Youngest

I love being the youngest. It has its perks, but it also has its downsides. I am the youngest of 4 siblings. Growing up being the youngest, I've grown up with a sense of entitlement. This mentality stems from learning the fuck-ups of my siblings, asking for advice, and relying on my family. But with these advantages, there's disadvantages. I learn from all of my siblings' mistakes and fuck-ups, but by doing this, I never actually learn myself. For example, if someone (besides you) touches a hot stove on settings of over 9,000 and they tell you it's hot, then most likely you'll be reluctant to touch it and thus learn from their mistake. You'll never feel how hot the stove is (who would want to?), but by learning yourself, it seems much more of a stronger foundation of knowledge. People make mistakes, then they learn from mistakes. That's just life. What's life without mistakes (don't get me wrong, I've had my own set of fuck-ups)? Another advantage of having other siblings is that you can ask them for advice on a lot of things. For instance, I've asked my brother numerous times, on things on photography and cars, only because I've gotten interested in those because of him. I also joined band because he did. I feel like my interests aren't really mine. I feel like I don't have my own sense of identity. All of my family have a profound influence on me (esp. the older ones). One of the greatest perks of being the youngest is that you can rely on them from time to time(well my family is reliable and we're always there for each other). I feel like I don't have to try at all sometimes because I can always rely on them. For the record, this is probably one of the worst qualities I possess. I don't really rely on friends that much, with the exception of Franz and Muffin (car problems) and Derek and Fabianne (I know I can rely on them. BTW you guys are awesome). The point is, I feel like I rely too much on my siblings. This is what motivated me to write this. Yesterday I had problems with my car and long story short: I need wheels ASAP. So I relied on my brother to look on hondatech and CL for me. Of course I could've done this myself (amongst many other things), but being the youngest -and this is probably the worst disadvantage- is that my family treats me like a child most of the time.