The odd one

Yes, every family has an odd member, which means every person has an odd sibling and every parent has an odd child who seems to be completely different in mentality, lifestyle and emotional quotient.

Usually there are some similarities in characteristics amongst siblings, but there's bound to be an oddie that is mysteriously unexplainable eventhough they are all produced by the same set of parents. Somehow, there's a lack of cohesiveness to other members of the family, this member is always feeling alienated and unsupported. I'm not speaking of a second child syndrome here, which is another set of ballgame altogether.

I once had this very topic of discussion amongst a few friends, and they've all come up with a theory, jokingly - Same factory's produce may not necessarily mean the same way of making the product. Yeah, a little crude, but it shouldn't matter, doesn't it? lol I have no idea, I'm not experienced in that department.

Now, jokes aside, don't you find that it's really mind boggling at times when an odd child can only be identified by the family unit, and 'never' by most outsiders? The dissimilarities in characters could even jeopardise decision-making in family meetings etc. Let's not even mention gender differences or child-position-syndrome differences. It's no wonder why dysfunctional family movies are a big hit, because every individual can identify with a character or two in the movies, and it's not spoken widely enough, yet accepted without a whimper as if it's a common thing - non-issue.

So, what am I quipping about at the end of the day? Perhaps I'm 'odd' in the sense that I have a high EQ, in which lots of people are not bothered about thinking of other people's emotions but just take care of his / her own. Perhaps this could this be just the odd child's perception towards his / her family that yields a different set of behaviour or something else which may still boil down to the essense of "why does this always have to happen to me"?

Speaking of this, I personally have an odd sibling, who actually accuses me to be the odd one instead of him. I've certainly made enough waves and enough statements in the family unit to pay attention to this. My parents call me the 'over-sensitive child'. To me, I think to live in the society, one has to have proper decorum e.g. table manners, opening sentences, politeness etc all in the book of life to fit into the society. I accept a child's rudeness and will correct it, and expect it not to be repeated. My parents somehow, never corrected my brother's... and it has carried over into his adult life. What more, he has recently matched himself with a partner who is just as well-accepted of his flaws. So, there goes, things will not change.

Well, whatever it is, I've come to a conclusion that it could just be a character clash at the end of the day where even the saying "blood is thicker than water" might not even make the cut? So, sistser moneybags is still indisposable to my brother, while sister cookingwok is since a voluntary replacement has taken place :D. What more is there am I to complain about?