Siblings almost equally struggle while growing up, but there’s no struggle as hard as wanting/asking for attention, and there’s no sibling who knows this better the middle child.
Here are 8 of the many reasons why middle children have a syndrome named after them.
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Because your ate/kuya had your room all to themselves before you came along, and then they got older and asked for their own space while you got stuck with the baby.
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Because you were either too little to be big or too big to be little.
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Because you weren’t the achiever panganay or the cute bunso/center of attention, were you?
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You want justice! Or really, just as much attention, or piece of the pie, as everyone else.
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How else were you going to stick out?
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To a point that you didn’t even want to mess up anymore. It was just too easy.
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Because you got used to everyone being too busy to notice, you learned to embrace your true self.
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You hated it while growing up but your siblings can’t really thank you enough.
Are you struggling through being a middle child? Sound off in the comments below!
