#oldest

[wgm-beautiful-world]

The Coach and Horses, the oldest pub in Mayfair, London, ENGLAND

[thepersonalwords]

Rocks and minerals: the oldest storytellers.

A.D. Posey

[theatregorl]

oh my fictional eldest daughters, what would I do without you?

[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

Trivia Tuesday

[lilbeebelle]

I talk about my younger siblings like a parent talks about their child.

And I think that explains who i am.

[inksplashgirl]

Oldest Curse

I will always be there for you

Like no one was for me

I will be a phone call when you get dumped

I will be an alibi when you sneak out

I will be a place to stay when you’re fighting with our parents

And I will be

Your older sibling

Like I never had.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Oldest house of Hamburg, Germany

German vintage postcard

[didyou-knowif-itstrue]

Did you know

The Netherlands has the oldest national anthem in the world

[fundiepredictions]

Stats (part one)

Oldest people, no one died, so nothing has changed

Steve Maxwell (73)

Suzette Keller (69)

Teri Maxwell (69)

Loren Wissmann (67)

Gloria Wissmann (66)

Mike Keller (64)

Gil Bates (59)

JimBob Duggar (59)

Michelle Duggar (58)

Kelly Bates (57)

Youngest people, with these people this changes all the time

Graham Bates (2 weeks)

Harvey Clark (3 weeks)

Amelia Helferich (~2 months)

William Bates (3 months)

Desiree Waller (3 months)

Naomi Keller (3 months)

Weston Smith (4 months)

Baby Bontrager-Leppert (~5 months)

Edelweiss Keller (5 months)

Baby Bontrager-Bowers (~6 months)

17 baby's under one for these families

[untoldcoverage]

The 10 Most Ancient and Stunning Churches Across the Globe

Old buildings are amazing to see, but some offer more than just beautiful design or old art. Many of the oldest buildings are also places of worship, which makes them even more special for visitors. Here are a few of the prettiest ones!

1. Temple of Augustus and Livia (France, 1st Century)

2. The Pantheon (Italy, 125)

3. Catacombs of Callixtus (Italy, 218)

4. Monastery of Saint Thaddeus (Iran, AD 239)

5. Dura-Europos Church (Syria, 241)

6. Aqaba Church (Jordan, 293)

7. Monastery of Saint Anthony (Egypt, 298)

8. Etchmiadzin Cathedral (Armenia, 301)

9. Cathedral of Saint Domnius (Croatia, AD 305)

10. Arch of Galerius (Greece, AD 306)

[wgm-beautiful-world]

ROME'S OLDEST DOOR/GATE - THE PANTHEON, ITALY

[dyslexic-dyspraxic]

I don't think there is enough acknowledgement of the trauma of being the eldest because from a very young age, you are made responsible for people frequently not that much younger than you and it is expected from you, your feelings, plans and considerations be damned

If your parents aren't there, you can't just goof off and have fun because you have young children to beware of and make sure they are safe, even though you, yourself are still a young child

You learn to do the chores first and are the one expected to do them and then they don't really care as much about your parents doing the chores because well you're already helping out

If you go anywhere with your family and you decide to go the loo, a small gift shop or anything just on your own and your sibling decides to come with, well know you're responsible for them and you have to make sure they're behaving and they know what they're doing and they're okay

And in all of this, you never really get the choice to say no, your parents have made plans with the expectation that you will be looking after your siblings, so if you say no, you will be inconveniencing them, you'll be ruining their plans, so you just have to say agree, and rearrange your own plans because the parents can't be responsible for their own kids

And it is very traumatising because this is ingrained from a very young and completely expected of the oldest, people go 'oh they're so mature' and celebrate when the oldest sibling is seen looking after their younger siblings but it is a weight on the eldest because they didn't consent to their parents having kids, they haven't consented to looking after their siblings, and they are still a child themselves

These kids are carrying the weight of looking after someone else from the day their younger sibling is born, no matter how young they maybe, you see it even in siblings with only a year between them

These poor kids are bearing responsibilities adult themselves struggle to deal with, and yeah they aren't doing all the parenting but they constantly feel responsible for their siblings, they constantly feel expected to look after someone else, and they're just kids and we celebrate the way they are treated, we celebrate them taking responsibility and they can't escape the trauma

[prettyvintagehouse]

Oldest pub in Hull

[lilbeebelle]

Sometimes I feared, loving me was your hardest chore.