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jillianmb
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Birth order and your personality
A professor I once had was all about birth order and how it forms personality. This site gives a good summary of traits, organized by birth order.
Do the descriptions fit your personality (or your DC/DH)? For fun: list the trait in each category that best describes you.
TTC September 2010 thru October 2011
SA February 2011: Normal
RE App. October 2011 - Recc. Clomid and IUI
Taking a break from TTC to pursue adoption
Met our 2 year old son in Russia July 2012!
Court trip October 2012
Home November 24 2012!
adoption blog: addingaburden.com
Re: Birth order and your personality
Compliant: Crave Approval
Aggressive: wants things their way
Common: scholarly
ETA: I'm an oldest
TTC September 2010 thru October 2011
SA February 2011: Normal
RE App. October 2011 - Recc. Clomid and IUI
Taking a break from TTC to pursue adoption
Met our 2 year old son in Russia July 2012!
Court trip October 2012
Home November 24 2012!
adoption blog: addingaburden.com
Middle Child:
Impatient
Uptight
Not Spoiled (strength)
Competitive (strength)
Independent (strength)
Stubborn (weakness)
Suspicious (weakness)
Cynical (weakness)
I'm a first born and I think I fit more in with the "aggressive" traits. I very much always want things my way.
My H is a "middle child" (#2 of 4) and he is most definitely "middle born #2".
All of these fit him.
I'm the oldest of the biological children and I fit the first born to a tee almost. LOL
For strengths it says caring but weakness it says self-centered. empathetic but manipulative
I'm a first-born. I think I trend more toward the aggressive traits - always want things my way, perfectionist, very driven. I do crave approval, which is from the compliant traits.
The trait in each category that best describes me:
Aggressive traits: Always want things my way
Compliant: Crave approval
Common: Scholarly
My husband is also a first-born, and he is very definitely in the compliant trait category: nurturer, caregiver, reliable, etc, are all him.
Haha we picked exactly the same traits to describe ourselves!
I've heard having a spouse in the same birth order can cause some conflict- have you found that to be the case? I'm an oldest and DH is the youngest and I think it mostly works to our advantage, except when he teases me like he used to tease his older sister. Then I get annoyed b/c he reminds me of my annoying little brother lol.
TTC September 2010 thru October 2011
SA February 2011: Normal
RE App. October 2011 - Recc. Clomid and IUI
Taking a break from TTC to pursue adoption
Met our 2 year old son in Russia July 2012!
Court trip October 2012
Home November 24 2012!
adoption blog: addingaburden.com
Aggressive Traits
Natural leaders
Common Traits
Logical
I think it usually works well for us because we're almost opposite first-borns - I have more of the aggressive traits; he has more of the compliant traits. We're both pretty stubborn, though, so if we both decide we want to be right, there can be some heated debates. Luckily, we usually see pretty eye-to-eye on important things, and even when we don't, we've gotten pretty good at only arguing for a few minutes before getting into normal discussions about what's best for us instead of me. We're also both pretty logical, so that helps when we both want a different solution - it's like writing a persuasive essay every time we disagree...the person who can support their argument the best wins. Now that I think about it, that's probably some combination of our "driven" and "team player" characteristics coming out...it's a good thing we're driven in the same direction!
I totally am in line with the oldest child...and my sister is mostly aligned with the youngest. But I'm not so sure about my brother and the middle child.
I'm the last born so:
Risk takers - Nope. The idea of parachuting or anything along those lines makes me pee a little. Idealists - Absolutely. Good sense of humor - If laughing at farts is considered having a good sense of humor. Hard working - When I'm not wasting time on websites like the Nest I suppose. Immature - See "laughing at farts" comment. Attention seeking - Usually when I publicly humiliate myself I would prefer LESS people to be watching. Secretive - Not really, I have no shame. Sensitive - To sunlight, yes, I tend to burn easily. Ba-dum ching!