Re:The Middle Child Is Going Extinct
by war1025 on Sunday July 15, 2018 @11:00PM
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I think it was supposed to be a joke about how there is only a middle child if there is an odd number of children.
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That's a matter of perception.
The way I see it, every child who is not either the youngest or the oldest is the/a middle child.
With 3, that's #2. With 4, that's #2 and #3. With 5, that's #2 and #3 and #4.
Though usually the context is that parents have 3 children because that's the most common version of having more than 2 children.
When I look at people who I know and their families, I can report that the middle child always appear to be self-centered, egocentric. As if they lacked love in their youth they're continuously trying to make up for the rest of their life. Oh, and they have twisted ways of justifying that behaviour.
I was just explaining the joke the guy was trying to make.
My dad was one of 8 siblings, and my mom was one of 6. So I guess I have a lot of egocentric aunts and uncles.