Twin Tales to talk through.

TWins have always facinated me, & many other people I have found share this attraction. In my first school we had dozens of twins, 4 pairs in my close alone. George & Christine, Doreen & Ian & identical twins DErek & Dennis, Sonia & Jeannette.

In later life I came to know many more. Many old wives tales are atttributed to twins . Many twins caN tel of odd things that have happened to a twin which has some how reached the other. Transferred pain is another.
MY dad had ginger twin cousins, BIll & Jimmy, known in the family as RONALD & DONALD. They hated each other

Anyone else share my interest or am I just weird.

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I'm married to a twin, he couldn't be more different to his brother if he tried, I refer to his brother as the evil twin as my husband seems to have inherited all the nice genes and his brother ... well least said the better really.

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I have twin son and daughter, born six minutes apart. They are 40 this year and although they get on very well together, I can't say any 'odd' things have happened or transferred between them during their life.

My husband's brother has identical twin boys and they were very close growing up. When one was sick, the other was also sick. I could never tell one from the other and hated birthday and Christmas times as I always gave the wrong present to the wrong twin!

No, you are not weird Robert ..... I'm always interested in hearing about twins

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Grew up next door to twins, Jill & June, 6 months older than me. They were a bit mean to me sometimes, they made up stories & backed each other up. I was usually friends with one at a time, probably found them overwhelming together. They had bright ginger hair, I had chestnut, a shade darker, people sometimes thought we were triplets, I soon put them right!

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Made me wanna roll up me sleeves gal ......

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My Mother was a twin but the other girl did no live, my grandmother was a twin, my wife had sister twins, they died after a few weeks. I was hoping for twins on the wife's two pregnancies but it didn't happen.
I wish I was a twin, must be great to be have so much in common with another human being.

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I cannot recall any twins around when i was younger and growing up.
Yet nowadays there seems to me a great many around.
I have inherited twin grandchildren boy and girl, from my dau in laws first marriage, and then I have twin boy grandchildren by courtesy of eldest son and his wife. These are not supposed to be identical, but it's difficult to tell them apart at times, one is more of an 'engineer' likes to know how things work, and the other is more of an entertainer (5yrs old).
The only way I could be sure I got the right one if they were dressed alike, was to look closely at the face, one has a very feint scar above an eyebrow.

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I have often pondered on this very notion Jem. I have always come to the same conclusion, that is, I would get on my nerves ,come up with the same jokes & be envious of "Robert Senior's" successes

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Thanks Mags, good to know I'm not Weird lol

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For some reason, I am fascinated by identical twins (although I wouldn't want to be one) but have no idea why!