I have always been told that I have the middle-child personality. But it is not the same as the one I have read about. My family defined it as the peace-maker, trying to make everybody happy from my very volatile older sister to my reserved and shy younger sister and also my mother who seemed to get unhappy at the drop of the hat. I had a balancing act to preform! But the feedback I got was that I did a good job of inclusiveness and also making sure to smooth ruffled feathers. So my very large family - 17 cousins on one side and 8 aunts & uncles - always told me I was the classic middle child....