There are certainly pros and cons to having many siblings.
I grew up in a house where it is noisy everyday, everyone trying to add their comments into the matter-at-hand. My childhood memories was not really worth reminiscing. My big brother always liked to annoy me by rubbing his palm against my face. My twin brothers always liked to treat me like a maid, ordering me around to get their things for them like getting cup of water. My sister always liked to lock the door to the room and I always had to wait for a few hours till she opened it.
I never got the chance to buy new clothes as I always wore what my sister and my brothers could not fit in, and I was really upset about it for a while. The money in one angbao never exceeded $20 in my entire life, and the total angbao money I receive in one year, is barely one-fifth of what my friends receive in just one angbao. I always hated it when my classmates start sharing about how much they received over the New Year.
I used to admire how many of my friends is the only child in the family. They get to receive everything they want from their parents and they do not have to share anything with anyone. Take the angbao money for example, one of my classmate received $200 in one of her angbao. It is not possible for my uncles and aunties to spend $1200 on just my family alone. So they would have to divide the $200 into 6 shares, each getting around $30.
However, as I grew older, my mindset became more mature and I realised that it is not entirely bad that I have so many siblings. Although the house is never in a peaceful state when all family members are present, but the hyped atmosphere always make my low spirits high again. My parents do not value our academic achievements as much as our character development.(But academics are still important) Whenever I have trouble with my homework, I can always consult my siblings who specialises in different subjects. My third brother always share inspirational talks with us and as I listened to what he says, my view of the world and the things around me changes and I realise how childish I was before. Though we are siblings, our likes and dislikes varies and we can always share our food with one another and try out new things together. My sister has great fashion sense and she always help me to match my clothes to wear out when I am in loss of what to do.(I always borrow her clothes and she sometimes in turn borrows mine) My little brother just brings happiness to me whenever I look at his chubby little face.
When I sit down and think about this matter, I could not help but appreciate the presence of my five siblings. They have brought me happiness and made me grow in character in my entire life journey till now. Without them, I would probably still be an immature little girl who always plays in class, someone who values academics over anything else in the world, someone who is very outgoing, someone who is definitely not who I am today.
Although there are many benefits of being a single child(and many disadvantages too), but I feel that my family right now would be the best for me.
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