Birth Order: How It Affects Romantic Relationships

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According to various studies, birth order does play a role in the compatibility of romantic partners. While there are exceptions to every rule and unique circumstances like adoption, step-brothers and sisters and so forth, as a guideline, there are general guidelines that will help you better understand your relationships.

Best Birth Order Matches

These consist of only children and youngest, middle children and youngest and first born with youngest. Wow, I just realized if you’re the youngest child, you get along really well with pretty much every type except another youngest child. (I’m a youngest child, great news for me, hahah!)

Keep in mind that gender plays an important role in addition to birth order. For example, if you are a last born with older brothers, you will most likely draw out the paternal instinct in men and would do well with men who are oldest children or middle children with older brother traits. She will be used to having things explained to her and having a lot of paternal caring.

Complimenting this match, a first born male with younger sisters will be used to being the responsible, level-headed role model and often needs the youngest child to remind him that life can be fun and spontaneous.

Worst Birth Order Matches

In general, relationships with same birth order types (ie. first born with first born, middle child with middle child, etc.) are the least compatible matches. Two first borns tend to be both controlling and people pleasers making for a difficult situation.

Middle children and first born children can also pose a problem because middle children tend to hide their feelings, avoid conflict and go with the flow. However, if a first born child is overly controlling the middle child will keep going with the flow while building unexpressed resentment. However, if the middle born child has last born traits this match can work out in the end.

According to the experts, two middle children are considered a terrible combination. Middle born children also have a tendency to be secretive, thus two secretive partners make communication a perilous impossibility. The only remedy is if one middle child has first born tendencies and the other middle born has last born tendencies. Incidentally, two middle born children have the highest level of loyalty and marriage fidelity of that found in any other birth order match.

A last born child married to a middle born child works the best when the middle born child has some first born traits, if not he/she might end up becoming more irresponsible like the last born child.

Two only children will be troubled with friction and the lack of the ability to understand the other. After all, neither of them had siblings to learn from. And, lastly, a last born combo can create a relationship that spins quickly out of control because no one’s taking their responsibilities seriously expecting that others will come to their aid and care. Not a scenario you want to find yourself in.

Joie Schmidt © Copyright 2011 All Rights Reserved.

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