Are they twins?
I am asked this question ALL the time. I want to look at them and say, “No, I was just in labor for like 4 months.” When I finally do tell them that they are in fact twins, they come back with, “No, they are not!” Why do they feel the need to argue with me about this?
I guess that when you have twins, people feel as if they have the right to ask you a million questions. They also like to tell you everyone that they know (family or friend) that has twins. I do not mind the questions or comments from the people that I know. It’s just weird having all these strangers ask you all these questions about your kids. Why do you have the right to know? Can’t you just mind your own business? I know that as a new mother, you are constantly being watched. I love how everyone wants to tell me what is wrong with my children. “Oh, they must be tired.” To that I say, actually they just woke up from a 3 hour nap. They just don’t like strangers!
So one of my top ten favorite memories from the past two years is the question that always gets asked. It annoys me to no end. I have learned to just accept it!
Here are some of my favorite answers to the tiresome questions we always get asked.
1. Yes they are twins.
(They were born on the same day, in the same month and even the same year)
2. No they are not identical.
(He is a boy and she is a girl! They can’t be identical. Some people actually argue with me and tell me that they can be because they have a friend who has boy/girl twins and they are identical).
3. Yes my hands are full, but my heart is overflowing.
(I get this one all the time in Wal-Mart. I usually push the kids in their stroller and drag the shopping cart behind me. My goal is simple, get in, and get out so I can go on about my day).
4. Yes twins do run in the family, they run all over the place.
(Actually they start crawling first and then they run).
5. Yes she is older.
(By like 30 seconds).
Any other crazy questions you've been asked?
7 comments:
Woman, you are a blogging machine. You've made like 3 posts today. Slow down!
No, I love the stupid questions. I especially enjoy the "identical twin" debate. No joke...a woman argued with me for 5 minutes once that her cousin had boy-girl identical twins. I couldn't get her to see that this was anatomically impossible. What a dope.
In defense of the identical thing. Until you, I didn't know that identical had to be same sex only. I didn't know that! I thought it was just one of those seperate egg/egg split thingies that I don't really understand.
But you guys look great! I miss you! I miss our insanely long phone calls, too!
Jason, this is only my 2nd blog of the day! I have a new hobby and yes, I am a little addicted. I now go about my wild and crazy days thinking, oh, I can blog about that. It's just a lot of fun.
Tracy, I know, I know. I thought of you when putting that one in. It really is amazing how many people do not know that. I just find it really funny when people sit there and argue with me about it.
How could they be identical if they are different genders? That's just common sense. Did you know that Jason and I are twins? Two separate mothers/8 years apart. But twins.
Not a question but it drives me crazy when people say that they have been there before.
My inner response is usually "Do I care if you have children older than mine? Do I care if you have experienced the same thing I have? No, not really. And I also don't need you to remind me that they grow so fast."
As a stay-at-home mother to an almost 15 month old, I'm enjoying your blogging on your babies (toddlers is the appropriate term I suppose). I'll add to your stupid comments list. My pet peeve are the people who expect your 1-year old to act like an adult. My son is "clingy" according to some people. I prefer to say he loves his Momma and is cautious around strangers, which isn't a bad thing in my book. I get comments almost every week at church such as, "what are you going to do about that clinginess when he goes to school?" I was flabbergasted. Hello?! He's a baby. I'll address this well before he's five. And, not that its any of your business, but maybe I'll home school him. I've even been told, "that's what you get (clinginess) when you stay at home with him all day." Can you believe it? Of course that's what you get, a child who loves and adores his Mommy. No apologies here. That's my rant for the day.
Yea Alice! I am glad to see that you are enjoying the blog. I am having a lot of fun with it. It really is annoying when people give you their two cents worth (didn't ask for it in the first place). Abby Kate is really clingy too. I just always try to soak it up because I know that one day she will not want me to hold her.
Scott, thanks for checking out the blog. Jason's a twin. What??? Agree with you on the "they grow so fast." Why do they feel the need to tell me something that I already know?
I hate it when people say, "Just wait until they start school" or "Just wait until they're teenagers." Like that's when I can really call myself a parent. Do I have any choice? Of course I'll wait you idiot. And I'll enjoy every step along the way.
Sunny, I'll explain the twin thing. Scott's my brother from another mother.
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