{"id":65023,"date":"2023-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/65023\/11-things-only-lebanese-eldest-children-understand"},"modified":"2023-03-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T00:00:00","slug":"11-things-only-lebanese-eldest-children-understand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/65023\/11-things-only-lebanese-eldest-children-understand\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Things Only Lebanese Eldest Children Understand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s nothing as universal as the eldest child&#8217;s experience. And in Lebanon, that is really no different. To the many many eldest children that are sprayed out across Lebanon\u2019s vast lands, here are 11 things only you will understand.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>1. You had to deal with all the bullshit<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  You\u2019re the oldest child ever.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.playbuzz.com\/cdn\/489bbcc2-7fe3-4b11-8f5f-9a3e035c0956\/20cb1487-e38b-48d6-a4c7-1f3db48897f3.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>2. You deserve 50% of your siblings\u2019 degrees<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  These kids can barely write a paragraph without me.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/LFQzrc2uNJQAAAAC\/the-first-born-child-confused.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>3. You\u2019re the third parent<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Born too early to experience the joys of the middle child, born too late to not have your own children\u2026or something.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.playbuzz.com\/cdn\/489bbcc2-7fe3-4b11-8f5f-9a3e035c0956\/20cb1487-e38b-48d6-a4c7-1f3db48897f3.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>4. Oh, we don\u2019t care about that anymore?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  I guess all those times I ran back home before curfew and had to change my outfit 18 times were for nothing then.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shemazing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/babysit_gif.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>5. Shu hal jeel?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Back in my day, we had to wait for a Youtube video to buffer.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/y.yarn.co\/0008f79c-3c8e-4c09-81d7-472c3ca3a936_text.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>6. All your previous items somehow make their way into your siblings\u2019 possessions<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  And no one is even grateful.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im.idiva.com\/content\/2015\/Oct\/middlechild12.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>7. You have never been a child<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Some would say you\u2019ll always be a child too, so rip 2 u.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rbl.ms\/image?u=%2Ffiles%2F2015%2F12%2F06%2F635849698713351494-1396976242_im%2520the%2520boss.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>8. You\u2019re the only one who really understands your parents<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/gLiNeyEhLoLlshprKm\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>9. You used to study under the tree<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Wait- that\u2019s the other old people, our bad.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs.gfycat.com\/EminentRepentantGreatwhiteshark-size_restricted.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>10. How did I become the provider of the family?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Why am I buying my 6 year old brother roblox bucks with my first paycheck?<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs.gfycat.com\/LastingScaryEwe-max-1mb.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>11. This house would literally fall apart without me<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  None of you! None of you could do what I do.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lovelace-media.imgix.net\/uploads\/186\/f0e6e690-7990-0132-1d5f-0a2c89e5f2f5.gif?\" width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s nothing as universal as the eldest child&#8217;s experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":423059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-65023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[17],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>11 Things Only Lebanese Eldest Children Understand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There\u2019s nothing as 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