Being the youngest in the family...

Being the youngest in the family ..believe me it comes with lot of responsibilities..
I know how hard it is! I am the youngest of five children to my parents and its always fun to be with a big wonderful family.
Here is a handy list of the things I enjoyed being the last child
1. Parents support you no matter what saying "don't make her cry.Give whatever toy she wants .she will learn when she grows up"

2.No need to share anything with your sisters and brothers because they generously give you a portion of whatever they have whether it might be a chocolate or a crayons set.

3.whenever Mommy and Daddy scolds you ( rarely happens) they will become a shield and protect you covering all your silly mistakes.

4.They will do half of your homework and you get to eat all the yummy dishes they try after getting a recipe from aunt or some book.

5.You can bunk your school whenever they come home from hostel saying "i missed u pyari( usually i call my sisters like that) all this week".

6.You get good gifts (whatever is on the wishlist.com) for your birthdays.

7.You can watch movies on TV with them instead of some Bala Vihar or Teleschool (these were the progrms on TV for children in my childhood)

8.You can hangout with their friends.

9.You can have all their make up stuff..you will be like a cynosure( my 2nd sister used to plait my hair and try all kinds of new hair styles on me and my friends used to stare at me when I get a new pair of hair bands.My younger sister used to study her B.Tech in BITS and she used to get me all the dresses with mirror work and colorful bandini scarfs ..aaah loved them.)

10.They will ask you all those IQ questions and tricky puzzles ,when you don't answer them they explain them and you can go back to school sit in between your friends and ask the same questions and pose infront of them saying "It is very easy man..just use your brain" as if you answered it for the first time..ehhhhhh.

Now comes the difficult side of childhood.

1.You should meet all their expectations this includes the school teachers also (who refer you as X's sister and obviously it proves that X is highly active and intelligent because teachers often remmeber the bright students of the class)..yaaaaa

2.you should show better performance than your younger sister or brother ..(My pop used to say that the graph of our individual achievements should always be going high).

3.you get to read all the second hand school books ( used by the one above you).

4.You will be like a puppet..
a one good example..after people go to bed and they forgot to turn off the light .they just say "choti switch off the light" ..
just get me a glass of water..


5.when some thing breaks or misplaced you will be the first suspect ..lots of questioning and hell lot of explanation( this is how you will improve your reasoning skills).

6.You should read even in your summer break because they usually come home after exams and don't have much to do and general attention is diverted towards you and then starts struggle..you should answer your final exams question paper once again and they will correct all the mistakes and they give a feedback of the year's performance to the High Commands( mom and pop).

7.You should go and get them any small things like some kesar for vermicelli from the bazar on your bicycle which they usually forget while they were shopping the before day.

8.You cannot invite your friends to come over to your house because if they come they will also have to answer the exam question papers and thereafter you should talk to the only one who scores a higher grade.

9.They will just keep telling you not to waste time, concentrate on your studies and at times teach you how to memorize things and few tips for fast reading which you have to listen from each one of them at different times of the day :)

10.The bad thing of all is When they get married and go away you will be alone missing all the fun :(

Irrespective of all these ..staying close to your family is like heaven..I am here far far away from all my dearest ones..Miss u all :(