Is being eldest sibling hard

[Luna's Admirer 945]

I've two younger brothers, and both of them are good and obeying, well most of times. Sometimes they become super annoying. They fight, they shout, they become annoying in every possible way. Then sometimes I get really angry and try to stop them sometime by words, or sometimes even by force. My mother kept telling me, that I should be more tolerant to them, but you know it's not easy, when one have such a low temper. So I ask you ponies, is being eldest sibling is hard, or it's just me.

[Nature Tune 8,392]

Hello again my friend I'm an eldest sibling as well, with two younger sisters. I used to find them super annoying quite alot, but when I started taking time to play with my baby sister we drew closer. So it isn't that hard for me.

[Crypty Scribbles 5,085]

I have a younger sis (which actually graduated college already) and can say that it's like to be parent. It's hard, but becomes easier with ages if you spend your time teaching kids right things with words and personal example (just be sure they trust you ^-^ Otherwise teaching is useless)

Good luck big bro ^-^

[Tao 7,841]

It can be a little staining   I think of being the oldest and seeing your little sister/brother get hurt.     I live over 1100 miles from my little sister and she is in her late 20's now and in the Air force,  but when she is hurt or depressed,   I feel a little helpless I can't be closer to go see her or be there for her. 

[Dashy 4 Ever 4,835]

I'm the older brother. I've got two younger brothers, (12 and 5) and they drive me to the point of insanity... It's hard...

Of course it's fun, and I like having the feeling of being in charge.

[Kevin Tang 2,426]

I'm the eldest sibling, the responsibility is harder, and little brothers can be very annoying at times. It sometimes feel suck to be the eldest.

But of course, I get some advantages for being the eldest.

[Jedishy 3,548]

Its a pain being the oldest. When your parents are busy you become defacto parent for your younger siblings. When times get hard you have to be the understanding one because you are the oldest. I had to run the house when my mom had cancer and my dad worked triple shifts to pay the bills. So trust me I get it. 

[Lucky Bolt 35,064]

It can definitely be very hard, trust me, I know. I'm the oldest of 4. The thing that really makes it hard is the whole responsibility part, and how the oldest sibling is always expected to be responsible and a good role model. I'll tell you what, it puts a lot of pressure on you. 

But I'll say this: having younger siblings has taught me to be very responsible and patient, especially with little kids. And honestly I don't know what I would do without them. 

[Prospekt 11,018]

I'm the oldest of two children. My younger brother can be quite annoying, and as he has gone through middle school he has had a lot of problems that I'd rather not elaborate on, which have given me more than a few sleepless nights. It's tough, my family can only afford to live as well as it does because of how much my dad works. I've had to be a de facto father figure to my brother more than once, and I'm sure that will continue.

[King of Canterlot 9,603]

I'm the oldest, though I only have one younger brother. I wouldn't say that it's necessarily hard at least for me to be the older brother, but when we were both younger my younger brother would annoy the living hell outta me, but as we have both gotten older he stopped doing that. I really don't have much of a relationship with my younger brother due to the fact that he's always running around with friends and I'm always sitting in my room watching ponies. The only responsibility I have for him is that I need to drive him to the gym every once in a while cuz he's not old enough to drive yet. So all in all, I'm probably a pretty crappy older brother  

[Rikifive 24,195]

I'm not the eldest, as I have two older sisters, but I have a younger brother. There's only 5.5 years of age difference between us.

Generally I don't have troubles with him, I could say the otherwise actually. We spend a lot of time together, as we share interests. We both love the same genres of games and pretty much everything; he even is into MLP (at first he laughed at me, but he eventually joined the herd ) Nothing would be as fun without him. 

[MangoFoalix 24,963]

I only have a younger sister, so the answer is yes. It's hard being the older sibling.

[Twilight Luna 31,407]

I only have an older brother and it was (still is tough) for us. When I was into something, he had grown out of it or wasn’t interested. Right now, we rarely talk and have few common interests.

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

Yes it can be very hard. Especially if you have adults that don’t aid you when BS happens.

I got blamed for stuff multiple times because I was the oldest. I was a glorified baby sitter on multiple occasions. And when I took it upon myself to keep conflict from happening at all, I’d get in trouble. For some reason.

The last one is the most frustrating, because the instance I’m referring too is that I had a key to my room. It was placed on a wall clock next to my room. The idea was that it was too high up for my siblings to reach it, thus only I could get inside my room.

Well obviously my brother eventually got tall enough to reach the key. And when that happened I moved it higher up. Then I got in trouble for this. 20 years later, I still don’t know why.

[Olly 1,011]

It is a pleasure and a privilege 

[Kevin Tang 2,426]

In short, it is both a curse and a blessing at the same time

[Narcissus 355]

I have no siblings. But I do live with a cousin and, while she's older than me, I definitely act like the elder, which I don't mind. 

[Brobot 1,436]

YES HOW HAVE I NOT FOUND THIS THREAD YET YES 

[EpicEnergy 23,220]

As the eldest sibling in my family, it's not too hard but you have to keep in mind your younger siblings follow your example.

[Dreambiscuit 9,905]

I’m the youngest among my parents’ kids, so I wouldn’t know. But I often feel like the oldest one because age isn’t always a matter of years but maturity and responsibility. I always seemed to be the one taking care of my older sibs, and I didn’t mind it, but to be honest it was sometimes a pain in the backside. If I had been legitimately older then my sibs it might have been different because they’d have the excuse of having less experience than I, in which case it would have been my pleasure to be there for them. But things turned out differently.

[abronymouse 5,481]

I'm a middle sibling, and my elder sibling has found things stressful with family and being responsible and such. Not always helped by me  when I turned up she was not a happy 6 year old

[Treeglow Flicker 13,722]

I can't speak for the eldest. I'm the youngest out of a whole army of half brothers and sisters and I assure you, it ain't any easier for the youngest. Especially when you carry a higher level of maturity.

[Iforgotmybrain 5,727]

21 hours ago, North Star said:

I'm a middle sibling, and my elder sibling has found things stressful with family and being responsible and such. Not always helped by me  when I turned up she was not a happy 6 year old

Nooooo but I’m the eldest of 3 and your sister’s experience is so real omg. I cried when I found out I was going to have a brother at 5. And then locked myself in my room when I found out I would have a sister at 8.

I don’t really think it’s hard being the oldest. At least for me the younger siblings tend to fall in line when you tell them to do something. There’s a certain level of expectation and responsibility sure but it’s not that bad.

[TheRockARooster 51,692]

I have no idea since I'm the only sibling. 

[daviddaviddavid 776]

I'm the eldest sibling of two in my family and I've always thought it was preferable. I think it helps that my brother and I are very disparate in age though: if you're older by only one year or so then perhaps there'd be more conflict.