You’re getting to be fair–that’s what….

Sometimes there are disadvantages to being a twin. But for us the advantages are so much greater than the disadvantages.

On looking back at our past, I can see how we were sometimes competitive. But nothing overly significant. In fact, I didn’t even realize it until I was an adult.

About conversations being based on the twin subject…
We probably have talked more about ‘being twins’ here on this blog than we have in a while. So no, it’s not really a huge issue for us.

One of the kinda negative parts is that we are super critical of each other in the same way that people are normally critical of themselves. For instance, if we’re at a party and one of us is talking too much (which we both have a tendancy to do… especially Janice LOL) the other twin might get annoyed because if one of us is behaving a certain way, people perceive that we are both behaving that way. And talking too much is definitely a character trait that people very often associate with us.

But that negative also has a positive side. We do help to keep each other in check. So if one of us is doing something dumb, the other can kick her under the table. (Except, Janice sometimes has a tendency to say outloud, “Why are you kicking me?” Which kinda spoils it.)

We have lots of friends in common, so another advantage is that Janice does more socializing and I and tend work almost all the time, but then when I want to go out… there are still parties that I can go to. We have laughed about how we have gone through different stages of life when one of us has “maintained the friends” for the other. For example, when Janice was bedridden with her illness for a couple of years in our late teens, I maintained the friends. So when she could go out every couple of months, she’d have a party to go to.

And we do have rather different personalities and we do actually look rather different. You can see in our photos that my hair is highlighted. But we definitely wear the same clothes. We’ve always shared clothes.

Overall, being twins has been one of our greatest blessings and I definitely Thank The Lord for my twin.

Yes, it is so great to be a twin. And yes, I also am very thankful to have Janice as a twin. We always laugh that if you put us together, we almost form one functional person. LOL

Being a twin is such a unique experience and I think if everyone in the world had a twin, there would be much less loneliness and the world would be a happier place.

Some days we drive each other crazy and yell and scream (we used to kick and punch too), but when one of us goes on vacation for even a few days, we miss each other.

I used to live about a 40 minute drive away, but as soon as I got pregnant, my husband and I bought a townhouse 2 blocks from Janice. So now we see each other literally every day and our kids are practically siblings.

My TT is up.