things about twins (from a twin)
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE JUST MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES ABOUT INTERACTING WITH MY TWIN SISTER (oh my god they were wombmates-) AND
NOT ALL TWINS ARE LIKE THIS
also, some of these are kinda given and might sound dumb. i’m going off of tropes i’ve seen.
-hate being compared to each other.
-despise matching
-a lot of twins are fraternal. there are 5 sets of twins in my grade - one set is identical.
-this one’s a bit out there, but twins have to be from the same pregnancy! i’ve had people think that just because they and their sibling were born in the same year they are automatically twins.
-fraternal twins can be drastically different in appearance.
-they’re not polar opposites or exactly the same in personality. they’re the same as regular people to be.
-my sister and i, personally, were born a minute apart, but t wins can be born hours apart.
-they mature at different times, despite being born on the same day. (i’m mostly talking puberty here)
-twins are about as likely to speak in unison as you are to speak in unison with your older brother.
-most twins are closer than they might be with other siblings, but not “i always know what they’re thinking” freaky kinda close. (i came out to her as gay a year ago. i have not told anyone else in my family.)
-we insult each other just like siblings usually do. (i’ll call her attention just to call her a bitch. she’ll pass me and call me a slut.)
-so many running jokes.
-super dicey about borrowing stuff and privacy. SUPER. DICEY.
-very different interests in some places, very similar in others
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so. yeah. and by the way, i’d rather people ask twins like me questions than just wing writing twins because it is INFURIATING the kinda shit i see.
aka if i see your shitty twin tropes one more time i’ll be that evil twin you’re always yapping about
(not all twin tropes are bad i’m just making my case)