There are around 10 million sets of identical twins, 7,000 sets of triplets, and about 3,500 sets of quadruplets worldwide. If you were to ask all of them the same questions the same answer would be given. “Do you like being a multiple?” Each set is going to give you the same answer of “no” and yours going to have the same astonished look on your face. That look most likely is going to be followed up with a whinny “but whyyy.” To save all of the multiples out there plenty of time and energy, from having to answer and explain their reasoning, and to answer the most frequently asked question ever, I’m going to answer it for you. BEING A MULTIPLE COMPLETELY SUCKS! And now to help explain myself and to calm all of you that just read the last sentence and became very aggravated with me, here are my reasons:
1. You are constantly being compared to your siblings:
I know this happens at every stage, whether you have an older or younger sibling that seems to have pulled all of the spotlight on themselves and you are left with nothing but a few “look at what she is doing” lines. But when you are a twin or triplets, everyone around you, especially your parents, have way more things to compare you on. It could be big things like, grades and athletic ability, or it could be the smallest thing as your handwriting. You are constantly being compared and judged.
2.There is always an argument:
When you are younger you argue about which class you want to be in and why she is taking all the toys out of your room. When you start to grow up a little bit, the arguments turn into fights about who is going to drive the car and why they ate all of the food in the pantry. When you’re a multiple you learn to love arguing.
3. People call you by your sibling's name:
I don’t know about other people, but the most annoying thing that could possibly happen is being called your siblings sister. I know everyone things they are perfect, but I’m my own individual person with separate thoughts, ideas, and perfections. Calling you by your siblings name or confusing the two are very disrespectful in my book
These are just some of the terrible things I find visible when I have to ponder the same question every other set of multiples does. So instead of asking these very annoyed people, just read this article and process all the information. Although it may have some perks including getting their homework answers and always having a friend around in times of need, there are definitely a lot of downfalls as well.
