do I am given somewhere around two or three hours a day maximum to do EVERYTHING involving any screens, like email and such. Because "there are other things to do".
    (Lol, I usually find ways to get more time though)


    Yup, I understand completely. -hugs-
  • B-Dog1996
    B-Dog1996 Dec 16, 2012
    Middle child here, and I can confirm that it sucks. I have an older brother and a younger sister. My Mum likes my older brother and my Dad likes my younger sister. Although it's not that which I'm annoyed about.

    My brother, being older, thinks that he's superior and my parents feel this way too, although he's at uni for most of the time so it isn't too bad. However, my sister, I won't turn this into a rant of my own. But basically, she doesn't do any work and she has a horrible attitude, yet she gets away with it.

    TL;DR: Being a middle child is the worst. How I would love to be an only child...
  • SoulEmber
    SoulEmber Dec 16, 2012
    I can't relate about the middle child thing, but what legionbrony said makes a lot of sense. Getting older means you're parents are going to expect you to be more independent, more responsible, and all that fun jazz that comes with maturing. It can be stressful, but once you find that balance of doing well in school, getting your chores done to where it pleases your parents (as annoying or boring as they may seem) and then having some fun, it can be very rewarding. It's finding that balance that can be a real challenge.
  • Legion
    Legion Dec 17, 2012
    Heh it's finding that balance that I'm struggling with now. :p
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