Another only child here - both my parents were the youngest in their respective families so all my cousins are older than me and as we moved away from my home town when I was 8 I didn't really have anything much to do with them. Now my parents are gone and I do miss having someone to share memories of my childhood with. As with everyone else I'm quite happy on my own and find it hard to mix with a large crowd of people - I usually end up sitting in the same seat all night at a party (can't remember the last one of those mind). My husband is the middle one of 3 and very gregarious but he doesn't really 'do' crowds either so I don't think it's necessarily due to having no confidence. I was a child of the 50's with parents running a business so I certainly wasn't spoiled and don't really remember them having much to do with my schooling either but they cared for me and definitely helped out in our early married life with childcare etc. I always wished for siblings though.
Harry and Meghan ‘royal’ tour of Nigeria.
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