Twin FAQ | pressing on…

Being a twin, I’ve been asked many twin-based questions in my life. So for the benefit (and maybe even amusement) of all, I’ve put together a twin FAQ.

Are you identical? No. She is a girl, and I am a boy. This question has been asked frequently after these facts are already known, which always provides a laugh. I think people are hard-wired to ask this question of a twin, no matter what.
Which is older? She is, by a minute. And she’s used that minute to her advantage all our lives. 🙂 (You know I love ya, sis.)
Which is smarter? I don’t know. There’s no good way to determine whether one person is smarter than another. Is it based on number of facts alone, or subjects, or real-life applications, or common sense? How do you weigh those areas? Suffice to say that she knows more than I do in some areas, and I know more than she does in some areas.
Do you look alike? In some ways, although she definitely favors our mom, and I our dad.
Can you tell when each other is hurt or sick? I don’t think so, but I do remember feeling something was wrong the day that she broke her arm back in 6th grade, before I found out.
Which one is the evil one? I think that’s best left a mystery. 🙂

Any other questions that I’ve forgotten?

7 thoughts on “Twin FAQ”

Mom January 25, 2002 at 7:19 am

Number 1 has ALWAYS been the question. And you’re right, it always made people laugh at themselves when I reminded them that was a physical impossibility.(At first I thought they were joking, but I learned they were ALWAYS asking seriously.) I’m with you, I think they’re hardwired to ask that question about twins!! As for the others: Who sat up first, who crawled first, who walked first, who talked first, are they close, et cetera. And finally, HOW DID YOU HANDLE TWO AT ONCE. To which I replied, “Two is all I know, so I just did it like you did one.” And I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything!!

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