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[quote=Anonymous]I am the youngest of 5.  To be honest, I think my mother was completely worn out by the time she had me.  My brother who is 20 months older, had some special needs (food allergies) as a child.  He got a lot of attention.  My oldest sister - 11 years older than me - spent a lot of time taking care of me.  I was the 3rd girl - my mother had lost all sense of "sensitivity" when it came to me.  For example, when I was 11, I was in a changing room in a department store with my mother and sister.  In the middle of changing my shirt, my mother looks at me and says "I guess you need to start wearing a bra."  So we go buy one.  There was nothing about it to alleviate the angst of an 11 year old pre-adolescent.  I don't think she intended to be insensitive - she just had already been there done that with 2 older sisters.

On the upside - my brother is my best friend.  We had an awesome relationship growing up and still do to this day.  (I am friendly with my other 3 siblings, at times feel close to them, and at times don't have much to do with them.)

We didn't have much money to spare when I was growing up.  If we'd had more money, I'm not sure my parents would have spent it on material things though anyway.  Still, I was often painfully aware that my clothes were hand-me-downs and I rarely had much more than what I absolutely needed.[/quote]

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