I am one of three, but I am the baby It was me that got left out of the sibling stuff like backyard cricket/hockey etc "no Kathryn your too young, go do something else" was the common phrase. There is 6 years between me and my brother (middle child) and then 15 months between both my brothers (middle and eldest), so they always did stuff together and never had much time for me.

My eldest brother went to live with dad when I was around 7 I think, so my middle brother didn't have a very big choice at home and had to play with me, but most often than not he was out with mates anyway and I used to be so desperate to go as well.

My middle brother then joined the Navy when I was 11 and I became an only child at home, till I too moved out 9 years later.

Now as Adults my middle brother still is in the navy and I haven't seen him in 14 years, and my oldest brother lives 10 mins away and I don't care if I don't see him LOL.

So I don't think there was any middle child syndrome as such cause the boys had each other and then there was me.

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