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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up with 2 friends who were onlies. They had very different experiences.

One - both her parents were also onlies so they had a very small family. It was the 3 of them and a grandma - no aunts, no uncles, no cousins. her parents socialized with other adults so she was mostly just around adults all the time. her parents were also very academic and there was very little play in the house. So she grew up very alone and as a mini adult. She obviously went to school but otherwise she was just on her own at home with no one to play with.  her parents were also both fairly introverted and she i quite extroverted. She hated being an only child. her key factor in finding a husband was that he had to come from a large family! Sh married a guy who was 1 of 6 and she loved having big family celebrations, and having siblings in law and all the kids playing together etc. It was very important to her that her kids have a big extended family to be a part of.

The Other - She had very outgoing parents who were friends with all kinds of families and there was a stream of kids through their house. Both her parents had siblings and she had cousins and aunts/uncles and they got together often. Her family was also best friends with another family and the two families did vacations together etc. Despite not having siblings she still had the big family experience and had other kids to play with and she didn't really mind at all having been an only.[/quote]

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