Twins

Always giggle when our twins are referred to as the 'two twins', which in effect means four.

degsie wrote: »

Always giggle when our twins are referred to as the 'two twins', which in effect means four.

It doesn't really though.

Two twins means the same as twos socks - i.e. One pair.

I married a twin and also have twin sons. My mother in law would talk about how difficult it was parenting twins, until I became pregnant with my boys. Then it was "oh, it wasn't really THAT bad!" 😄
She regretted her honesty.

For those that criticise the same clothing thing, I challenge you to parent twins and ensure they are wearing clean and properly fitting clothes every day, never mind dawdling in a shop choosing different outfits for them. What a luxury that kind of spare time would be! It's a case of run in, grab two of everything and head for the checkout.

Knex. wrote: »

As the older twin, do any of ye ever go, "When I was your age", and then proceed to tell your sibling about what you did five minutes ago?

Because I would do that daily.

I'm around a half hour older than my sister and I used to milk it by telling her to "respect her elder" when we were only like, 8 years old anyway. :pac:

I thought of some more stories! Not my own but still fun/interesting.

One came from my friend in college. She was in a class with a girl and they were friendly, then the girl moved classes but they'd still see each other around. Sometimes the girl would wave and my friend would wave back, other times she'd wave first and the girl would look at her like she had two heads, leading her to stop saying hi, but then randomly the girl would wave at her again. This went on for ages and she was so confused as to why she sometimes ignored her... and then one day she saw her and her twin together! The three of them suddenly realised what had been going on

The next one is from my dad. He's not a twin, but two of his brothers are, but if anyone ever had to guess they'd assume it was my dad and his brother - they have the exact same mannerisms and the exact same voice; I hear the difference now, but I don't know if it's because I'm older or if their voices have changed. I once heard my uncle at the door and ran downstairs thinking it was my dad!
Anyway, one night my dad had a dream that he was talking to their grandmother who had died a good while before, and while he found the dream comforting, he was confused by the fact that just beyond where they were in the dream he could see someone watching them through a window. He didn't think much of it, but then his brother told him about a dream he'd had the same night: he dreamt he was watching my dad speaking to their grandmother but he was behind a window far away and couldn't get over to them! No matter what you believe in, that's a huge coincidence at least, and I found it cool

I have 6 year old twin boys, conceived naturally on the 3rd pregnancy. They share a room, are in separate classes in school & while very very alike physically can be total opposites personality wise. The eldest is just that by a minute but takes great pleasure telling his little brother that! 1 of them is been assessed for ADHD, processing delay etc & has a speech impediment, his social skills wouldn't be as good as his siblings but he's getting there! They are both in to sport, competitive against each other & could kill each other 1 minute & be rolling around the floor laughing the next! We've e had some of the funniest funniest times with them, like the time 1 of them tried to put his willy through a hole that was patterned on a stool (he was 2)!

MarkR wrote: »

I have an identical twin. Ugly bastard.

Seriously though, I do recall one time where I knew something was wrong. We lived in the states at the time, and I went round the block looking for him. Found his bike under the front of a car, and he was being brought away in an ambulance. He now has a nice scar on the back of his head to differentiate.

We sound the same I'm told, and have similar interests. Have often bought the same stuff separately. I've two kids, he has three. No twins yet. :-)

Other half of twin here (yes, not a great phrase i know).
People often mix us up. Constantly being saluted by people I don't know, as does he. I tend just to wave and smile and walk on!
I have had a work colleague jump into marks car thinking he was me.
Friend of my wifes saw him "me" with another woman (turned out to me mark and his gf at the time, thats my story and im sticking to it.)

Do have similar interests, so went to the video store one day (vhs days) to rent mall rats (years after it was out).
Only copy was out , guess who had it?

Did i ever hear about xxxx band? yep listening to them now....
and if i hit him, he feels it, how weird is that?

Married to an identical twin. They use to be extremely close but have drifted apart. Have a very complex relationship & listening to them talk its really strained & uncomfortable. Is however something between them that will always be there.

A few times the twin has bought a top & my wife has bought the exact same top online completely separately. Thats about the extent of the "magic" between them & is really just the same taste in clothes.

They hate been called "the twins" & really get annoyed when people don't bother learning their names.

Without fail every guy asks when I explain that am married to an identical twin "have you ever tried it on with the other pretending it was your wife?"

Twins get 1.5 times Child Benefit each per month.

So 3x CB in total.


For triplets and other multiple births, Child Benefit is paid at double the normal monthly rate for each child.


So triplets get 6x CB in total.