Eldest Daughters Are Sharing The Hard Truths About Growing Up As The Oldest In Their Family

“I love my siblings and would do anything for them, but because I’m the oldest, I can’t have an anxiety attack in public because I always have to watch over them. I have to constantly be social with other people, because my siblings are so much more extroverted than me, and I have to make sure they’re not talking to creeps. I have to go where they go, and deal with their constant fighting and energy. I barely get a break. I do have a good life and have loving relatives, but sometimes I think about how they’ll truly never know what I have to go through sometimes. I think I am allowed to be selfish, even a little bit.”

—Anonymous