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If you’re a fan of entertainment, movies, and TV, then you probably think that having an identical twin leads to endless shenanigans. Well, in some cases, fact can be much weirder than fiction. And those awkward moments and mix-ups that you’ve seen on the screen? They sometimes happen in real life, too.
The members of the sprawling r/AskReddit community shared their top twin stories, including some moments that might make you facepalm with secondhand embarrassment. Scroll down for our collection of the best tales.
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#1
This story is so prime and I'm so excited to tell it.
I used to do musicals. Like singing dancing musicals.
My brother came to a performance and was at the greeting line afterwards. He goes up to the lead actress in the show as says "great job, congrats, what a show" to which she responds "oh I wasn't in the show actually it was my twin sister. But you were fantastic" To which my twin brother says "I wasn't in the show either"
And that's when the actual lead actress and I walk up wondering why they both look so damn confused.
I've been laughing about it for years
Jakoe 1 year ago
Fun fact: if identical twin sisters marry identical twin brothers, their children are more similar genetically to siblings than cousins.
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Melissa Harris 1 year ago
The high-school did Ragtime for the yearly musical. For Hodini, one twin exited stage left, the other appeared stage right. Half the audience was laughing because they knew the twins. The other half were in shock
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#2
Was going down an escalator at a casino. Look across and see my brother! Get the excites and yell HEY BRO! Start waving for his attention!
Was waving to myself in a mirror.
Nannychachi 1 year ago
We were in a fast food drive through and my husband, Donnie (a twin) pointed out a guy in a truck ahead of us and said, "Hey! That guy looks like Ronnie!" (his twin). I looked at him and said, "Umm.... doesn't that mean he looks like you?" LOL They truly see each other as individuals and not just copies of each other like the rest of the world does.
WFH Forever 1 year ago
We see ourselves in the mirror as a reflection so which might be why twins see the other instead of themselves when looking at them? Also, identical twins have tiny differences that each other can see and most people don't notice.
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EmAdoresHerKats🇮🇪🇩🇿🇵🇸 1 year ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣 so funny. My friend was drunk and was getting really annoyed because a girl across from her was dancing and looking at her. The usual 'look at her she thinks she's gorgeous, why is she looking at me?'. My other friends said they had to pull her away and she slipped and was still going on about this b word. You probably guessed it, it was a mirror that surrounded the dance floor. She's still mortified about it.
Wondering Alice 1 year ago
I'm a few years younger than my sister, but we look alike and people often mix us up. Once I had a job interview where you had to sign in with a photo. When I tried to check out, I genuinely thought I the picture was my sister and spent an embarrassing amount of time hanging around the interview area to give her a lift home. I don't know how long I would have waited, but my sister phoned to see how the interview went....
DetriMentaL (It/That) 1 year ago
Twins are but our copies from another dimension that, due to some clerical error got stuck on the same earth.
#3
My mom is an identical twin. She and her sister were always dressed alike and hated it so one year for Halloween my grandpa took my mom costume shopping and my grandma took my aunt. When they got home they were so excited to show eachother their costumes, but when they came out of their room they were wearing the same thing.
rorschach-penguin 1 year ago
Reminds me of the time my twin and I went to go buy new bikes and they picked out the exact same one I did...
Sasha Twin 1 year ago
This has happened to me & my identical twin many time with everyday outfits
Vanessa Maldonado 1 year ago
This happens to the twin sister and I ALL the time, and we're 44. We'll end up buying the same thing without planning, or even wearing the same thing sometimes, and we'll see each other and be like ??? Lol Also, one christmas when we were kids my mom took each of us shopping separately to get each other's gifts. She took my sis, and then me, and when I picked a Barbie, my mom kept asking "are you sure you don't want to get something else instead?" I didn't. Turns out, we had gotten each other the same Barbie 😄
Gail Tompkins 2 months ago
My twin and I live 1,000 miles apart. I was visiting at Christmas and she was wearing the same winter coat and jeans that I was. It's happened too many times to count that we bought the same clothes, especially swim wear.
Jane Hower 1 year ago
Twins separated at birth will often have amazing similaries in style, pet names, etc. Seems they just can't get away from each other. hehe
When you’re an identical twin, you almost undoubtedly have a unique link with your sibling. That said, it’s also fair to assume that everyone wants to be seen as an individual, too, not just as another ‘copy’ of someone else. After all, it’s very likely that one day, you’ll live in a completely different place from your twin. So, in the meantime, it’s vital to develop an identity of your own and to build up your self-confidence.
Twins Trust explains that some identical twins might hold themselves back from outperforming their siblings. Meanwhile, others become extremely competitive. While it’s nearly impossible to stay away from playing favorites, parents should strive not to label their twins with specific traits.
#4
Mr Clark.
I grew up in a small town where if you were walking down the road and your neighbors were outside, you smiled and waved.
For years, I would take walks as a kid, smiled and waved all the time to a dear old gentlemen, Mr Clark.
I was sad when I learned he passed away, he was well liked in the community.
A couple of weeks after he passed, I went for a walk as I approached his house, I saw a familiar face.
It was Mr Clark.
Mr Clark was dead.
A chill went through me, I felt frozen but yet able to walk. I felt sheer terror.
In that second, it was confirmed.
GHOSTS ARE REAL.
But no one would believe me, so I kept it to myself. For a couple of weeks, I saw Mr Clark in his yard a couple of times and I hurried on by his house as fast as I could.
That feeling of sheer terror always at the surface, Mr Ghost Clark was a little off. He didn’t smile, he didn’t wave.
I couldn’t take it any more so I mentioned Mr Clark to my besties mom who lived 3 houses down from Mr Clark.
Mr Clark was a twin. The happy twin passed and the curmudgeon Clark was still alive and kicking.
I will never forget the feeling of nearly losing my bowels the first time I saw Ghost Clark after he passed.
I will also never forget the laughter my friends mom couldn’t hold back when I told her my ghost story.
8Yorkies-and-33cats 1 year ago (edited)
The funny thing is that "Ghost" Mr. Clark must have known exactly the effect he was having on the OP or the neighborhood, but he didn't seem to mind or care to explain.
Upil 1 year ago
Imagine a scared boy getting approached by the very someone he scared of, oh boy he would passed out right there on the road allright, lol.
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Gail Tompkins 2 months ago
I once had a strange guy walk up to me the Illini Union when I was in college. I was stunned. So was he, then he said: "Oh, you're the other one".
#5
My Grandpa has a twin brother, and they look nearly identical even now in their late 70s.
My mom told me that when I was a toddler we were at a family reunion. Apparently my grandpa was holding me and talking to my parents and then his twin brother walked up to us and my reaction was to say, stunned and wide-eyed, "Two Grandpa's!!"
I must have been really happy to have not one, but two amazing Grandpas to interact with.
Edit: Added missing "us"
Nannychachi 1 year ago
Our granddaughter did the same thing with my husband (her grandpa) and his twin. "Hey! Two pap-paws!"
Gail Tompkins 2 months ago
My twin's kids were really young when I first met them. They saw me and had hugs and kisses for me then Donna walked in and they were stunned. Issac started calling me "Other Grandma" so that's Auntie Gail's name now.
Sasha Twin 1 year ago
My sisters grandkids think we are both grandmas! I guess technically we are since we are identical and have the same dna
#6
My twin brother died in a car wreck and my family suggested that I should date his girlfriend because...grief, I guess?
REAL F****N' AWKWARD, MOM
jonesnori 1 year ago
I've known bereaved partners to end up with siblings before, though none of the ones I know about were twins. Pushing it early on is pretty creepy, though.
Just stopping by 1 year ago
Oh my goodness I initially read parents instead of partners and was absolutely horrified for a moment😂
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Ewww. To soon. I mean, several years later, if they happened to run into each other and happen to hit it off, then maybe, though it’s still kinda weird. But right after the funeral? WTF?
Bewitched One 1 year ago
I mean, he didn’t say how long after it happened.
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No No No. Although it was common for a brother to marry his brother's wife if he had passed back in the day.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
In medieval Europe, the Church labeled this incest for some reason.
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Happy to be a wallflower 1 year ago
I'm sorry for your loss, losing my twin is one of my biggest fears
GPawesomeness 1 year ago
Hunter Biden wasn't Beau's twin but his BROTHER and didn't have any problem with shagging his dead brother's wife. 🤔 I don't give her any kudos either by shagging her dead husband's brother and hitting the pipe with him, and disposing of Hunter's gun.
For example, you should not call one twin ‘the naughty one’ while the other gets branded as ‘the clever one.’ (Society will, almost inevitably, do the labeling for them. So, it’s important to avoid it at home as much as possible).
Parents ought to find something that they can encourage and praise in both children, not just one of them.
#7
I’m not a twin, but my mum and aunt are identical twins. As they’ve gotten older I think they are more distinguishable but from behind most people think they look exactly the same.
My aunt and uncle were round for dinner and my aunt was in the kitchen preparing some food when my step dad came in, hugged my aunt from behind and kissed her neck.
All my aunt said was “Wrong sister.”
Everyone thought it was hilarious but my step dad was very apologetic and embarrassed for a long time lmao.
He said that the reason he thought it was my mum, was that my mum and aunt had the same haircut at the time and my aunt had put on my mum’s jumper. Take what you will from that lmao.
Aranora 1 year ago
A woman in his kitchen cooking, wearing his wife's clothes? He was probably on auto pilot. I dated a twin for 5 years, once went to a family party with the other twin, who was staying with us, my boyfriend had to work. Everyone thought the twin I was with was my boyfriend, even their mother.
EmAdoresHerKats🇮🇪🇩🇿🇵🇸 1 year ago
It's actually very sweet that he was so affectionate with his wife. But it is quite funny it was her sister.
FaceTime Audio 1 year ago
He shouldn't beat himself up. If my mother dyed her hair, put on different clothes, and changed her lipstick color, I probably wouldn't be able to recognize her.
Ashlie Benson 1 year ago
I read the first line as mum and dad and I was really confused for a hot second.
Gail Tompkins 2 months ago
We once switched places during a band, orchestra and choir trip to hear the Chicago Symphony rehearse. My boyfriend took a little too long to figure out he'd put his arm around the wrong twin. He didn't last long as a boy friend.
#8
I fancied a twin in high school and couldn't realise why in one class she spoke to me yet in another didn't know what the f**k i was on about. It took me 4 months and just bumping into them both on the walk home and I literally went "there's 2 of you!"
Happy to be a wallflower 1 year ago (edited)
Same thing happened with me sort of lol. My twin is very extroverted and during middle school would talk with a lot of high schoolers and make friends with them through sports/clubs/etc (while I was too scared to talk to them). When we were freshmen (14 yrs old), suddenly a lot of upperclassmen (16-18 yrs old) started talking to me, and I thought they were just super nice people to start talking to a lonely freshman. Turns out they just thought I was my sister XD.
Kevin Sneary 1 year ago (edited)
Wouldn't OP know their names if he was in a class with the both of them?
Vanessa Maldonado 1 year ago
When we were younger, my twin and I would take turns going to a nightclub on Saturdays, because we had a younger brother we had to babysit while my mom worked nights. The first time we were both able to go together for some reason, everyone was in shock that it was 2 of us. All the time they had thought it was one person that had a first and middle name and went by both 🤣
Jenelle620 1 year ago
I dont understand how if you share classes you didn't realize they have different names?
Vivi Pettiss 1 year ago
If you think that you already know someone's name, you won't try to hear their name being said
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Brandon Parisien 1 year ago
I went through grade 6 and 7 with a twin...several months into the 7th grade is when I learned they were twins; no wonder she never responded to her name! Lol.
#9
Dad’s friend is a twin. Lives in Chicago. His twin brother lives in Boston. On the same day, both twins fell off a ladder and broke the same leg.
Dumb teenager 1 year ago
Impressed they can live in two different cities if they both share the same leg ( joke obviously)
Russell Rieckenberg 1 year ago
Broke the same leg? I guess that's better than each breaking a leg.
I don't have a name🤔🤔🤔 1 year ago
So both the twins broke only one leg? One fell down and the other one broke the same leg?.. the joke sounded better in my head
justagirl 1 year ago
i mean, not exactly terrifying. i mean it's a little bit terrifying, but honestly i think it's just in the nature of twins, especially if they were monozygotic, because they're essentially copy-paste of the same person.
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It’s perfectly fine for identical twins not to be completely identical. Parents should allow them to have individual goals and interests. It can also be healthy for the kids to spend some time apart from their siblings and have some time alone with their parents. Twinversity notes that twins should be encouraged to choose their own activities.
It’s essential for parents not to constantly label their kids as ‘the twins.’ They’re individuals, even if they were born together and look alike. For instance, when you’re celebrating their birthdays, you shouldn’t automatically default to getting them shared cards and gifts.
#10
Slightly off topic.
I knew some identical twins who were both in the trades. One a plumber and the other an electrician. Once in a while they’d end up on the same job site. They would steal each other’s work shirts, wait for a foreman to tell one of them to complete a task. Then “f**k you I’m not doing that” and walk away. Loved working with those 2, they were a good time.
#11
My sisters are twins. Their favorite story is when one of their boyfriend’s tries to show the wrong twin this weird a*s mole on his butt cheek. Both Sisters are extremely squeamish. So boyfriend thought it was just her being grossed out.
Unfortunately, my dad walked in on him chasing the wrong twin around the kitchen with half of his butt hanging out. My dad just turned around and walked out.
That boyfriend also had a thing for eating raw vegetables like onions, garlic, and potatoes.
EDIT:
the raw vegetables thing was weird because he’d find them in the kitchen, and start snacking on them like they were apples or a cupcake. Garlic and onions are a thing, sure. But the potato was weird.
He got the mole removed at both of my sister’s requests.
My sister and him broke up after she lost him at a mall and had him pages over the intercoms. He felt like a “child”. In her defense, he was on those little mall trains riding around and he had her car keys. They’re still friends though.
Sister’s update on him:
He’s now a pediatric cancer doctor. He is a lovely weirdo and has since married a wonderful woman, has a full soccer team of kids. My sister and her husband had dinner with them last Christmas time. He really grew into his childishness, as it now helps him with his patients. Wife loves his silliness.
...He still eats raw potatoes though, so you can’t win at everything...
EDIT 2:
My sister’s shared this to him. He says there’s nothing wrong with eating raw vegetables, but the potatoes were originally a joke that started getting to big and became part of his identity. It made others laugh and made people around him open up more and be comfortable with you they were. (Or so he claims.)
He says to do yearly mole checks. Have a friend or partner (but not your partner’s twin) help you identify any concerning moles. Follow ABCDE on moles:
Asymmetry. Border, Color, Diameter, Evolving. And Wear sunscreen!!!
Judi Fisher 1 year ago
I have to confess that I went down that rabbit hole waiting for Edit 3 🤷
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Beak Hookage 1 year ago
I'm laughing so hard at the mental image of this guy riding around on the kiddie train with his girlfriend running after him yelling "GIVE ME THE DAMN CAR KEYS I'M SERIOUS!"
Nikole 1 year ago
I also enjoy them! I don’t get why people think it’s weird.
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Midoribird Aoi 1 year ago
Raw potato slices taste good with a little salt! Try it sometime when you are frying potatoes...eat a piece raw with salt!
Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
My stomach gets upset with raw onion (possibly raw garlic? I dunno), so I can see this in theory, but I'm also curious to know your experience. Why do you feel this way? How do you eat your raw potato?
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#12
Two stories from my grandmother (Joan) and her identical twin (Jean)
first, longggg time ago, my grandmother Joan was dating someone and he wanted to take her hiking. But when the time came she really just didn’t feel like it. So Jean took her place for the afternoon and went hiking. Their younger sister Kathy started taunting the boyfriend when he got home with Jean - she kept singing “i know something you don’t knowwww.” I think she eventually gave it away him. That man is not my grandfather.
Secondly, after Joan got married and had a few kids and Jean had become a nun, they tried an experiment on my uncle, who was a toddler at the time. They switched clothes so that Joan was wearing a nun habit and Jean was in regular mom clothes, then they both went into my uncles room after he woke up from his nap. He stared at them for a few seconds and then reached out for Joan, his mother, in the habit. He somehow just knew.
Sara Frazer 1 year ago
I'm a preschool teacher and there are identical twin girls at the school I work for, people are flabbergasted when I can tell them apart but there's a difference in face shape and eye shape that I guess most don't see. It's very subtle but I can tell!
Kayci Styles 1 year ago
My twin sisters used to do this with my sister's kids. Two out of the three couldn't tell when the were with auntie instead of mom as babies; however, the youngest was never fooled.
Toni B 1 year ago
I have identical twin cousins. One was getting married and one had a couple of kids, and they (and me) were at their parents' house. The single one had put on her sister's jacket and was looking in a car. All you could see was the back of her. The little girl (about 3 years old) said, "Mama," and my cousin backed out a little, looked at the child and said she wasn't her mother. I don't think the little girl heard her, because the look on her face when she saw her aunt's face was like, "What is this? You aren't my mom." She knew as soon as she saw the face that it was the wrong person.
Of course, from a practical standpoint, having two separate parties on the same day might be excessive, not to mention costly.
You could make the twins feel individually special by getting them separate cakes or singing ‘Happy Birthday’ for each one in turn. What’s more, don’t forget that your twins might have different friends who will have to be invited to the party.
#13
This is actually my friend's story.
She went to see a play at a university with her identical twin. He sister said that there was a shortcut to the theater by cutting through some class building. My friend didn't think that made sense, but her sister seemed confident about it, so she followed along. Then suddenly her sister opens a classroom door and says, "Let's go in here."
My friend goes inside, and freaks out when she sees a bunch of paintings of what looks like herself, completely naked.
It turns out her sister had posed nude for an art class, and thought that would be a fun surprise.
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
That touches on a weird ethical question with identical twins. What if one were to create public exposure for themselves that the other would have to take responsibility for in many ways. Say one is an elementary school teacher and the other an adult film actor. Or was internet famous. It seems there’s repressions for both and the teacher’s job could be called into question. “That’s not me, it’s my identical twin who looks exactly like me” is a genuine response, but would it be enough? Where does the onus of responsibility for each others reputation or public image lie? I know it’s crazy & far fetched, but a curious conundrum when it comes to culpability in affecting or damaging the other person’s character.
Samsquatch & Monko 1 year ago
I mean, some people have mistaken my sister for a twin, so….. *tents fingers evilly*
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#14
I've told this story before but it's even more fitting here:
My identical twin sister was dating the president of a fraternity on campus, and during one of the frat's "date night" events she went with her bf and I was set up as a date for one of his brothers. Towards the end of the night I got separated from my date, and my sister's extremely drunk boyfriend put his arm around me while sis was in the bathroom.
Bf leaned in to kiss me (venue was super dark so I think it was an honest mistake) so I backed up to set the record straight. He asked if I was down for a threesome.
With my own twin sister. I still feel bad for ditching my date but *shudders* I had to get out of there asap. Ew ew ew.
Michelle C 1 year ago
I’m a twin and we have agreed to tell each other if something like this ever happens to one of us! Yuck!
EmAdoresHerKats🇮🇪🇩🇿🇵🇸 1 year ago
Ah now that's just disgusting. He needs punching in the throat
#15
My little brother and sister are twins and both of them have multiple flat spots on their heads (not noticeable through their hair). This is because before they were born they would head butt each other inside of my mother, the doctor said a lot of the kicking she felt were actually head butts
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)
They weren’t butting heads with force or pressure to create bumps. This has been dispelled before as being the natural soft spot(s) all babies are born with to allow their body to grow, including their brain and soul.
Colleen Glim 1 year ago
The soft spots on a newborn’s skull are there to help get the baby through the birth canal
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Gypsy Lee 1 year ago
It's likely not from head-butting. It's more likely just because they're twins and there isn't much extra room. Flat spots on the head are not uncommon with multiples, but head-butting would be as the amniotic fluid protects them from a flailing sibling.. and most fetuses are unaware of what a mosh pit is about.
Which of these stories piqued your interest the most, dear Pandas? Do you have any amusing, embarrassing, or straight-up hilarious twin-related stories of your own to share? Have you ever mixed up twins growing up? If you’re a twin yourself, how has your relationship with your sibling changed over the years? Let us know in the comments.
#16
Not embarrassing, but my twin sister is dating a guy that friend zoned me.
*Edit* I’ll add some context.
I really liked this one guy. Super nice and funny and smart and he was pretty cute too. I confessed that I liked him and got friend zoned. It stun and he stopped talking to me after that, which totally sucked.
A month later or so my sister told me about the same guy and how they both liked it each other. I was pretty sad about it, not gonna lie, but they’ve been dating for almost 3 months now and they’re a cute couple.
It does sting when she tells me how great they’re doing and how he is always at our house, but she’s happy, so it’s okay.
Edit (7/10/2020): They broke up because he cheated on her with her friend. Guess I dodged a bullet
Ace 1 year ago
Well no, she took the bullet that the first sister dodged.
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You new here? To be fair, this is a real recent pilfering on BPs part. Three of the lists just this weekend were on Buzzfeed in the past week and all of them were from Reddit questions & responses over 5 years old. BP simply propagates “trending” content from the other socials and then has a writer give commentary/editorial on it.
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#17
Only tangentially related to topic but, I feel like sharing.
On my last day as manager of a restaurant, a new girl was hired. I continued to drink there, and she and I got to know each other a little. Mostly just drink and smoke. Gave her a ride here and there. Texted and such. Went on for a year.
Then I started seeing her fairly frequently at a new place. She’d always hug me and seemed genuinely happy to see me. It was nice. I could feel real affection in her hugs.
One day I saw her, and everything seemed like usual but, I didn’t feel anything when we hugged. I was confused but, I figured maybe it was my imagination since I hadn’t done anything wrong. Tbh, it really bothered me, I thought about it all week.
Then the next week I saw her with her identical twin. I was surprised, and Very relieved. (Turns out it happens all the time and her sister plays along as if she knows me because it’s faster than explaining.)
Tl;dr: I can’t Visually tell the difference between identical twins, but I Can tell the difference between sincere and insincere hugs.
Also, now that I know, even though they appear identical, it’s easy to tell the difference.
B 1 year ago (edited)
Playing along and pretending to know him is faster than saying she's the twin?
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
I’ve twin friends who live in the same city. Occasionally they’ve been called out for being liars when trying to explain to someone they’re not the person they think they are. I’m surprised how often a person thinks they’re being lied to and blown off. It’s usually newer acquaintances and it’s not often, but over the decades it’s happened enough to a thing.
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Heather Coyle 1 year ago
I have twin granddaughters and the only way I can tell them apart is because one has shorter hair than the other
#18
My Dad and Uncle are twins..2/3 times a year they’ll show up to dinner or they’ll be at each other houses wearing the exact same outfit only different brands. At first it was funny but now we know it just happens.
People mix them up all the time, multiple times a month they’re telling people they’re not the other haha.. acquaintances and work associates have thought they’re having an affair, my Dad was confronted once and had to explain to the guy (who was a couple drinks in apparently) that he’s not his brother.
An actual story from when they were kids... They’re almost 3 years and share a room with 2 wooden frame twin beds. That Christmas they got a plastic tool chest toy set thing. My grandma says it wasn’t more then 3 weeks after Christmas when she goes into their room and the beds are completely taken apart the head and foot board bolts were removed the slats were removed and separated..They had no idea how it happened. My grandpa called up the company handyman who put it back together. Couple days later same exact thing only my grandparents are pissed now. They got rid of the wood bed frames and got 2 metal cots with the springs which lasted about a week, my grandma walks into their room and found one of the beds completely taken apart each spring removed. The twins though they were working together on the second cot, one of the them was grabbing the fabric and pulling it to ease the tension and the other was using the back of the plastic hammer to pry out the spring.
They ended up losing tool chest privileges.
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
And 2 or 3 year olds did this? They were some super smart little monkeys to figure that out.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I can't say for sure, as I don't have many memories of when I was 2/3, but my dad was very handy and had a giant tool-chest. I used to sit in the garage and watch him build/rebuild stuff. It's entirely possible that OP's dad and uncle observed a parent or other relative do quite a bit of tinkering about with tools and were mimicking what they saw :)
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Colleen Glim 1 year ago
Not sure why you were downvoted. Some people just want to watch the world burn
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This is a great story. The guys in the picture are so handsome!
Jane Hower 1 year ago
I raised my first born son but gave away the out of wedlock baby boy born 2 yrs later. When they were in their 30's we were able to get them to meet - one was in WA the other in FL. The day we drove up to the FL home and the young men finally met each other, they were wearing the SAME idential clothes - blue shirt and beige shorts, SAME MFG and LABEL!!!
#19
I'm not a twin, but dated one of two twin brothers in high school. The other twin also had a girlfriend at the school. One day, someone in my class pulls me aside to nervously tell me he thinks my boyfriend is cheating on me...he was fairly new at the school and didn't know yet there were twins. It gave us all a good laugh when the story got around and the guy was pretty relieved to hear there was no cheating going on.
#20
One of my good friends in college, we'll call her Ellie, has a twin sister (we'll call her sister). Sister had a boyfriend while Ellie was blissfully single. We were all over at Sister's place making dinner together and having some beers.
Ellie went to grab something out of the fridge, so her back was to the room. Sister's boyfriend walked by, gave her a casual but firm butt grab and went on his way to the counter to, idk, chop something. Ellie gasped and turned around. The room stopped. We all just stared and waited for Boyfriend to notice he'd grabbed the wrong twin. You could see the exact moment he realized Sister, his girlfriend, was not, in fact, at the refrigerator. She was on the other side of the room.
He slowly looked back down at the cutting board; he couldn't even process the shame. He apologized profusely. Ellie was horrified for a second but after she realized it was an honest mistake, she thought it was funny. He literally could not make eye contact with her for a week.
Edit: spelling
#21
I was with my twin brother at the supermarket this one time, and judging from this story I’m guessing that obviously we look the same from the back, but not exactly the front because I’m a female. My brother’s girlfriend was shopping at the same store as us that day and comes up behind me and smacks my bottom saying “Hey love” jokingly I turn around and say it back. The look on her face made me regret what I did....
#22
Not a twin, but I was dating one.
They shared a bedroom, we were at an age that we'd still live at home. I walked in on "my" twin, fresh out of the shower. She was butt naked and stood with her back to me, so I walked up and grabbed her from behind, pulling her closer to me when she asked:
"Alwin_?"
"Wrong twin"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Our secret?"
"yeah... Sorry about that. Bye."
joann fielding 1 year ago
🤦♀️ The expression is BUCK naked, not butt naked. As in early Native Americans wearing flesh colored buck skin clothes.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Mmm, a thought just occurred to me. Anyone your twin sleeps with already knows what you look like naked.
#23
I went to a funeral of a friends father, I had no idea that the deceased had an identical twin. It felt really strange to see the guy in the coffin sat at the front row of the Church.
Michelle C 1 year ago
I do *not* want to think about whether my twin sister or I would pass away first, but am fortunate to know where we’re both going when those days come!
Pat De Freitas 1 year ago
My grandfather was an identical twin, but the brothers were estranged and my dad had no idea abiut the twin.. When my grandfather passed away in an industrial accident, my dad was 7 years old. This was very long ago and my grandfathers visitation wad at home, his coffin in the parlor. My dad was sat on the front steps when his "father" came walking up the sidewalk. Think this qualifies as a shock of a lifetime.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
What's stranger, looking at the picture - I didn't know Steve Martin had a twin!
Melinda Flick 1 year ago
Dad wasn't a twin, but apparently looked nearly identical to his next older brother when they were both up in age. Uncle lived on the west coast, Dad on the east coast, and not much visiting back and forth. Uncle died, and Dad flew in for the funeral. Eldest cousin picked up Dad at the airport, pre-9/11, so cousin could meet Dad at the gate. Dad walked off the airplane and nearly gave cousin a heart attack. I flew in later that day, and it was the talk of ALL the cousins how much Dad looked like their father. I kept catching them looking at Dad with the most perplexed expressions on their faces.
Colleen Glim 1 year ago
Is it me or does the man holding the book look like Steve Martin? Sorry. Random
#24
My girlfriend told me about a production of Twelfth Night that was able cast identical twins for the main role.
At one point one of them walked off one side of the stage and the other walked on from the opposite side in a different costume seconds later. Most of the audience just thought they were doing really fast quick changes.
In the version they used for the dvd a guy in the audience near the camera very loudly said “what the f**k?!” when this happened.
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
I went to a production of Dead White Males, and Shakespeare and the teacher were played by twin brothers. It was a nice, clever touch.
#25
My husband has an identical twin. When my husband and I got engagement photos done, Facebook automatically tagged my husband's brother in a bunch of our photos, and I posted them without realizing.
Michelle C 1 year ago
Sometimes Facebook has tagged my sister as me or vice versa! It happens.
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
i'm not a twin to anyone, but people have confused me & one of my sisters as twins, and facebook regularly tags my other sister as me when i post pics--and we look nothing alike!
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
For about 5-10 years Facebook tagged my photos as my mum! It hasn't recently, so either she looks more different as she ages, or I got uglier!
#26
There was a f****d-up story about the twins in my country. Two baby girls were swaped in hospital, and one twin came back home with other family, their daughter stayed with her 'twin sister'. Girls were completely different, but the family thought they are just not identical twins.
They found out the truth when all 3 girls were in high schools. The real twins were constantly called differently and strangers would approach them and say hi. They lived in a relatively small town, so finally some common friends organised their meeting.
Although they look identical, they are completely different people, eg. one of them likes metal music and wears black clothes. The story didn't end up well, although they sued the hospital, both families are devastated by the whole story.
Heather Talma 1 year ago
Watched a movie once where two sets of identical twin girls got mismatched and spent their whole lives with one twin in the wrong family
BigCityLady 1 year ago
This is heartbreaking for everyone involved. The families, but especially the children, must have suffered tremendously so I hope that they were all able to recover with proper mental health support.
Isabella K 1 year ago
"The accudental twins" is a netflix movie of two real sets of twins where one twin of each set was swapped few days after birth. It happened more then once.
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#27
Not a twin.
Dated a twin on and off for awhile. In middle school, I would get a call from my boyfriend. We'd chat for a bit and then he'd have to go so his brother could have his phone time (these were the days before cell phones). Then we'd hang up and I'd get another phone call a minute later. From my boy friend. Turns out the first call was from his twin brother. Boyfriend would get pissed.
He tried that a few more times. Then I learned to tell their voices a part.
Edit: thanks for my first silver!!!
Bewitched One 1 year ago
I thought she was gonna say she didn't know he was a twin and had been accident talky dating both lol
#28
I dated an identical twin back in high school. Her sister had recently broken up with her boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend and his mom were walking through the park and saw my girlfriend and I kissing. Without the slightest display of emotion, she turns to her son and says “Ah, so that’s why she left you.”
Amy S 1 year ago
Man sees his person he thinks is his ex kissing someone else. Man's mother said 'that's why your girlfriend left you". It wasn't the man's ex, it was the ex's twin sister.
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#29
I’m not the twin, but I was dating a guy on and off for years (long distance) and eventually came to find out that the guy I had been on and off dating was f*****g his twin brother & his twin brother’s wife.
I couldn’t believe it at first, but then a whole lot of things started to make sense, the more I thought about it. I’d been friends with him a solid fifteen years, and in that whole time he never really dated anyone but me. But he spent so much time with his twin brother & even more with his twin brother’s wife.
We’re no longer dating.
Caroline Nagel 1 year ago
So she didn't accidentally switch 'f*****g' and 'his'? I was so hoping that was the case because this is - and I quote Gatorraid - 'Ewwwwwww'.
Load More Replies... G A 1 year ago
The closest you could ever come to f*****g yourself. But would you both want to be top or bottom?
BoredPossum 1 year ago
Yeah, the expression "go f yourself" fits the story.
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Pandemonium 1 year ago
I imagine there're many many terabytes of "art films" in certain corners of the internet dedicated to this genre
#30
My twin brother went out to pick up some wine and his girlfriend (at the time) came over and thought I was him. She was probably really horny but without hesitating she began to kiss me and it took me by surprise, to the point where i was frozen in shock. I was about to get her off me, but that was when he walked in...
#31
My identical twin brother, my wife, and myself all went to school together and got jobs at the same place after passing boards. Since there are some rules regarding family working together, I was not hired to the same unit as my wife. But my twin was. It was a lot of fun, taking lunches together, etc. But there was one social worker who just couldn't grasp that my brother and wife were not the married ones. She'd compliment me on how cute they were together, comment on social media how great a couple they were, even talk about how much my kids 'take after their dad' (referring to him). It's all benign and we laugh about it, but she really laid it on thick.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
*bats the mickey under the sofa*
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#32
My ex was once scrolling through FB and said 'you look really hot in this photo'.
It wasn't me.
#33
Not a twin, but I had a pair of teachers at my middle school who were identical twins. They tended to dress similarly and I spent a lot of time confused as to how they could move around the school so quickly until someone told me there were two of them, and that they were twins. This was right before one of them got pregnant though, so I would have figured it out eventually
Georgia Ireland 1 year ago
My 8th grade science teacher was an identical twin, and his brother subbed for us. I was kinda of confused as to why he was acting different, then it dawned on me that he was a twin.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Have a 8th grade science teacher at our school (I'm the custodian). I heard she was a twin, but when her sis came to visit and they stood shoulder to shoulder in the hall, I got a "Shining" vibe. They must have done it to others as they both giggled at my reaction.
Rachel FordHinds 1 year ago
I had a similar situation but with students. I taught writing classes and separate reading classes and had the same student 2ce a day. When I would see him in the morning I thought his name was Sergio. He would correct me and tell me his name was Franco. Then later in the day when I called him Franco he said his name was Sergio. I had never had such a difficult time getting a kid’s name right! It took me 2 weeks to figure out I wasn’t loosing my mind. I was seeing 2 different boys who were identical twins and dressed the same.
#34
My grandma and her sister were twins. Her sister was going to be a nun so couldn't be involved in any affairs. Some guy asked the sister out, who sent my grandma in her place, tasked with ending the date poorly.
I'd like to say there's a funny ending that the guy is my granddad, but he's not, he's just some random dude.
AGGA Films 1 year ago
It just would have made for a better story is all - an elaborate meet cute
Load More Replies... Joss 1 year ago
Why wouldn't she just decline the date? Tricking someone doesn't exactly seem like a good thing for a future nun to be doing either
Be_ Heard 1 year ago
Just what i thought. Why not just say no thanks instead of stringing it along? 🤷♀️
Load More Replies... Caroline Nagel 1 year ago
This is the exact same story as one at the top somewhere (about Joan and Jean- the nun), only shorter.
#35
When I was a baby my dad was supposed to take my brother to a doctor's office because he was sick and he took me instead my dad realized that it was me and got my brother to the doctors turns out he just had a cough.
G A 1 year ago
If he took you and then realised he then took your brother anyway, so what? Punctuation might help.
chamomile tea 1 year ago
And this is why we pay attention in English class, children. Punctuation is important.
BA Sheets Spore 1 year ago
Everybody Loves Raymond episode. Terry Bradshaw came to the Dr office for an interview by Raymond.
#36
My twin brother is gay so early in highschool before people knew he had a twin I was groped by a gay man...
Mary Brizendine 1 year ago
I have two friends who are twins and are both gay. The one runs a bar at a local casino. And after some issues his brother had he got his brother a job as a barback.
#37
I tried to date this girl from class and we were going out on dates and everything but out of nowhere she stopped talking to me because her friends saw me with another girl ( my twin sister) at the movies and thought I was playing her but they didn’t know I have a twin sister.
BigCityLady 1 year ago
I would think that his gf knew about the twin and the others could have been filled in.
UKGrandad 1 year ago
This story doesn't really add up. If the boy is in school then it's a fair assumption that his twin sister attends the same school, and that others in the school know they're brother and sister, so it would be odd if the girl he had started taking out on dates wasn't aware of his sister, what with her also being at the same school. Also, the girl's friends were presumably at the same school so would also have stood a good chance of knowing the boy's sister. In brief, there's too many people in this story who apparently weren't aware of the boy's sister despite them all being in the same school.
G A 1 year ago
Not sure why the twin part is relevant as sister didn't need to be one could have been a cousin and it still would have been another girl. Fail.
Lisa Onitnelot 1 year ago
I'm guessing that the female telling the story is a lesbian and the sister was with a female friend.
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I'm not a twin, but I knew some in hs.
There were these two identical girls who were your kind of typical sl*tty experimental girls, and they revealed to me they would practice making out on each other. Additionally they shared a boyfriend at some point without telling him they were two separate people. But when he found out, he was real upset because if they were lying about that, then what else was going on behind his back.
SadieCat17 (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
Weird fetish content? On your bored panda?! More likely than you'd think!
Ashley_Kirin 1 year ago
Meh, that's pretty vanilla. Like, it's definitely weird but come on, with the type of c**p on ph nowadays...
#39
My cousin married a twin, accidently groped the wrong tooshy at their wedding reception in front of both families. No alcohol involved but there were some tempers and some tears.
G A 1 year ago
Rubbish. Why would bride/bridegroom either not be in wedding garb or in different outfit, and why would innocent mistake result in tempers and tears. Fiction.
Bamboozled Panda 1 year ago
Why would you grope someone in front of everyone at a wedding as well
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PattyK 1 year ago
Your cousin couldn’t identify his new wife in her wedding gown versus the twin in not-wedding gown?
Debbie 1 year ago
Could be the grooms tooshy. If the suits are similar color then it can happen.
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Judi Fisher 1 year ago
The groom didn't know that his bride would be the one wearing the wedding dress? 🤔
Amy 1 year ago
It never says the bride was the twin. If the groom was the twin and his brother was a groomsman, they would have been wearing very similar outfits and would look identical from behind. The bride could have easily grabbed the wrong butt.
Load More Replies... #40
Not embarrassing but my geography teacher has a twin brother and when he left a few people without a grade meaning they had to take summer exams, a few of the kids gathered and broke his twin brothers nose and gave him a black eye. They were pretty surprised to see him the next day without a scratch.
PattyK 1 year ago
The students assaulted a man (they thought was their teacher)? I hope the brother brought charges and the kids were expelled from school.
Matt Smith 1 year ago
These days, they were probably rewarded instead >_>
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BigCityLady 1 year ago
That’s assault and battery and NOT how students, or ANYONE, should treat a teacher. I hope that they were all arrested and charged.
What do you think ?
Mad McQueen 1 year ago
Was in jr and high schools with three sets of twins. Two girl sets one boy set. The boys were fraternal but looked the same until high school. One's face changed slightly so you could tell them apart when together but not on their own. The girls had a little diff styles with each sister. But those boys would swap places all the time. Eventually because of their antics the school told the mother they had to wear diff color shirts each day an it had to be noted and told to all their teachers. Dudes just swapped shirts randomly through the day and still caused chaos. I was friends with their little brother so I got all the stories. He was in my sisters grade one below and would come over to chat with her an me after school.
arthbach 1 year ago
In my daughter year at primary school (50 children), there were two sets of identical twins, one set boys, one set girls. In addition, there were two sets of fraternal twins. And to make it exciting, there other children who were in the class with their cousins. ------ It was weird seeing so many children who looked so alike.
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Starfish63 1 year ago
My friend's dad was one of identical twins. Daughter of one of their neighbours, who was about 2 at the time. thought my friend's dad was wonderful, he was one of her favourite people. She saw him one day shouted 'Paul!' His brother then appeared and my friend asked the little girl who that was. Child thought about it for a moment and delightedly declared 'Two Pauls!'
Rebel Peewee 1 year ago
My best friend and I look alike and have similar ways of carrying ourselves. My husband once grabbed her shoulder and slapped her butt (signature move lol) as she walked by at a wedding in front of her husband and after the initial shock, we just had to laugh bc it was a weirdly understandable thing to do.
TheNewJenBrady 1 year ago
My husband looked very similar as far as height , build and hair color to the husband of a good friend of mine. We were all out on a double date together and I ran up from behind and grabbed my husband's hand to hold it as we all walked through a parking lot. Only took me a second to realize I was holding my friend's husband's hand. It was awkward and embarrassing but we all laughed about it. I still cringe a little, remembering it though.
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Hannah 1 year ago
My dad and uncle are identical twins. They're incredibly close and have a great sense of humor. One of their favorite things to say to people is "he's the ugly one and I'm the dumb one" and once when I was little we all went to the store together and this woman asked me how I knew which was which. Without even thinking I said exactly that. "My dad's the ugly one and my uncles the dumb one" I'll never forget the look of shock in the woman's face and the way my uncle laughed so hard he nearly hit the ground. My dad put a hand on my head and said "that's my girl!" 😂😂😂
Scott Fortress 1 year ago
In the late 60's -early 70's I went to elementary school with twins... Their Mom dressed the same each day... Later in High School they kept it up. K**t was good at math...K**n was good at science. They would swap classes and each got straight "A" grades because each had already taken the same test! Now in our '60s we are still friends and I still can't tell them apart. Just call them both by "Becker" their last name.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
" each got straight "A" grades because each had already taken the same test!" One could take the test and then, impersonating their twin, take it again for the other. But someone had to be the one to take it for the first time with out any preview.
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TheElderNom 1 year ago
My niece and nephew are twins and they do not look alike at all but people would still ask if they were identical twins. And I mean asking either after seeing them or knowing they are different genders
FaceTime Audio 1 year ago
There's a pair of identical twins at my synagogue. It's very hard to tell them apart. One time, I thought I'd finally figured it out- one was wearing glasses while reading Torah, the other wasn't wearing glasses and wasn't layning. That is, until the reading one gave his glasses to his brother so he could read. Fortunately, they are both doctors, so when in doubt I can address either by "Dr. ".
Gail Tompkins 2 months ago
I was at a Girl Scout leaders meeting in TN. Everyone was excited that a new leader joined our group who was English. My sister had attended a camporee in England as a girl and I just wondered if perhaps she had met Donna all those years ago. She looked at me and said "Donna, what are you doing here" ? It turned out that she had just come to TN from the Chicago area. Both she and my sister were trainers for Girl Scouts of Dupage County. We ended being very close friends even as her family moved around the globe. That was the first and only time someone called me "Donna" in my home town.
Ivy at Eve 6 months ago
My uncles are identical twins. Once, uncle 1 had no time to go on a date with his then girlfriend (now wife) and he did send his brother. 50+ years later, she still hasn't forgiven uncle 2.... Also years later, they happen to live 500 km apart. Uncle 2 broke his arm and uncle one 1 felt the pain. He also broke his leg a week later.
Mad McQueen 1 year ago
Was in jr and high schools with three sets of twins. Two girl sets one boy set. The boys were fraternal but looked the same until high school. One's face changed slightly so you could tell them apart when together but not on their own. The girls had a little diff styles with each sister. But those boys would swap places all the time. Eventually because of their antics the school told the mother they had to wear diff color shirts each day an it had to be noted and told to all their teachers. Dudes just swapped shirts randomly through the day and still caused chaos. I was friends with their little brother so I got all the stories. He was in my sisters grade one below and would come over to chat with her an me after school.
arthbach 1 year ago
In my daughter year at primary school (50 children), there were two sets of identical twins, one set boys, one set girls. In addition, there were two sets of fraternal twins. And to make it exciting, there other children who were in the class with their cousins. ------ It was weird seeing so many children who looked so alike.
Load More Replies... Starfish63 1 year ago
My friend's dad was one of identical twins. Daughter of one of their neighbours, who was about 2 at the time. thought my friend's dad was wonderful, he was one of her favourite people. She saw him one day shouted 'Paul!' His brother then appeared and my friend asked the little girl who that was. Child thought about it for a moment and delightedly declared 'Two Pauls!'
Rebel Peewee 1 year ago
My best friend and I look alike and have similar ways of carrying ourselves. My husband once grabbed her shoulder and slapped her butt (signature move lol) as she walked by at a wedding in front of her husband and after the initial shock, we just had to laugh bc it was a weirdly understandable thing to do.
TheNewJenBrady 1 year ago
My husband looked very similar as far as height , build and hair color to the husband of a good friend of mine. We were all out on a double date together and I ran up from behind and grabbed my husband's hand to hold it as we all walked through a parking lot. Only took me a second to realize I was holding my friend's husband's hand. It was awkward and embarrassing but we all laughed about it. I still cringe a little, remembering it though.
Load More Replies... Hannah 1 year ago
My dad and uncle are identical twins. They're incredibly close and have a great sense of humor. One of their favorite things to say to people is "he's the ugly one and I'm the dumb one" and once when I was little we all went to the store together and this woman asked me how I knew which was which. Without even thinking I said exactly that. "My dad's the ugly one and my uncles the dumb one" I'll never forget the look of shock in the woman's face and the way my uncle laughed so hard he nearly hit the ground. My dad put a hand on my head and said "that's my girl!" 😂😂😂
Scott Fortress 1 year ago
In the late 60's -early 70's I went to elementary school with twins... Their Mom dressed the same each day... Later in High School they kept it up. K**t was good at math...K**n was good at science. They would swap classes and each got straight "A" grades because each had already taken the same test! Now in our '60s we are still friends and I still can't tell them apart. Just call them both by "Becker" their last name.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
" each got straight "A" grades because each had already taken the same test!" One could take the test and then, impersonating their twin, take it again for the other. But someone had to be the one to take it for the first time with out any preview.
Load More Replies... TheElderNom 1 year ago
My niece and nephew are twins and they do not look alike at all but people would still ask if they were identical twins. And I mean asking either after seeing them or knowing they are different genders
FaceTime Audio 1 year ago
There's a pair of identical twins at my synagogue. It's very hard to tell them apart. One time, I thought I'd finally figured it out- one was wearing glasses while reading Torah, the other wasn't wearing glasses and wasn't layning. That is, until the reading one gave his glasses to his brother so he could read. Fortunately, they are both doctors, so when in doubt I can address either by "Dr. ".
Gail Tompkins 2 months ago
I was at a Girl Scout leaders meeting in TN. Everyone was excited that a new leader joined our group who was English. My sister had attended a camporee in England as a girl and I just wondered if perhaps she had met Donna all those years ago. She looked at me and said "Donna, what are you doing here" ? It turned out that she had just come to TN from the Chicago area. Both she and my sister were trainers for Girl Scouts of Dupage County. We ended being very close friends even as her family moved around the globe. That was the first and only time someone called me "Donna" in my home town.
Ivy at Eve 6 months ago
My uncles are identical twins. Once, uncle 1 had no time to go on a date with his then girlfriend (now wife) and he did send his brother. 50+ years later, she still hasn't forgiven uncle 2.... Also years later, they happen to live 500 km apart. Uncle 2 broke his arm and uncle one 1 felt the pain. He also broke his leg a week later.
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