I’m 15 months older than my sisters, who just happen to be twins. It has been an eventful [almost] 18 years since they have been born. I used to help my mom out with housework and taking care of my sisters. They needed their diapers changed? Guess who was right next to my mom with a pack of diapers? Me. When my sisters wanted my toys, I’d always share with them. But now that we’re older; it’s quite different. I’m here to tell you all of the pros of having twin sisters.
1. Sisters = friends, right?
Not only do you have one friend automatically, but you have two friends (in only a few minutes). You’re almost always guaranteed to have at least one there to hang out with you. You have two people that will always be there. Have an amazing story about the cute boy you saw yesterday? Two people who actually want to know what is going on in your life. Need to release some stress but don’t know where to begin? Two people who can talk it out with you. Want some food but don’t want to eat a restaurant by yourself? Two lovely sisters who would happily eat a meal with you (when you pay for their food — which has happened numerous times).
2. Need some clothes?
The great thing about my sisters is that they like to dress a bit dressier than me. My closet is full of T-shirts, jeans, shorts, crew necks, flip-flops and Nikes. Their closet has all of that plus cute dresses, skirts, blouses and dressy shoes. When I was going to my first job interview, I needed something dressy to wear; so of course I went to their closet and wore one of their dresses. The downside? “You wore my dress last year! Why can’t I wear this shirt?” Now, I may sound unreasonable because I didn’t allow her to wear my shirt, but what you don’t know is that she literally had the same shirt. Same color, same brand, same size, same everything.
3. Birthdays
We’re all close enough in age that we usually know what each other want. Luckily for us, if we don’t, we have another person to ask. Even better for me, I get to ask their twin sister. Who knows someone better than their twin sister?
4. Constant entertainment
My sisters share a bathroom, while I have my own. Almost daily they fight over who is showering first, how they’re wearing their hair and almost every other conversation that goes on in a bathroom. When I’m already awake, it’s hilarious at times because I text my friends and we laugh at how ridiculous they are. We have a total of four showers in the house. My sisters could shower at the SAME time, but that isn’t possible, right? No one is going to care that both of them are wearing their hair straight or curled or braided or any other way. They don’t yell at me when I’m wearing my hair the same way; why yell at each other? It’s even more entertaining when my dad is home and gets annoyed. He gets up from his seat to walk upstairs, and I turn down my music so I can listen better.
5. Best co-workers
I don’t know many siblings who actually want to work together. When my sisters started looking for a job, I said, “Oh, you can come work with me.” Of course, it was partially sarcastic, but now I don’t regret it at all. What’s better than working with two people you’re not afraid to tell when they’re doing something wrong or stupid? Literally nothing. They’re some of the best employees we have, and it’s because I can tell them what past employees have done right or wrong. It’s even better when one of us need to get a shift switched because we can go to each other first.
Twin sisters are the best thing to have happened to my life. It does get slightly crazy at times, but my life would be completely different if I didn’t have them. I don’t tell my sisters that I love them enough, but I definitely do. With all of my heart.
