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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Dikitain posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Dikitain posted...

Only child. Nice in the sense you get all the attention, your own room, "spoiled" (although that varies from parent to parent). However the long term social issues more then make up for all the good. First time I ever associated with anyone in my age group (0 - 18 yrs old) was pre-school and to this day I have never had a "roommate" who wasn't at least 30 years older then me, including my parents. I have always said if I ever get married, god help the woman who gets conned into that.

How are your head issues indicative of problems with being an only child?

Because it points to lack of social development from being an only child. It is very common among people who don't grow up around people their age. It is very possible there are other factors, but you can't deny that a big part of that is not having siblings to socialize with.

I have seen it dozens of times with the other people I know who grew up in similar situations.

I grew up with a sibling close in age and still managed to be socially maladjusted.

A big part is you choosing not to integrate with your peers.

But is that choice not influenced by you not being familiar with people in your age bracket because you were never forced to due to being in the same family?

Saying something is a choice is not enough, you have to get down to WHY someone is making that choice in the first place, and that is heavily influenced by fear and uncertainty, both of which wouldn't be there if you were exposed to that early in your development.
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