1. You sometimes feel like an outsider among your own flesh and blood.
family dinner outside for moms bday here I am sitting alone in a 1st grade school chair #feelloved #middlechildprobs
2. And you have a hard time masking your true emotions about it.
#nationalsiblingday i get no love #middlechildprobs
3. Preservation of your space isn't always the top priority.
I knew this would happen. My room is now the workout room. #middlechildprobs
4. (Seriously.)
My parents turned my room into the laundry room. #MiddleChildProblems
5. Sometimes it feels like even the family pets get more respect.
Alyssa made a family tree and forgot Emily. But don't worry, she remembered the cat and dog. #middlechildprobs
6. You get last pick in the car...
On my way to fix my phone and Scottie made me sit on the "back" of the ranger... #middlechildprobs
7. ...on shopping trips...
8. ...or even when sleeping.
9. And when cutbacks are made during the holidays, you're most likely the one to really feel the effects.
10. If your dreams are going to come true, you'll have to do it yourself.
Typical response from the siblings #middlechildprobs
11. The person who actually gave birth to you might not totally remember the details that well.
Mother only messed up my birthday #middlechildproblems
12. Which isn't as bad as when they forget your name. And they do, a lot.
So my own mom just spelled my name wrong.. #MiddleChildProbs
13. You're an easy target for teasing.
she's always been the misfit #middlechildprobs
14. And sometimes you suspect you're maybe an afterthought?
"This is what my mom said she won for me at DollyWood today..." @zimmerdos #MiddleChildProbs
15. Or at least not well-represented.
16. It's just like something...or someone... is missing?
Never the favorite, even on my birthday #middlechildprobs
17. But you're resourceful!
18. Sometimes your struggles are doubted.
Harper took her state writing test and I left this for her. @marblue28 must have felt left out. #middlechildprobs
19. BUT THE EVIDENCE IS INDISPUTABLE.
Exact same pictures, always the third wheel #middlechild @BeccaWiesehan @brewiesehan
20. Like, this could be a coincidence, but is it? IS IT TRULY!?!
I've been removed from the family... #middlechildprobs
21. You knew from the beginning that you were getting the short end of the stick.
22. But chin up, kid.
23. We all know middle child = best child, anyway.
