Being the eldest child in a family can sometimes be demanding and upsetting. In a social media post that has gone viral, a girl has shared how it feels to be the eldest daughter of the family. In the Twitter thread she talks about how she always has to be the responsible one and help out at home along with being the "happiest person at home". The girl's post immediately went viral as many could relate to it.
"As the eldest daughter I feel like it is my responsibility to take care of everyone and everything. From making everyone at home eat their meals, making tea and snacks for guests, handling every crisis with a calm mind, taking care of everyone's emotions, understanding everyone," the woman who goes by the name Deity on Twitter wrote in her post.
"Smiling all the time even though you are worried or tensed or sad, disregarding your health to take care of others, always saying yes to everything, making sure you don’t even accidentally hurt anyone, apologise even if it’s not your fault, blame yourself for everything, her Twitter thread further read.
Since being shared, the post has amassed 1.2 million views 22.6k likes and tons of comments.
"Being an elder more like a responsibility than being blessing & here We have to understand everyone without getting understood by anyone," commented one user on the post
"I feel you. I feel this whol thread and it's the worst," wrote another user.
"It's difficult being the eldest .. it's like your siblings are your children, your responsibility .. you literally have to nurture, train and take care of them.. my sister wont even put up an insta pic w/o my opinion!," a third echoed a similar feeling.
"Thanks for sharing! Totally relatable... The elder daughter responsibility is a unique emotion in itself!," wrote a fourth.