Twins! Who's got one?

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I was just reading the getting to know you thread and saw that many of us have twins. So… Who’s got one? Identical or fraternal? Brothers or sisters? Do you think you look alike? Do other people think you look alike? Do you have matching names? Are you close? Do you get sick of people asking you these questions all the time? Does your twin share your love of Pearl Jam? Any triplets or quads out there?

Lukin66

Not me, but they run in my family. I'm the one that's supposed to have twins though...another good reason not to get knocked up, lol.

jammergirl

i'm a twin! i think i even started a thread about it awhile ago. she's my identical, so i guess we look alike. i don't think we really look that similar, but people always say we look creepily-alike. she shares my love for pearl jam, but for her its more of a mild enthusiasm, not my near-obsessiveness. we are very close, she's like my built-in best friend. the only big pet peeve i have when people talk about it is when they say "i'd hate to have another me running around". i would never think of my twin as my clone! she's her own person, silly.
i'll try and figure out how to post a pic so you guys can judge for yourselves whether or not we look alike.

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jammergirl wrote:

i'm a twin! i think i even started a thread about it awhile ago. she's my identical, so i guess we look alike. i don't think we really look that similar, but people always say we look creepily-alike. she shares my love for pearl jam, but for her its more of a mild enthusiasm, not my near-obsessiveness. we are very close, she's like my built-in best friend. the only big pet peeve i have when people talk about it is when they say "i'd hate to have another me running around". i would never think of my twin as my clone! she's her own person, silly.
i'll try and figure out how to post a pic so you guys can judge for yourselves whether or not we look alike.

Yea! I wanna see pictures! (And sorry I missed your previous thread!)

I guess I should answer too...

I have a fraternal twin sister. I don't think we look anything alike, but people who don't know us think we do. I think it's just because we both have long hair. When we were kids, she had long hair and I had short hair and was a foot taller than her. Back then people wouldn't even believe us when we told them we we're twins.

We don't have matching names. Our parents were in college when they had us and had heard in some psych class that you shouldn't give twins matching names because it interferes with their ability to create their own identities - or something like that. I'm curious about what twins with matching names have to say about it.

We're really close now but went through a few years around H.S./college where we didn't get along really well.

The only thing that sometimes bugs me about people and their questions/comments is when they try to argue with us that we're identical instead of fraternal (or "paternal"). We're not identical! Just because YOU happen to think we look alike right now doesn't change the fact that we're fraternal! Also, when I was a kid, people would always ask what it's like to be a twin and I didn't know what to say. I mean, what's it like to not be a twin? How does one make a comparison from a different frame of reference?

Unfortunately, my sister doesn't share my love of Pearl Jam. She likes them enough to have copied my PJ music onto her iPod, but I don't think she listens to them much.

toaster

I've got a twin brother (i'm a girl).
Some people say we look very much alike, others say we don't. I certainly don't think look anything like each other, except our eyes and teeth.

I guess we're pretty close when you consider that we're a boy and a girl. We've always had a lot of the same friends, and it was just natural to hang together. A lot of people are surprised to find out we're such good friends when we're at the same party. For some reason people seem to think we shouldn't talk to each other at all whenever we're not at home, although I now live three hours away from him and mostly just see him whenever it's one of our friends' birthday or holidays. Yikes, that would've been weird.

And I never get to answer these questions because everyone who knows I'm a twin have known it for so long that it's not that big a deal! :eek:
Oh, and he does like Pearl Jam, I even caught him stealing Ten from me one time. He's more of an Alive, Yellow Ledbetter, Last Kiss type of fan though.

Worldwidesuicide08

Ive got a twin,were identical,even my mother cant tell us apart most of the time.I do get sick of people asking are we twins,D`oh,and we both love pearl jam.But it is kinda cool having a twin.

Sian-of-the-dead

I'm a twin!

Gots me a twin brother, he's 6'1" and ginger... for those of you who know me, you'll know that we look nothing alike!

Dissidentman

I date one...does that count?

brainofme

i don't know too many twins, but i never thought that the ones i know/have seen look identical. people always say, "oh, but they look very similar" - well, of course, they should when they are identical. but for me one always is prettier than the other one, one has the better facial symmetry etc. and i'm actually wondering why that is?

i can't even imagine having a twin, but think about identical triplets! i guess that would really be strange.

Medicated-Genius

scb wrote:

I was just reading the getting to know you thread and saw that many of us have twins. So… Who’s got one? Identical or fraternal? Brothers or sisters? Do you think you look alike? Do other people think you look alike? Do you have matching names? Are you close? Do you get sick of people asking you these questions all the time? Does your twin share your love of Pearl Jam? Any triplets or quads out there?

I don't have a twin, but my sister is due to have twins in September, it's a lil bit exciting!

releaselauren

scb wrote:

I was just reading the getting to know you thread and saw that many of us have twins. So… Who’s got one? Identical or fraternal? Brothers or sisters? Do you think you look alike? Do other people think you look alike? Do you have matching names? Are you close? Do you get sick of people asking you these questions all the time? Does your twin share your love of Pearl Jam? Any triplets or quads out there?

I have an identical twin and I think we look alike with certain facial expressions. Most people can tell us apart unless it is someone who only knows my sister and runs into me. For example, my sister was walking into a mall when a co-worker of my husband started yelling "Hey Lauren!", because we are used to this, she replied "Nope, I'm her sister".

We do not have matching names (thank God!) nor do we dress alike....except on accident. We have to call each other before we go out to make sure we don't wear something similar. We are very close, I have a younger sister but there is nothing like a "twin bond". The only differences between my twin and I is that she is more left-brained and I am right-brained. She is very good at math and science while my skills gear more toward literature and artsy stuff.

Yes, she is a Pearl Jam fan!

and no, I do not get sick of answering these questions. The only question that makes me want to smack people on the forehead is when we are asked "Are you sisters?" to which we usually reply "no, I don't even know this girl!" :rolleyes:

Motown322

I've got a twin sister... we don't really look much alike, except for our eyes. I'm 5'9", she's 5'1"...

We're quite a bit closer now than we were growing up. I think it had a lot to do with always being in the same school (same class quite a few times) and constantly being around each other at home. Once we went away to college (we went to different schools about an hour away from each other), we started getting along a lot better. She went to a small college and a couple of my friends went there, so I'd visit fairly often.

I always laugh when people ask me, "So what's it like having a twin???"... I've always had one... I guess I don't know any different.

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Motown322 wrote:

We're quite a bit closer now than we were growing up. I think it had a lot to do with always being in the same school (same class quite a few times) and constantly being around each other at home. Once we went away to college (we went to different schools about an hour away from each other), we started getting along a lot better. She went to a small college and a couple of my friends went there, so I'd visit fairly often.

Yes, this was our experience as well. We used to have a lot of classes together, we had the same job and our boss made us work the same shift, we shared a car, we had many of the same friends. (They would call and ask to speak to "one of the twins" and when my parents asked which one they'd say "it doesn't matter".) It was during this time that we didn't get along as well as we do now that we both have our own lives.

Gremmie95

I don't have a twin, but I've "had" twins, does that count?

3inputchick

I was going to make this thread....

I'm 1 of a set of triplets.....


I'm on the left

3inputchick

The 3 of us went to Camden 1 and 2 in 2006...... security loved it, we got better seats!

comebackwoman

dissidentman wrote:

I date one...does that count?

me too! They're identical...supposedly I refuse to believe it. They look a lot alike, but their personalities couldn't be more different

Gold 26

I have twins. Little girls they're 5. Non-identical but not many can tell them apart.

3inputchick

I really thought this thread was going to be huge!

Wilds

My twin and I.

http://www.nathanwilds.com/Picture.jpg

I love Pearl Jam, he likes Pearl Jam. I'm trying to get him more into them.
His wife (pictured) likes Pearl Jam but has never been to a show. She has always wanted to. This upcoming tour she is due to deliver their second child the day they hit Mansfield.

Nate

brain of c

i got one.

but i wanted both.......at the same time.

Drop The Leash 10

how can you have just one twin?

PJPixie

I've been in love with the Father of twin girls forever............

Emma and Chloe.......they are 10 years old now and just beautiful.........

and I'm not even sure why I posted this..............lol

Great White North

scb wrote:

So… Who’s got one?

They are twins, shouldn't you have 2?

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3inputchick wrote:

The 3 of us went to Camden 1 and 2 in 2006...... security loved it, we got better seats!

Really?! How cool. I am DEFINITELY making my sister go with me next time I go to a show!

Of course, triplets are cooler than twins - by at least 50% anyway. Great picture! Can you post a recent one?

Zoso

I have a twin.... interesting to say the very least

PJ_Lukin

My father had twin brothers, I have twin brothers, my wife has twin sisters. My Daughter better be prepared for 2.

writersu

3inputchick wrote:

I was going to make this thread....

I'm 1 of a set of triplets.....


I'm on the left

That is so sweet.....what a cute pix. I would love to have all those babies at once.......

lukin2006

comebackgirl wrote:

me too! They're identical...supposedly I refuse to believe it. They look a lot alike, but their personalities couldn't be more different

I married, same thing they look a lot a like, but personalities are totally different, her sister I would not want to live with she act like an old lady already, glad my wife is not like that.