Daily Archives: Sept. 18, 2007

Birth order and your mate

Where do you fall in your family’s birth order? The answer to that question may determine, in part, your compatibility with your mate, according to a story in today’s WichiTalk.

My husband and I are both the oldest children in our families. (I have a brother who’s 10 years my elder, a sibling age gap that left me a "functional oldest" to my two younger sisters.) According to the story, oldest children tend to be responsible (maybe the reason neither of us object to divvying chores). But, in love, they can be controlling (maybe the reason we’re both stubborn at times).

Are you a first-born married to an only child? A fourth married to a
second? How does your — and your spouses’ — birth order shape your
relationship? Click on "comments" below and share your story.

Posted by Lori