As I understand it, birth order traits are affected by things like age gaps and traumatic experiences. Like, if there's more than five years between two siblings, the birth order "resets" so that the younger one acts like a firstborn. Or if something happens to a child, the sibling following them will take on their traits (fourth-born acting like third-born, etc).
In my case, there was a year where my older brother was going through treatment for cancer. Sometimes I wonder if this is why I try to take the lead, and why I resent my followers when I do. (In any case, I gave up trying to lead things, and have been a lot happier. :-))
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Date: 2013-11-25 01:19 am (UTC)As I understand it, birth order traits are affected by things like age gaps and traumatic experiences. Like, if there's more than five years between two siblings, the birth order "resets" so that the younger one acts like a firstborn. Or if something happens to a child, the sibling following them will take on their traits (fourth-born acting like third-born, etc).
In my case, there was a year where my older brother was going through treatment for cancer. Sometimes I wonder if this is why I try to take the lead, and why I resent my followers when I do. (In any case, I gave up trying to lead things, and have been a lot happier. :-))