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Originally posted by Dionysus
Are any of you only biological (not including adopted, step, or half sibs) children?

That would be me.

OR

The only girl or boy in your age group?

1.Did you like it? For the most part it was just fine growing up as an only child, especially for the first 12 years, I was also the only grand and great-grandchild. I now have something like 12-18 cousins/2nd cousins

2.Were you lonely? Nope. Had plenty of friends, and, I also was able to entertain myself. Most of my hobbies were individual-oriented, so rarely was I lonely.

3.Were you spoiled? Not at all. Maybe just a little by my grandparents (I say a little, because my kids ARE spoiled - rotten, by their granparents).

4.For those w/ adopted or step sibs, how did you adjust when they came along?

5.How did you adjust in the real world (dorms, roomates, lodging when out of town)? I always had pretty good roomates - and had to lodge with others on plenty of debating trips, and we always had fun, very little conflicts - nothing that would be attributed to me being an only child.