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Ruthdaprotagonist
Executive Assistant | CRM Specialist | AI Automation | Customer Support/Success Specialist @ Freelancer
Executive Assistant | CRM Specialist | AI Automation | Customer Support/Success Specialist @ Freelancer
Being The Last Born
<p>Being the last-born in a Nigerian family is a strange combination of special treatment and unpaid labor. 😂</p><p>Everyone thinks you're the spoiled one.</p><p>Meanwhile, you're the one washing plates after everyone has eaten.</p><p>“Go and buy bread.”</p><p>“Help me get my charger.”</p><p>“Go and call your brother.”</p><p>“Switch off the light.”</p><p>At some point, you start wondering:</p><p>Am I the last born or the family’s official errand department? 😭</p><p>And the annoying part?</p><p>Your older siblings are sitting right there.</p><p>You:</p><p>“Mummy, why can't he do it?”</p><p>Mummy:</p><p>“Leave him. You are the last born.”</p><p>Ah. So this position actually comes with responsibilities? 😂</p><p>Your older siblings could leave the house without explaining themselves.</p><p>You step outside for 20 minutes:</p><p>“Where are you going?”</p><p>“Who are you going to see?”</p><p>“When are you coming back?”</p><p>And yet, somehow, you still get away with things they never could.</p><p>Your older brother comes home late and gets a full lecture.</p><p>You come home late:</p><p>“Where have you been?”</p><p>“I'm sorry.”</p><p>“Okay. Go and eat.”</p><p>How? 😂</p><p>But being the last born isn't only about being pampered or sent on endless errands.</p><p>You grow up watching everyone before you become adults. You see them make mistakes, get jobs, leave home, start families, and slowly become the people your parents once told you to listen to.</p><p>Then one day, you realize the house feels different.</p><p>The people you used to argue with are no longer around every day.</p><p>And somehow, you're still the one your mother calls:</p><p>“My baby.”</p><p>Even when you're old enough to pay bills.</p><p>Maybe that's the funniest thing about being the last born.</p><p>To the rest of the world, you grow up.</p><p>But to your family, you're still the child they sent to buy bread. 😂</p><p>Last-borns, what was your most memorable family assignment?</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
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