Here is an article I wrote for Her Campus a year ago about being a twin...
Dopey guy: “Bloody Hell you two look alike! Are you twins?”
My sister and I in unison: “Yeh…”
Dopey Guy nudges his meathead friend with a grin and loudly whispers “Mate, mate, their twins. Twins!”
Dopey guy then looks to my sister and I and says; “So what’s it like to be a twin? Do you do everything together?”
Meathead friend also pipes up giving away his thoughts; “Do you, like… bath together and stuff?”
This male reaction to seeing identical twins started occurring from the tender age of twelve years old. When I was young, insecure and had little self-confidence this conversation and all of its innuendo’s would make me nervously giggle. We were getting attention from BOYS for looking alike. So depending on their attractiveness we would occasionally flirt back, revelling in the newly found attention. However, as I’m sure many of you have discovered through the teenage years of relationships, hook-ups and heartbreaks, not all attention is good attention.
Now, with a bit more self-awareness and appreciation and a better understanding of our male counterparts, when this conversation arises both my sister and I know that dopey guy and his meathead friend either have ‘THREESOME’, or ‘BUY ONE GET ONE FREE’ in flashing red lights, circulating around their heads.
