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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure whether anyone who does not have twins (or at least 2 kids VERY close in age) appreciates how likely they are to fight over specific outfits or cry over why their sibling got something they like and they didn't.

And how likely they are to decide that they like something just because their sibling got it and they didn't.[/quote]

+1 on this. I have 10 year old identical twins and I still buy doubles of anything they’re likely to fight over. The fighting was worse when they were younger but it can still happen.

Also, they’ve been dressing themselves for years and they pick identical outfits about once a week. [/quote]

This seems to be how it works for us too. My twins are only 4, but god help me if I get them the same thing in their (different) favorite colors without their approval because they’ll find some reason to think the other is better.

They have a lot of matching and coordinating outfits, but I let them choose what to wear. The hardest days are when one twin wants to match but the other wants to be unique. Coordinating or matching part of an outfit usually works then. They tend to match 2-3 days a week. They insist on the same haircut and plan some other non clothing things to match too, like if we go out for ice cream, they discuss ahead of time if their ice cream cones will match or if they’re going to be different.

One time one twin had an accident and bruised her forehead. The other was upset that their faces didn’t match for a week or so  :roll: [/quote]

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