Darn you, Matt! You always got to be Batman, then. I had an older brother and I was always stuck with Robin. Grrr...!

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Being the younger brother (my younger sibling is my sister) I always played the sidekick. I tend to prefer the sidekick/supporting members of a group or cast. The leader types are too dull. The sidekicks get more character! Is there a tendency in this related to birth order? Might be fodder for another thread?

Having siblings is such an alien concept to me. 

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I know being an only child has been discussed here, but I was just wondering (because having an only was so much more rare in the past) if your parents dealt with criticism for it. I've known people, mostly older than me, who are extremely opinionated on such things.

Good of them to be understanding! After going through a high-risk pregnancy (mono-amniotic twins) I was asked about having more kids. I could never imagine going through anything close to that again, or putting my wife through it! I hear people criticize women who don't want to have kids or be pregnant. But I tell them it's a life-changing event that can be a very scary ordeal. If you aren't really committed to it, taking a pass is totally understandable. I do think younger people are more accepting as different lifestyles are more common nowadays.

Same.

Even as a small kid, when asked if I didn't wish for a brother or sister my answer was always a resounding "No".

In almost every classroom or social group I've had there were no other only childs, so I thought of myself as a rarity.

But when I went to advertising/creativity schools and courses, the percentage of only children increased significantly. 

In this forum as well, I guess being a only child increases the chances you're a reader or likely to be creative (we had to make our own fun, after all).

Maybe Zavid returns and you have to defeat him in the present as an adult...

Stephen King would probably sue you but it'd definitely be a cool story, ha.