I am fearful for the humans who come in between Cora and Jonas. Fearful for their safety and sanity. No, really.

Now it’s the challenge of the future partners to break through that twin bonding….

Thank you for sharing your story! It sounds to me like you and your sister have turned out lovely. Your empathy (and this “novel” post speaks volumes to that). : )

You are swimming in twins. Maybe God knew you needed a break from the doubles.

Oh yes, they are plotting as we speak. I can hear there whispers up the stairs.

There is definitely power in unity (for better or worse)!

It’s amazing, Emily.

Well, they’ve already taken over our house.

All that to say, I’m glad you’re encouraging individuality in every way possible with your kids because no matter how hard you, or they advocate for themselves, most of the world will always see and treat them as some kind of unit. Individuality is an uphill battle for multiples, but so well worth it. I can’t imagine life without my other-half, but I’m glad we’re living our own lives.

We once were involved in a twin study on relationships to each other vs. Significant other. In the survey section 99 out of 100 questions were the most messed-up, nightmarish opinions/scenarios I wouldn’t wish on any multiple. Sadly,there are lots of multiples who would have checked off those messed up scenarios as true for them. I’m so grateful our parents really pushed for us to have a healthy, well-adjusted relationships with each other so we could finally experience all those “firsts” with confidence in ourselves.

I work with people with all kinds of disabilities and my sister was a crime scene cleaner for a while. Both of us have always beenvery sensitive to needs of others and are even more empathic. For my sister, she was good a consoling and taking care of victims families, she especially loves the elderly population. I think all that ability we have to really feel for someone else, was a direct benefit of growing up with an other-half.

Sorry for the novel, it’s hard to keep such an important twin topic short, especially having gone through it for 30+ years.