If you are a twin then you probably get asked these questions or told these things on a daily basis. It's not always annoying, but by now we've been asked these questions for years and it can be repetitive. To us, being a twin is nothing new and something we just have to kind of live with. To people that are not a twin, it can be fascinating, or maybe you don’t care! Either way, here are some of these common questions.
1. Are you twins?
Yes, we are. I know some siblings maybe look similar so that's why people ask this question, but c'mon. It's pretty obvious we are twins. However, it is a great way to start a conversation and considering how awkward I am, I wouldn't know how else to start a conversation!
2. Who's older?
I mean, I'm older, just for the record...but only by a minute. I also love the look on my sister’s face when I say I'm older and we are both 18, because I'm not wrong.
3. I wish I was a twin.
I don’t get why people say this, it doesn’t feel any different then having other siblings. A lot of people say its because they want someone that looks like them because they would do all these mischievous things. Maybe it seems fun to other people and not to me because I’ve had a twin all my life and it’s the only thing I’ve ever known.
4. Do you like being a twin?
I guess I do. I mean there’s nothing I can do to change the fact that I am a twin, and I love my sister so I wouldn’t want it any other way. Being a twin is the norm to me and it is pretty awesome in one way or another!
5. How do I tell you guys apart?
That is a question I cannot answer. Other sets of twins may have the answer to that, but my sister and I do not. To each other, we think we look nothing alike so that question usually leaves us dumbfounded. Also, my sister and I are considered fraternal twins, so we are supposed to look different!
6. Are you sure you’re not identical?
What kind of question is that? Yes I am 100 percent sure. I know we look similar, but I know for a fact we are fraternal and I put my trust in the doctors that they know what fraternal twins are. I’m not playing a joke on you, we are not identical.
7. Do you guys get along?
Do other siblings who aren’t twins get along? No, not all the time. Yes we argue to the point we annoy our mother, but at the end of the day that is my sibling and I would do anything for her. So, yes we SOMETIMES get along, but we are like any other siblings.
8. What’s it like being a twin?
Again, it’s something I have lived with since birth so I know no difference. At times it is weird thinking you have a sibling that looks a lot like you and is the same age as you, and not everyone is like that. I mean if you think it’d be awesome to be a twin then sure, it is, if you think it would suck, then yes sometimes it does, especially when you’re constantly called the wrong name.
I love being a twin, I love the bond my sister and I have. It can be difficult to be called the wrong name, get asked questions like #5 and not really have an answer to it, or have assumptions that because you look the same you must like the same things. Yes we laugh the same unfortunately and say things at the same time, but we are very different people. I wouldn’t change being a twin for anything in the world.
