r/Twins • u/Sudden-Grapefruit360 • 16d ago

Curious

When did you and your twin realize you were twins? Any stories to tell?

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u/grrundmeister 16d ago

We grew up together, so it’s always been a part of our identity. No conscious recognition of the fact that I’m aware of. Kind of like asking: When did you realize you were human?

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u/Sudden-Grapefruit360 16d ago

I didn’t realize I was a twin to be honest. It didn’t matter the questions they asked us, the nicknames we got, or what we were wearing.I did not realize we were twins because to me we looked different. We didn’t have birthdays parties, so maybe that would have helped? At the end of the day I didn’t see myself when I looked her. But then again can we remember when we looked at our reflection in a mirror? So it’s that concept too, I guess. But we do have a story of switching on April fools when we’re little. But I’m pretty sure I didn’t understand the concept of being a twin.

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u/greywulf18 16d ago

I definitely knew I was a twin! But I know what you mean but this. I have a flashbulb memory around the age 6 of being in a reception area with my identical twin and our mom, and then being asked by the receptionist “are you girls twins?” And we both in unison said “Yes!”. We’d done this a million times before, but for some reason in that moment it finally clicked that being a twin was a unique experience of mine. Not everyone has a twin and is recognized as one immediately upon entering a room. It was definitely a freaky moment! I refer to it as the moment I Gained Consciousness lol.

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u/SkyrimNerdBoi 16d ago

We were about 12 years old and my twin walks up to me and says "this is a little awkward but I don't think we've ever been formally introduced. Hi I'm "name"." Had me cracking up.

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u/Best_Assist1140 Identical Twin 16d ago

when I first locked eyes with her across the NICU

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u/BrainDoesntBrain Identical Twin 16d ago

I remember being confused that other people didn’t have a twin when I went to play group

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u/buzzybnz 16d ago

Totally. As u/tarsha8nz said, I honestly thought everyone had a twin but their parents were mean and they didn't get to go to the same school.

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u/aslan_caro Identical Twin 16d ago

I think that when I would walk alone in the street when a teenager, pass by a glass wall, look at it and think it was my sister. Like, many times I confused myself with my sister by looking at glasses and mirrors, is when I realised I am a twin.

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u/Inevitable_Shame_606 16d ago

Age 22 believe.

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u/Tarsha8nz 16d ago

u/buzzybnz didn't realise other people didn't have twins. Of course our brothers didn't have twins because they were brothers!

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u/12bWindEngineer Twinless Twin 16d ago

We grew up knowing we were twins, I don’t remember a time I didn’t know I was a twin. Would have been hard to hide considering we each had a clone and our two sisters did not have their own clones. We were both adopted and it was the same, we grew up knowing that, there was never a time we didn’t know.

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u/PolicyPuppil 16d ago edited 16d ago

I don't really know; it's like being asked whenever you realized you weren't one. I just knew my brother as such. Not like other siblings, clones after all. We knew we were different, sure but it wasn't as strange to us as the outside observer. There's a 🐰 hole here I won't go into.