14 Gifs Only The Youngest Child Will Understand

Bonus if you were the youngest child and the only girl, like me.

1. You always got the middle seat.

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Whether it was a five minute errand or a ten hour road trip, you always got the shaft.

2. Your older siblings listened in on your phone calls.

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You'd eventually notice the sound of someone snickering - and it wasn't your crush.

3. During roll call, teachers always recognized your last name and asked you who your older siblings were.

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Teacher: "Are Lee & Mark your older brothers?"

Me: "Depends....how do you feel about them?"

4. Your parents always left your eldest sibling in charge.

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...and the second your parents left, said sibling turned into a dictator.

5. Your older siblings always got to do cool stuff before you could.

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Like date, go to parties, get a license, drive themselves to Taco Bell whenever they pleased...

6. And anytime you tried to go to a party, your siblings were already there.

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Small town = walking into a party and usually having to leave immediately.

7. You almost always lost a physical fight.

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And you were always severely threatened not to tell your parents about it.

8. That smug look your older siblings gave you when you found out Santa wasn't real.

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Because they had known for years

9. But there were really great things about being the youngest, too.

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10. Like your siblings always sticking up for you.

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They could mess with you, but no one else was allowed to.

11. You got away with a lot more.

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You never admitted it back then, but you know it's true,

12. Your siblings moved out first.

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... leaving you to be King of the castle

13. They prepared you for the real world.

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Years of fighting and tough love made you strong.

14. And no matter where you go in life, they'll always look after you...

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....and one day you'll read a buzzfeed post about being a younger sibling and realize how much you appreciate your older siblings, and how much being the youngest child was the best.