Trips to the grocery store become a game.
Grocery stores in college towns are constantly a mad house. I dread having to conquer HEB alone. But with my sister, it becomes a game of, "let's see how fast we can get everything we need and get out."
Textbooks are easily recycled like hand-me-downs.
Especially if you both take the same classes. I'd much rather give my $300 book to my sister, than sell it back to the university bookstore for $19.99. (My parents really like it too.)
Your parents make you share a car.
Your parents are super pumped about this. One car to provide maintenance to, one gas tank to fill, one parking pass to buy, etc. Saving all that money sounds great to you too, until you have dinner plans and your sister is off shopping with the car. But it teaches you good communication, patience, and how to be selfless, so it's a win for you both too.
Being mistaken as twins happens regularly.
"Hey, meet my sister!"
"Oh are y'all twins???"
"Nope."
People assume we are one person because we are so similar, but we are two separate people. We have different personalities, different likes, and tastes. If I'm going to be mistaken for someone else though, I'm glad it's my sister.
You become the messenger if your parents can't reach them.
When your parents can't reach one of you, they just call the other. Any conversation with my parents includes the questions like, "What is your sister doing right now?", "Where is she?", "How did her test go?", "What did she eat for dinner?"
You always have someone to eat with.
A sister is always down to eat with you. Whether it be cooking a healthy well balanced meal at home on a Sunday evening or the times you grave queso at 9 PM, my sister is always there with a hungry stomach.
You share the same friends.
It just sort of happens. Anytime I meet someone new, I introduce them immediately to my sister and vice versa. We are a package deal. If you don't like my sister, we can't be friends.
Going home/back to school is a lot more fun.
Driving to and from school is more fun when you have someone to ride with. My sister and I have the best jams and the best talks on our trips back home to see our family.
You have a constant motivator.
Sisterly competition is a great motivator and I don't mean this in a bad way at all. I pray and hope my sister is successful in every aspect of her life, but if I see her going to the gym, it motivates me to go. If I see her studying, it motivates me to sit down and get my work done. We strengthen and motivate each other to be the best we can be because that's what family does.
Everyone will ask how you do it.
People wonder how you stand being at the same school with your sister (or in my case, how I live with her). We both just laugh when we get asked this question and wonder how they go to school without their siblings.
You become less homesick.
With my sister at school with me, I always have a slice of home. Even as a senior in college, I still get homesick. Luckily though, I always get to have family here with me. Going to the same college as my sister has been the best experience of my life. We have learned to respect each other as roommates, classmates, and friends. We are no longer just sisters who get along to please our parents. We are two adult best friends who have learned that family truly is the best gift God gives you.
