Other people reactions
when they find out
you’re an only child
they think its all good
a very positive thing
- Oh you’re spoilt
- got everything
- life’s a dream
The stereotypes that I used to get
when I was younger
from friends who had siblings
was the spoilt aspect
of course you're spoilt!
Mum used to say: You’re an only child, everybody’s going to say you’re spoilt!
Well you’re not going to be spoilt. Just because you’re an only child, don’t think you’re going to get anything more. And it almost felt as if – because I was an only child I was going to be deprived. I wasn’t going to get anything. I didn’t get anything. It was like there was an over compensation there was that assumption you’d be spoilt.
Well I was spoilt, not in the way, not in the way that they meant!