While being the eldest daughter comes with the perks of receiving ample attention, envy, and respect from parents and younger siblings, it is also disabling in one primary way: not being able to chill. There's one of them in everyone's life. Cara and I are the stereotypes. The mother of the friend group. The team carry. The fixer in romantic relationships. Next time you bump into one, go up and ask "wait, are you an eldest daughter?" She'd be impressed.