1. When your parents keep calling you the wrong name by accident.

Na wa. You born me by mistake?

2. When your parents constantly treat you better than your older ones.

WINNING!

3. When your parents send your siblings on an errand and they make you do it.

What is all this?

4. When everyone treats you like the baby of the house even when you become an adult.

You people should free me.

5. When everything in your wardrobe is basically second-hand.

When will I see new cloth, biko?

6. Whenever your siblings say “when you’ get older…”

Sorry oh Oldest Olamide.

7. When your siblings leave you at home because they think you’ll spoil their fun.

Na wa oh.

8. When your parents now force them to take you along and they ignore you throughout.

Are we even related like this?

9. When you report your siblings and your parents punish them.

Good for you.

10. When your teachers constantly compare you to your siblings.

Should I go and bring them back to your class for you?

11. When someone is bullying you and you tell your siblings.

My defenders,

12. When people start buying you things because they want to date one of your siblings.

You sabi.

13. Whenever people just assume you are spoiled.

You don’t have sense.

14. When all your siblings finally move out and your parents officially turn you into the help.

Is this my life now?

15. Whenever your parents left the house and left your older siblings in charge.

I’m dead.

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