Denise ([info]soulsistahd) wrote in [info]parentsoftwins,
2006-01-12 21:40:00
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15 Dumbest Twin Comments

You've probably all seen these before, but a twin mom friend of mine sent these, and some of them definitely rang true for me!


15. "I could never do it." (Oh really. What would you do? Would you put them on the curb with signs around their necks that say, "Free to a good home. My mom can't do it."?)

14. "Do they have different personalities?" (No. They are the same human being divided into several parts.)

13. Said by a stranger, "They're identical, right?" Mom answers, "No. They're fraternal." Stranger response, "They are NOT!" (OK. You're right. I have no idea what I'm talking about. These are not my children. I thought it would be fun to borrow them from a mom down at Baby Gap. It's been more than an hour. I guess I should return them.)

12. "Are they 'paternal' twins?" (Yes. They have a father. There was only one virgin birth.)

11. "Just wait till they're older. It only gets harder." (Thank you. I woke up this morning hoping I'd receive a word of discouragement while pushing a cart of preschoolers down the cereal aisle.)

10. "When one cries, does he wake the others?" (No. Multiples cannot hear each other's cries because they all communicate with their special telepathic language only.)

9. From a perfect stranger: "Were they in the same sac?" (Hello. Nice to meet you, too. Will you be sharing your gynecological history with me as well?)

8. "Are they developmentally behind?" (Well, let's see. They're 3 years old and thus far, all their graduate school applications have been denied. We'll get back with you on that.)

7. "How do you do it?" (Haven't you seen the Nike commercials?)

6. "Are they natural?" (Nope, their arms and legs are made of silicone.)

5. "You must be SO busy." (Are you volunteering to clean my house?)

4. "Did you take drugs?" (Well, there was this one time in college....)

3. "What do you do when they all cry at the same time?" (Sometimes I cry. Sometimes I go to Starbucks.)

2. Said to a mom of boy/girl twins: "Are they identical?" (Uh. Not exactly.)

1. Only one comment could be voted No. 1. Drum roll, please. After a stranger had been informed that the toddler boys were twins, she asked a simple question: "Are they brothers?" (Enough said.)

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[info]arcadia_2005

January 13 2006, 04:02:29 UTC 6 years ago

we have b/g twins and i could not COUNT how many times we've been asked 'If they were identical'. COULD. NOT. COUNT! After saying a couple times 'their a boy and a girl' then being told--quite matter of fact-- that 'they can STILL be identical!', we just simply answer now, 'no. no they're not.' lolol *shakes head*

[info]soulsistahd

January 13 2006, 04:42:19 UTC 6 years ago

Whenever someone asks if my B/G twins are identical, I always say, "Not from the waist down!!"

[info]arcadia_2005

January 13 2006, 05:25:04 UTC 6 years ago

Well now thats perfect! Why did i never think of this? lmaooo GOOD ONE!!!

[info]littlebuhnee

January 13 2006, 08:59:47 UTC 6 years ago

I keep getting asked this in reverse! Someone will ask if my boys are identical, I'll say yes, and then I'll hear, "boy/girl"?

?!?! O_o

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[info]arcadia_2005

January 13 2006, 14:52:29 UTC 6 years ago

"sometimes I just "yes. yes, they are"

Lmaooooo

[info]devilduck

January 13 2006, 16:24:46 UTC 6 years ago

It's amazing. I get this all the time too.

I find myself in Target giving genetics lessons.

[info]crazyfaeriegirl

January 13 2006, 17:33:17 UTC 6 years ago

I've gotten the "they can STILL be identical!" several times too, I like how they just tell you a completely wrong bit of information so matter of factly and act like your a moron for not being in on their vast knowladge of genetics.

I usually try to explain the short & sweet basic version of it. If they still argue, I like to give them a blank/pity kinda look for a good minute then sigh and say "Awwwww... Your broken"

But thats my default response for any blatant idiot. >.>

[info]spiderbabyx

January 13 2006, 04:10:34 UTC 6 years ago

I've had people come up to me when my identical girls were infants, when both were in pink and purple floral dresses and ask me if one was male and one was female. LOL! I was SO tempted to say "Yup, I just can't keep Todd out of his sister's clothes".

[info]soulsistahd

January 13 2006, 04:45:37 UTC 6 years ago

I have matching bibs for my b/g twins that say, "Thank heaven for little ____s" - Morgan wears the "girls" one, and Ryan wears the "boys" one - and people always ask, "Two boys? Two girls?" ARRGHH.

[info]justabeautflgrl

January 13 2006, 04:33:15 UTC 6 years ago

This was one of the greatest entries of all times. I find it funny that when me and the girlies are out and about people try to argue about twin pregnancies with LOW AND BEHOLD a mother who personally experienced it! I finally told a guy who was argued a comment I made, "look buddy, do I ask you how you pee with a penis and then argue with you?"

[info]phenway

January 13 2006, 05:02:47 UTC 6 years ago

DH and I laughed ourselves silly at these. Thanks for posting them!

[info]littlebuhnee

January 13 2006, 09:06:07 UTC 6 years ago

"Are they 'paternal' twins?"

Actually, "paternal" with regards to twins is synonymous with "fraternal". Likewise, "maternal" is the same as "identical".

[info]tintaglia30

January 13 2006, 09:20:43 UTC 6 years ago

Oh my god, number three had me in stitches. Too true.
I had my twins before my singleton was two, and if one more old granny had asked "Are they all yours?" I'd of been up on charges of GBH!
People argue with me all the time about my B/B twins. They do LOOK very similar but dudes, fused placenta, I know these things, trust me, I'm a mummy!
Though the funniest had to be the granny who cooed over John for a good five minutes before realising there were in fact TWO babies! *Boggle*

[info]hdn

January 13 2006, 12:18:03 UTC 6 years ago

I get so sick of people asking if mine are all mine. The twins were not quite 5 when the baby was born, and my daughter was 15 months. So I had 2 4 yr-olds, a 15-month old, and a newborn. When we go out with all four, we are often asked if we have two sets of twins. I get lots of nasty looks :)

[info]tintaglia30

January 13 2006, 12:22:56 UTC 6 years ago

Someone once asked me if they were tripplets! Yes, the little girl who is quite clearly 18 months older than the babies is their tripplet, yes, quite.
It only got worse when I had a woopsie and ended up with a four year old, two two year old's and a new baby!
Oddly, after I had number five, I don't get asked so often, go figure!
The nasty looks annoy me so much, why the smeg should I be punnished for having more than 2.5 children? Can we feed and clothe them all? Yes. Are they being beaten or negleted? No. So smeg of you big nasty judging people!

[info]bubukity

January 13 2006, 12:27:29 UTC 6 years ago

OMG, I always get stupid questions like this.

I would always get "Are you ready for 2 babies?" I would answer, "Um no we decided to send one back"

[info]kattale

January 13 2006, 13:10:20 UTC 6 years ago

My favourite for my identical twin daughters:
(In a restaurant...)
"Are they twins?"
"No. They were triplets, but we got so hungry waiting for our food that we ate one."

The waiter was dumbfounded until he realised we were joking (we knew it wasn't his fault the kitchen was backlogged...)

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[info]jennfurr

January 13 2006, 14:25:58 UTC 6 years ago

yup, and the answer I've heard to that one is "yes, that's what your parents forgot to use!" I'd never have the guts to use it though!

[info]alice_bunnie

January 13 2006, 16:59:27 UTC 6 years ago

I had some ass ask me if I had a TV, then said I should watch it.

[info]pleiades829

January 13 2006, 15:57:46 UTC 6 years ago

Response to 15 - "I can't do it either, that's why I'm on psychiatric drugs."

When I go out, I usually dress my girls in pink frilly stuff because it annoys me when people ask their genders. But it still happens anyway! They're freaking identical and people still ask "Oh, a boy and a girl?" Yeah, I like to dress my son in pink frills because I want to F him up like Ernest Hemingway's mom. *rolleyes*

[info]alice_bunnie

January 13 2006, 16:54:14 UTC 6 years ago

7. "How do you do it?" (Haven't you seen the Nike commercials?)

This one is my favorite. :p I always said "You gotta do what you gotta do". Like I have a choice like Joan Lunden who has 2 nannies and a baby nurse.

[info]mura35

January 15 2006, 03:47:04 UTC 6 years ago

I have identical girls who look VERY much alike and the question that aslways gets ME: "Are they twins?"
NO! Just two totally strange kids that ended up in the same double stroller and just happened to look alike. Dah!

[info]mzbytch05

January 15 2006, 09:36:23 UTC 6 years ago

when me and my bf go out, people constantly stop and ask us if they are twins. we got to the point that we say no, one is mine and one is his or that they are cousins. there was one time the cashier asked me if they were twins and i said yes, she said how old are they, i said four, she asked (SERIOUSLY) both of them?
I just wanted to smack her!
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