Birth Order/Sibling Dynamics

[notabitail]

Oh, and one of The Brothers got some kind of orangutan stuffed animal and that thing is a joy to throw. It has long floppy limbs.

 

[Addicted To Chickens]

I still throw stuffed animals at some of The Siblings. It's fun and helps my arm get strong-ish.

What the-

 

[NotabitaiI]

What the-

Apparently he's made of limp noodles, respect the grind

 

[notabitail]

Apparently he's made of limp noodles, respect the grind

I mean you're not wrong, one CRT monitor or bulky tower lifted the wrong way and I've thrown away a day-and-a-half on a bad back.

 

[saysfaa]

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It gets more complicated than that in the book because there is first born of all, first born male, first born female, and last born of all these. And things like whether the siblings live together, live with others too, have any serious illnesses or disabilities as children, and so on.

And large age gaps reset things to at least some degree. So a family with a son and daughter enough years older than another son and daughter could have four "first borns" even if the family stays a nuclear family.

Edit to fix grammar

 

[notabitail]

It gets more complicated than in the book because there is first born of all, first born male, first born female, and last born of all these. And things like whether the siblings live together, live with others too, have any serious illnesses or disabilities as children, and so on.

And large age gaps reset things to at least some degree. So a family with a son and daughter enough years older than another son and daughter could have four "first borns" even if the family stays a nuclear family.

What does it say about first born males?

 

[saysfaa]

Just that being the first of either gender have more of the first born characteristics than middle born characteristics.

But it has been several years since I read it. If it said something more specific, I don't remember it. I did kinda skim the last part of the book - the last third, maybe.

 

[saysfaa]

Hm, or maybe it was more OF the characteristics of the first born than would otherwise be expected.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Apparently he's made of limp noodles, respect the grind

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_burn_centers_in_the_United_States

 

[notabitail]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_burn_centers_in_the_United_States

Thanks, I'll check it out.