I am an only child and let me tell you, growing up was a struggle

I have always been jealous of my friends who had siblings, because I had none. When all of my classmates were bitching about their younger brothers or sisters, I was sitting in the corner and just nodding away.

I remember when I used to threaten my parents that if they didn't get me a sibling, I would adopt my pillow as my brother and run away from the house. I obviously didn't do it and got used to the fact that I will never get THAT happiness ever in my life.

However, growing up was not that easy. Not only was I the centre of all the attention, I also often ended up feeling lonely. More so, because all my cousins lived in a different city.

If you are also an only child, you'll probably relate to the six things that I went through.

I Never Learned How To Share Food
Probably because I was the only one getting the chocolate. If I wanted the whole bar of chocolate, or the entire ice cream, it was mine. I had no one to fight with for it. While my friends complained every single day how their siblings snatch their things away, I was turning more and more into Joey.

Yeah, I still don't share my food. I try though, but well, you know.

Lonely Childhood--Extremely Lonely
I had no one to play fun board games with. Yeah that's right, my childhood was spent without the joys of carom or ludo. And guess what? I still don't know how to play these games.

And that was not it. I also missed out on the joys of celebrating rakhi and bhai dooj. So, I did what any silly girl would do--I tied rakhis to my classmates. My only problem here was that later when I grew up, I ended up developing crushes on few of those so-called brothers of mine. Yeah, AWKWARD.

You Are Literary The Centre Of Attention
Who doesn't like attention? Every child wants attentions, or rather craves for it. But, when you are the only child, you get so much attention that you feel smothered by it. Yes, too much of it can actually bite you in the a**.

I had to give a detailed play-by-play of my entire day at dinner--every single day. It was exhausting.

Vacations Are Boring Because You Are The Only Child
I remember when my friends used to share their vacation tales, and I used to think how lucky they must be that they get to have playmate at all times.

If you are an only child, then you can't deny that it was actually heartbreaking to watch the kids play with their siblings on a beach.

Punishments Were Extreme
I had no one to put the blame on and get away with anything that I broke at my house. So if I accidentally broke a vase while searching for the remote that my mother had so carefully hidden, I got scolded for it.

Your Mother Becomes Obsessed With You
If I had a curfew time and reached even a minute past that, my mother would call me a million times.

Because I was the only child, she was more worried about me than my other friends' moms. Although I understood that she had no other child to be obsessed about, it still used to get on my nerves when I was a teenager.

Being an only child isn't a pain all the time. I mean I was the ladli of the house before, and I still am. But, I still wish I had a younger sister I could share my wisdom (or lack thereof) with.