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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Today I learned that some parents of twins are reallllllyyyyy sensitive. [/quote]
Maybe, but going out with twins attracts quite a bit of unwanted attention. So many people want to ask questions, tell you about the twins in their lives, tell you your hands are full, they don’t know how you do it, they always wanted twins. You get the same questions and comments over and over and over — for years and years.

Are they identical?
Are they boy/girl?
Who is older?
Do twins run in your family?
Did you know you were having twins?
How many weeks did you make it?

I never knew so many people ask which twin is older. The first time I was asked, I  wondered if the guy didn’t understand what twins are, because of course,  they’re the same age. Apparently people really want to know who was closer to the exit. I know my “younger” twin has internalized that is better to be the “older” one because they’ve been asked a million times who is older, but they’ve never ever been asked who is younger.

No one comment is bad in isolation, but getting the same ones ad nauseam your entire childhood does have some effect.[/quote]

Well said. Non-twin parents would never understand this on their own but you've explained it very well. [/quote]

+1 [/quote]

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