Tuesday, 3 August 2010

brothers and sisters

A guy I went to Uni with had a theory about people who have 4 or more siblings being 'different'. Good different, in the way that they exude confidence, sass (I've never used that word before but it seems to fit) and better social skills than the rest of us and our tiny, shy families.

I think he's got a point. Being around people takes a certain amount of skill,  and these multi-sibling-ed creatures do seem to work it better. A lot is written about the affect of parents on their offspring, but the effect of siblings on character development must have some interesting insights too. I only have one brother, so my knowledge ends here. 

1 comments:

realgrasshopper said...

Ha. I am a lone child. And you know about my wife! Not only that but she has 7 Aunts and Uncles on one side of the fam and they all have offspring! We where at a family reunion couple weeks ago... Fun times!