Or were you an only child, or really spoilt and had a room all to yourself?



I had to share first with my brother and sister, then my sister maybe till I was about 13.. and I got my own room..

but my lil bro came along and we had to take turns to have his cot in our room, and he used to wake up real early and shake his cot and his toys and google words and wake me up at like 5am..

yes i did, and it was especially difficult for me because i am an only child.

yeah, that was 7 years of sheer torture.

Only child, room to myself...but not spoilt!

I do need a lot of space now though. Not physical space I mean, just time alone and quiet. Im just not used to being around people much, I was always on my tod

five people went from a two bedroom house to a 4 bedroom house
so i slept in the crib in my parents bedroom till i was 3
then had a room to myself

and an attic to play house in
and a balcony to play barbies in
and a den to watch tv and play atari in
and a barn to play with kitties in
and trees to make forts in
and a pond to skate on
and miles to ride my bike around
and a garage to rollerskate in

it was grand

I had to share a room with my sibling untill we were both like in our teens.

Anx said:

who did you share with?

REDFEATHERS said:

that's what was so difficult

estelle81 said:

I hear you..

5 folks in a typical shotgun house (all the rooms in a row from front to back with adjoining doors)

My three sisters shared one room....and I shared a room with my dad.....

absolutely NO privacy since the bathroom was the last room in the house and you had to go thru every room to get thru to it.....

Anx said:

reneGade20 said:

dayum!

REDFEATHERS said:

I don't get it

emm said:

Oh the memories..

so you were spoilt then?

susannah said:

I think maybe he wanted to get it on with a sibling or three..

Anx said:

I guess you have to be an only child to understand...

REDFEATHERS said:

REDFEATHERS said:

HEY WHOA HOLD THE PHONE THERE SISTER!

Anx said:

What?

REDFEATHERS said:

all except for the sleeping in the crib for three years part

but yeah, i'm spoilt.
can't you tell?

Yes, shared with my sister, who is almost 3 years younger. It was hell. We never got along. Ever done the 'tape down the middle of the room' thing? I remember trying to figure out how to construct an actual wall through the room with my 4th grade construction skills. . . complete with a little vestibule so that we would have separate entrances. . .

REDFEATHERS said:

i would never sleep with my imaginary siblings!

unless, you know, one of them was a hot pizza delivery guy or something and i was really drunk and all of a sudden some nasty '70s wah wah guitar music started playing. i mean, we all have our weaknesses.

other than that...SICK!

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Oh yeah.. we each had our own seperate sides.. I can remember issuing myself an ID card so I could allow myself over to her side.. she didnt quite understand

I can remember aswell she hated writing her diary so I wrote her own diary for her

and we used to play with the torch when lights were out and make shapes on the ceiling..

I remember we had a nail growing competition too.. and her nails grew much faster than mine and I knew she was gonna win.. so I waited till she fell asleep and bit all her nails off.. spat them on the floor..


I won!

REDFEATHERS said:

You nutter!

Yep.

I have a tendency to ramble in the afternoon, edit.
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Anx said:

aww I know.. lol

REDFEATHERS said:

oh...forgot the "no air conditioner until we were all out of the house" part....had a big window fan to cool us during summers in New Orleans..... and I only use this e-con to illustrate how friggin' HOT it was in there....

I used to share my bedroom with my sister. I was on the top bunk and sometimes I used to reach down and slap her on the head when she slepped. Me being the oldest also got to keep the room and I gotmy Mum to paint me Superman on my wardrobe.