25 People Share The Bane of Being the Blessed First-Born | “Feels Like Being an Unpaid Intern”
Each sibling's position in the birth order has its own set of boons and banes. This is especially true for the role of the eldest daughter who's expected by her family and the society at large to care for her younger siblings and later on, her aging parents. The eldest daughter is supposed to be the guiding lamp and set an example for her siblings and cousins. She also has the most restrictions put on her and anything she owns naturally gets passed on. On top of this, the eldest daughter is also envied because she is rumored to be the favorite child of her parents. Many first-born daughters turned to Twitter to share jokes, memes and rants about being the first-born (daughter). We have shortlisted the 25 best tweets that you can relate to and laugh at.
1. Unpaid intern
Being the eldest daughter really feels like being an unpaid intern version of young mother sometimes you know
— Bolu Babalola 🍯&🌶 (@BeeBabs) June 27, 2017
2. Pleasure to have in class
Were you really “a pleasure to have in class” or were you just the bossy oldest daughter with an undiagnosed anxiety disorder
— Maura Brannigan (@maura_brannigan) May 6, 2021
3. Committee of oldest daughters
Just a pitch, but we could fix pretty much every problem in two weeks if we put a committee of oldest daughters in charge
— Lauren Ashley Smith (@msLAS) March 22, 2021
4. Bane of oldest daughters
are u happy or are u the oldest sibling and also a girl
— sailor鄧mel369420 (@MelissaOng69420) April 5, 2022
5. Check your love language again
is your love language really acts of service or are you just an eldest daughter shocked at the thought of someone else completing a task or responsibility for once
— petosis (@petosis) November 28, 2020
6. Happy Mother's Day!
7. They do be like...
First-born/only daughters be like pic.twitter.com/cg2aAi452J
— lauren w.💬 (@iamlaurenp) August 4, 2021
8. Really tired
Eldest daughters deserve a different Cartier bracelet of their choice per decade of service. We are tired.
— Camilla Blackett (@camillard) April 29, 2021
9. All my brain lobes be like
eldest daughter brain compartments be like:
— m*hru (@moonphatt) February 1, 2020
1. personal trauma
2. mother's trauma
3. father's trauma
4. siblings trauma
10. Sad reality
Eldest daughter: Man, our parents wd never allow that!
— Hodan (@hyfreelance) July 3, 2022
Youngest son: pic.twitter.com/PlOcHELlJQ
11. True that
Eldest daughters are the absolute champions of leading via strategic deployment/ suppression of nonverbal indicators of disappointment
— Erin Ryan (@morninggloria) May 16, 2021
12. Who said I could relate?
First born daughters watching Luisa's song in Encanto pic.twitter.com/Yq1mGgyO2d
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) December 28, 2021
13. Strong urge
the first born daughter urge to lie to your parents about what you're doing even when you're a grown adult
— . (@itsazul_) November 18, 2021
14. Born into the role of senior project manager
All First Daughters and First Borns should have Project Management on their CVs. If you’re now both, you’re a Senior Project Manager.
— Adaeze, the Tired. (@Adaezae_1) December 18, 2022
15. Love that
Being the eldest daughter somehow means everything is my fault love that for me
— Canela Concha (@banananabomb) February 24, 2022
16. Eldest of all trauma
oh to be the eldest daughter eldest female cousin eldest grand daughter eldest niece in an asian family 😄😄😄😄😄
— kim 🪩 (@czaccei) April 1, 2021
17. Of course...
18. Completely unhinged
unhinged eldest daughters at home for the holidays pic.twitter.com/HZPfdUx1Z8
— 🍑 (@PEACHYBLACKG0RL) November 21, 2022
19. We are
Somebody said “why does the oldest daughter always feel like she’s the manager of the family”? ITS BECAUSE WE ARE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
— Leilani 💖 (@leilani_capalot) October 3, 2022
20. My sun sign is oldest daughter
21. The guilt
the eldest sister guilt of not being able to eat a single thing on your own and having to at least buy it for your siblings as well or else it’ll feel extremely wrong & unjust
— ل ي ن (@cestlachat) January 4, 2023
22. They run it well
Eldest daughters whose favourite sport is running away from their feelings are the backbone of society.
— fran (@galacticidiots) April 19, 2022
23. Financial compensation demanded
if you are the oldest sibling and also a girl you may be entitled to financial compensation
— sailor鄧mel369420 (@MelissaOng69420) December 27, 2022
24. Not okay
25. Someone wave a wand
The eldest daughter and very miserable pic.twitter.com/f3WGln1K1r
— Oshaz (@ThisIsOshaz) May 20, 2022
25 People Share The Bane of Being the Blessed First-Born