Prepare yourselves for a hilarious helping of double trouble, dear Pandas! What can we say, twins are absolutely awesome. They make life way more fun not only because of their witty interactions with each other but also because they give parents a lot of opportunities to share their humorous insights on social media.
To show you what we mean, the bamboo-munching team here at Bored Panda has traveled all over the internet to find the funniest and most relatable twin parenting tweets for you to enjoy. Scroll down, upvote your fave tweets, and let us know which ones you loved the most and why.
Raising twins comes with its own unique challenges. For one, there’s the simple practical fact that you have twice as many mouths to feed, diapers to change, and college funds to start. However, that’s not all.
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People generally buy baby formula for one reason: because they want their babies to be fed.
I didn't produce enough milk for my children, had I NOT used formula they would have starved or had some serious complications, F*ck anyone that tells you "breast is best" or any of that bullsh*t. I was ashamed by it at first, now I give zero f*cks, my children are both happy & VERY healthy, plus I still have a great rack....something I'm told you lose after breast feeding....lol
Same here. I tried and tried but one wouldn't latch and the next one simply didn't want the breast. My husband is friends with a lactation specialist and even she couldn't help. I tried pumping, but couldn't produce enough to keep up. I too felt ashamed like I was a bad mother or something. I get that breast is best, but people are fanatical about it and tend to shame moms like us who couldn't breastfeed for whatever reason. Even if someone uses formula so they can enjoy a glass of wine, who cares! As long as the kid is fed, cared for, and loved... That's all that matters. People need to just mind their own business.
Load More Replies...Does Judgmental Lady have a kid? Is she the mother of those children? No? Then she should be quiet. Not that difficult to understand.
The lady imputes the mother is not breastfeeding their children and that she isdrinking (alcohol devolves in the milk).
Load More Replies...It's hard to produce enough milk for two when you are so worn out. Formula to supplement or as the soul source; you are the parent.
When people asked I always answered "nope triplets, lost one around here somewhere."
Some people do have two children close in age who look like twins but are not twins, whether they're the same age and one or both is adopted, about a year or two apart but the same size/height, or that one case where a woman had two children one month apart because she had another pregnancy in her second uterus.
People used to ask my brother and sister two years apart if the were twins
Load More Replies...Or you could say "Yes, they are". People are just showing a gentle interest.
One is a clone. Accidentally left baby on copy machine. No, just 1 - I think you're seeing double.
“O god there’re meant to be three... don’t just stand there, help me look!”
You just hope you don't get 'em mixed up after the experiment begins..
Load More Replies...In fairness you need triplets, to compare two treatments plus a control.
In fairness, if you have twins, you should use them for something fun. You could also play some pretty awesome pranks.
The extra finances and time required to raise twins is one thing (they’re worth it, of course, but it doesn’t change the extra stress that parents face). Another major challenge is helping your twins find the line between their close relationship with their sibling and their own uniqueness.
I know twins which born separate years - one girl on 31st December, and her sister on New Year :)
I went to school with a set of twins like this as well. Dad was a HS principal so money was tight when they were on the way. Mom was induced New Years Eve so they could try to get either the last baby of the year gifts or first baby of the year gifts to cover some diaper expenses. Lucked out and got both.
Load More Replies...Oh, they could have different zodiak signs and confuse the heck out of astrology fans too.
In my family, if we have two birthdays during the same week we wish to each one on their day, but have one party for both. (Separate gifts of course) :)
I would have loved this as a twin.As a child I always hated having to share my one day of the year that was *just for me* with my twin brother. lol I was a dramatic child.
When I turned two, my mom missed my birthday because she was busy giving birth. She planned with military precision to have us both celebrate the same birthdays so she wouldn't have to spend for two separate ones.
Am I wrong in thinking that the sick one wanted to get the well twin sick so he could stay home with him?
As a person who doesn’t normally like children AWWW that’s soo sweet
at first i though T2 it was for Terminator 2 and T1 for T-1000... That story was meant to be awesome!!!
Twins constantly have to navigate between an inner desire to be with their sibling and be just like them while at the same time being their own person. Nobody likes being treated like just a copy or a clone of somebody else after all.
My identical twins were about 4 years old and we were invited to a wedding and it was their first time wearing a suit. They got dressed and twin A asked "how do I look?", and I said "go look in the mirror" and his twin said "just look at me". Twin A looks at twin B and says "I look good". Lol. Cracks me up every time I think about that and it's been 25 years.
There’s a sister sister episode where tamera (I think) just tests all her outfits and makeup on tia to see if looks good on her(tamera). Priceless.
Load More Replies...minimalist at his best. also, makes sense. i'd do the same...unless it's twin cats. i have hundreds of labeled photos of them stating who's who.
I think you’re right! I knew I had heard this somewhere before!
Load More Replies...Interesting, I have boy/girl twins and my boy was also speech delayed. My daughter ALWAYS knew what he was saying. Or maybe she is the evil twin and was making it up 😂😅
Sooooooo, twin tuition could possibly exist???😲
Load More Replies...or, she's the evil twin, who simply doesn't want to tell u that her bro wants to burn the house down...wait...does that make him evil as well? wait, then is she the evil twin...? oh WTH. maybe she really has no idea. anyway, speech disfluencies r more common in boys than girls. if it persists for longer than 18 weeks please do consult a speech-language pathologist. all the best.
Nah, my twins had their own special language and it used to make their brother, who was 2 years older, feel very left out. He would get so frustrated and say I don't understand them and I would be like join the club. They clearly understood each other because they would start laughing when one said something to the other, or one would utter a whole stream of gibberish and they'd start doing something together. It lasted quite a while and did delay their speech a bit. When I raised my concern with the pediatrician she was really chill. She said enjoy it, let them do their thing, they will eventually catch up and of course they did.
Twin mom and daughter of a twin. Getting dorky scientific and splitting hairs here - b/g twins are fraternal. That connection thing is for identical. My daughters and my dad / uncle are fraternal, nothing alike, and no connection. My BILs and one of cousin's set - identical and connection. (We have six sets of twins in the family right now.)
One time I was at a summer camp that had lots of outdoor and wilderness and there were these two skinny kids, like, REALLY REALLY DANGEROUSLY SKINNY kids, and they were twins, identical, and they walked around everywhere mumbling their made up language of gibberish to each other. It was creepy
As a child I was always a pretty decent speaker and my twin brother never had a way with words(he was always a math dude). I was one of the few people who could, according to my mom. He would blabber and I would be like,"He would like a large cup of orange juice please." No joke, we were quite a duo.
‘Today’s Parent’ has some spot-on advice on the more practical aspects of raising twins. One of their tips is to “master simultaneous feedings” in order to simplify mealtime and take some of the stress off the parents. Multitasking is a must when you have twins, there’s no way around it.
Yep, same thing happens to my cousins! When we take pictures we just started giving them signs!
My husband can tell toddler and baby photos of my twin sister and I apart better than I can
I know lots of parents who struggle to tell their children apart when seen in old pics from childhood, and the children weren't twins. The same pram, similar clothes, similar background and they had the same parents, so of course they look alike.
I wasn't sure if I'd be able to tell my identical twins apart in pictures years later, so I always made sure that they were always on the same side when having their picture taken. But it really wasn't necessary, you can tell them apart. The subtle differences are telling to a parent.
I found out at 8 weeks and proceeded to burst into tears thinking how overwhelming it would be to have twins plus a 2 year old. It truly took me months to stop being freaked out about it. Of course there were many days I felt outnumbered and overwhelmed (like the first time I took all 3 to the grocery store by myself, omg!), but most days were pure joy. I miss those days of legos and trucks, now they are boring old men who won't do arts & crafts with me anymore, lol.
People would ask my brother and I if we were identical. We always answered yes.
People ask if my kids are twins... They are 1,5 year apart, the older one is like 30 cm taller, I don't know whats wrong with people...
Most people can't tell my sons apart, they are 1,5 years apart... They just gave up correcting people.
Load More Replies...I have identical twins, and have never understood that some people cannot understand such a simple concept.
:) as an identical twin....i always say no :D works like a charm...whatever the charm was lol
I'm an inch taller than my twin with hazel eyes, medium-dark brown hair, and a FEMALE. Twin is an inch shorter, brown-eyed, light brown hair, jawline like a V and a MALE. As a child we were asked if we were identical. Some people don't understand to be identical you at leats have to be the same gender.
People always ask if my brother and I are twins. We are a year and two months apart and we don't even look alike.
We had the same, one daughter is slim with blond hair the other is heavier with red hair, they look nothing alike, but we got them at the same time so....
Two of my best friends are twins. One's a man the other's a woman, every now and then when they tell people they are twins they get asked if they're identical. The charitable interpretation is that people don't know what "identical twins" means. the uncharitable
one is that people are morons. PS. BP should fix it's edit function, it hasn't worked properly in years.
Load More Replies...The same goes for giving your twins a bath. It’s far easier to wash them both because of the logistics: you don’t want to be giving one a bath while constantly switching your attention to what the other one’s doing. Of course, it would be easier if both parents could take care of their kids full-time, however, we all know that this isn’t always possible.
And this is why I didn't have kids. All the unnecessary crying over nothing. I prefer silence.
Dogs do have the emotional and intellectual development of a three year old with an odd speech impediment
My twins never spoke until they were 2-1/2, so.....
Load More Replies...Can confirm, "dog voice" and "mom voice" are same voice. Dog voice works beautifully on niece and nephews.
I wonder if anyone named the twins as baby's but then got them mixed up and switched names and they kept those switched names for the rest of their life and it wasent their real name.
My sister when she had identical twin girls. Painted the big toe nail of one red and the other blue totell the difference
Load More Replies...My husband was still getting our twins confused when they were in their teens. I found this puzzling because to me there was a difference in the timbre of voice, or a stance or something that always gave it away. But then I started noticing my husband doesn't pay attention to little details much. We would be waking the dog and I'd say did you see that blue jay or did you see the neighbor wave...it was always "nope". I swear he walks around with blinders on and I'm just the opposite, I try to soak up everything. He finally admitted he was always doing math in his head trying to figure out when he could retire and he finally did so this April! So maybe he will stop counting money and enjoy the little things now?
In an earlier interview, Eddy Ng, the James and Elizabeth Freeman Professor of Management at Bucknell University, told me that the pandemic has unfairly affected working women. The lockdowns weren’t the great gender equalizer that many thought they would be.
A teacher in Middle school was the father of one , then two, then three. His wife said "no more, I don't like where this is going."
Title suggestion - The Red Herrings. They would, of course, have the appropriate last name.
The original tv show CSI did an episode about that. One twin raped a woman and made sure he had an alibi but his brother didn't. The rapist's semen was a match for his brother's, but the saliva swab was not. The guy had a figurine of a chimera on his desk which is how the detective figured it out. They glossed over the question of how the guy knew about the difference.
My identical twins often talk about crimes they can commit and get away with because, you know, same DNA, reasonable doubt.
“Women, even those in professional and managerial jobs, continue to take on a second shift (caring for family) after the first shift at the office. We continue to subscribe to gender roles, even in many egalitarian societies,” Professor Ng earlier told Bored Panda.
That's how you summon the look of betrayal in less than 0.1 seconds...
Load More Replies...We have a 13 month old goldendoodle and an 11 month old cockatoo and the younger one is much worse about this than my kids ever were. He studies every treat, accounts for the weight and size and silently judges if he thinks the portions were meted out correctly. He gives a mean stink eye if he thinks he was cheated. It's quite funny. Petty but funny.
I have 5yo twins and really it's the 8yo sibling that makes the biggest fuss.
Its the same with regular siblings. And the toy doesn't even be real, my kids are able to put an hour long fight over pretend cake.
My mom and I did that in a toy store - we both wanted the same stuffed toy. (I was 30 years old at the time.) The bemused sales lady said, "we do have more in back..." So Mom and I each got our own toy.
Totally unrepresented: when one of those twins is your parent. #kidsoftwinsunite
Hugo. The evil twin is always the left one. That's why Bart's scar is on the ri... wait a minute
Load More Replies...Twins: we are going up to the attic, to see our sister/brother! Dad: No! The third triplet is a VAMPIRE! He will eat you! Twins: No he won't, were identical. So were all vampires. Haven't eaten you guys yet! Dad: S**t. the jig is up.
According to Professor Ng, there is a “persistent pay gap and an underrepresentation of women in senior management and higher-paying jobs.” The expert said that during the Covid-19 lockdowns, men’s higher-paying careers have been prioritized over women’s which are seen as “supplemental income” even in Western countries.
I have "irish twins" kids born a year apart, same day. When people ask "Wow, how did you guys do that?" I always answer, "The usual way."
My son and his friends, about age 14, came to be to tell me they wanted to have a "P Party". I asked whether I should have been told. Turned out it was a party where everyone dressed in colors beginning with "p", or came as characters whose names started with "p", and featured foods like pizza, popcorn... I was not only relieved, it served as a party theme generator for years (B party, C party, etc.).
I always made sure my twin boys had their own cakes, cards etc. They are individuals!
I had #3 child when my twins were 18 months old. The amount of crap I carted around was unbelievable. #4 came along soon after.
I always had this doubt: why do you tell their age in months even after they're past one year??? So confusing!!
Load More Replies...My cousin had twins with with a 3 and 1 year old as well. Her husband worked out of town so two babysitters were needed for things as simple as getting groceries
“Women reorganize their work around family demands, men often do not. Unequal division of labor is exacerbated when a family could no longer access paid help (COVID restrictions), and women will have to pick up the slack,” Professor Ng said. Even though plenty of parents share duties when it comes to taking care of kids and doing the chores around the house, women are still expected to pick up the lion’s share of the work. Even in the West.
My husband has the same birthday as his brother, 9 years apart! How could an insurance company do that!
yeah, this is a real issue. I had triplets that were 10 weeks early and you can imagine the medical bills. Took a lot of sorting out for the insurance company to pay for the same procedure on the same day (different baby).
The number of comments that say “even regular siblings could do xxxx” is annoying and stupid. With twins they are the same age and maturity so it’s not the same as siblings. Parents of twins will tell you this.
Load More Replies...It’s not just twins or even immediate family members that can look like us. Most of us have been in situations where we’re walking down the street or channel surfing and we spot someone who looks just like us. Not a bit like us. Not mostly like us. A carbon copy of us. It’s like we’ve entered The Twilight Zone only nobody bothered telling us that.
If they'd had similar personalities, they could both have been disorganised.
My younger sisters are twins.... nothing alike at all. One so shy and moody, other is very outgoing and cheerful
As a rule for many twin parents - you change one diaper, you change both. Gotta keep them on the same schedule. So, one day, as they were getting really good at crawling and wriggling away, I change one diaper, grab the other baby, change him. A couple of hours later I change diapers again, and realize that I had changed one, and then changed the same one again. On the first changing, I just thought the one hadn't peed that much. On the second changing, the one that never got changed had the most incredibly wet diaper. This is when you realize how good your diapers are.
Geneticist Arthur Beaudet from the Baylor College of Medicine explains that “people who look identical almost certainly share more DNA than two random strangers who don’t look alike.” So if you spot someone who looks like they could be your twin, odds are, they might be an incredibly distant relation of yours. A twin but not a twin so to speak. Which begs the question, how different would your life have been if the family tree were changed and you were raised together?
We’d love to hear your thoughts about raising and taking care of twins, dear Readers? Are any of you parents who have twins? Perhaps some of you have (non)identical twins that you grew up with? Let us know what that’s like in the comment section.
Is this because people are so dumb as to ask wether differently gendered twins are identical? Because that's just too stupid to be real...*really hoping*
Nope. That happens. Source: Two of my best friends who are twins but have different genders.
Load More Replies...I was pregnant with identical twin girls but then went into preterm labour at 19 weeks and 5 days, they passed away due to being too young. I was only 20 and it nearly killed me.
Load More Replies...They can be different sex and still be identical. That has nothing to do with it, either the egg splits, or you fertilize two eggs.
LOL um they literally CANNOT be identical if they are different genders. Source: I was pregnant with identical twin girls.
Load More Replies...I'm glad we have so many people engaged in policing the thread so carefully today for whether it adheres precisely to the description.
Load More Replies.....me and sister(identical twin) literally only have one thing going for us and it's the fact we're mirror twins(I'm left-handed and she is right-handed.If I raise my dominant hand and she does to we're like a mirror )
he he, me too! we just have a completely identical voice (we did prank a few people) it's been fun to confuse my sister's kids on the phone
Load More Replies...IM SO HAPPY IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT GETS THIS. (did you watch the movie or read the book? I read the book lol)
Load More Replies...Technically, having one kid at a time is the worst option here, because it's insanity. As in, inside of the line. The twins option, however, goes above the line, presumably outside of the line, making it outsanity. Ok, I'll go now.
As I mother of triplets, I can attest to the fact that chart is not quite right. Each additional kid the line goes up exponentially... I'm not ever sure it comes back to the sanity line LOL
Pretty sure that's just parenting more than one kid. Aren't older & younger siblings famed to have competitive rivalries as well?
My brother and i played that game too!! But it was in the late 1970's
Poliwag and poliwhirl?? These are pokemons !! If you suggest pokemons names for kids, at least pick cool ones!!
Took me a few times singing it out loud. And I had to switch to German
Load More Replies...I understand why, but Im still upset about the fact they changed the alphabet song for nostalgia reasons. Rip Elimenopee T-T
The only country in the world that changed the pronunciation of a letter so that it would rhyme with V
If I would have twins I would definitely use this with everyone.
Yes. I have identicals and never dressed them in matching outfits. But found myself buying the same in different colors, just because I didn't want one to be warmer or colder than the other.
Ooh when i was 3 i cut my hair and then i cut my sister's (2) hair while my mom was asleep, along withthe roses that her then-boyfriend-now-my-dad had gotten her because i poked my finger on one of the thorns
Ay, ya wee c**t, if ya dinny stop repeatin what I'm saying you'll be pickin up ya teeth with broken fingahs
Only "twin" thing mine had. "Twinspeak". Didn't say a blessed word to anyone else until they were 2-1/2.
I do not like cheez-its but my brother agrees with the twins
And herein lies the problem with Bored Panda's bonkers way of sharing tweets. Why not just use the embed tweet facility rather than screenshots? Then gifs would work. Guess you can't add your copyright stealing stamp on the image then though 🤷♂️.
I don't think they are trying to take copyright ownership of the tweets. I think they are adding their little boredpanda.com to make those who are stealing their effort to find the tweets (see thechive.com) at least do some work instead of just directly ripping off boredpanda.com and not giving credit to either the original tweeter or the pandas.
Load More Replies...Beyoncé have enough money to have 4 nannies for each child.
Pffft she wouldn’t have to pay. She just signs a dirty napkin and 9/10 will throw themselves at her.
Load More Replies...With their logic, unemployed people have insomnia.
Load More Replies...I CAN BE A TIRED PERSON WITH O CHILDREN 1 CHILD 2 3 OR EVEN 4! Thanks for listening to my ted talk.
Raising twins are the easiest thing. I mean, me and my twin brother were basically small angels. My parents had the easiest job in rhe world with us. Just hopes my old parents never read this.... because, well...
I have 21 year old twins. A lot of this is true, and funny. But I wouldn't have changed it for a minute. I look at my kids compared with many of the singeltons out there. My kids seemed easier. They had a built in playmate, so they didn't get bored as easily. They learned from very young how to share, so they learned not to fight. I always tease they were "self-regulating". Before I could step in, they usually resolved their issues. Perhaps not in a way I would have preferred, but it worked for them. They figured out fairly quickly, hitting was not a good option. The other hit back.
Load More Replies...Apparently my parents had quite a hard time raising my twin brother and I but they were super happy when they found out they were having twins, because they had been trying for a while with no success :)
Raising any kids isn't a cakewalk. Twins as infants - a bit exhausting. But as they get older, it's like raising any two kids, with a few differences here and there. But I imagine every set of twins is different, just like any kids are different. And I get the being super happy. I was 40 when I had mine.
Load More Replies...:'3 i'll break it to all of you non-twins..we don't have powers...yes yes...that is true.
not true. mom and her identical twin can feel a disturbance in the force
Load More Replies...I read all the posts and some comments just to learn the formula on "how to make twins" , but nobody let it out. C'mon people, just post it. Plus points for girls 👭😂
This is what my fertility doc told me - fraternal twins run in families. Identical twins are "freaks of nature". I have the freaks. lol
Load More Replies...as a twin, Names...what are those. It's face and face. Always need matching clothes. And stupid things....like eating toothpaste when we were 5.
I dressed mine the same exactly once. For the first picture I had taken of them, professionally. I'm lazy by nature. There was no way I was going to plan outfits and plan laundry to make sure those outfits were clean at the same time. That aside, I realized this is what gives twins no sense of self - making them into one person. From that point on, I made sure they didn't wear matching outfits. I let them pick their own clothes as soon as they could make their wishes known.
Load More Replies...I swear if I end up having triplets or quadruplets, I'm going to get confused on who is who... I'd barely be able to handle twins... let alone even an only child... What I'm trying to say is that either way I'm going to forget their names
Don't worry about that. I'm the youngest of 5 kids, my mother would go down the line until she got the right name. And yes, as a female, she did call me by my brother's names once in a while.
Load More Replies...True story: I once worked in an insurance office where a couple came in to have their van inspected. They had a commercial van they had outfitted with seats and seatbelts. For their 8 kids. 1 five-year old, 5 two-year olds, and a set of 8 month old twins. I still think about them, 25 years later!
Raising twins are the easiest thing. I mean, me and my twin brother were basically small angels. My parents had the easiest job in rhe world with us. Just hopes my old parents never read this.... because, well...
I have 21 year old twins. A lot of this is true, and funny. But I wouldn't have changed it for a minute. I look at my kids compared with many of the singeltons out there. My kids seemed easier. They had a built in playmate, so they didn't get bored as easily. They learned from very young how to share, so they learned not to fight. I always tease they were "self-regulating". Before I could step in, they usually resolved their issues. Perhaps not in a way I would have preferred, but it worked for them. They figured out fairly quickly, hitting was not a good option. The other hit back.
Load More Replies...Apparently my parents had quite a hard time raising my twin brother and I but they were super happy when they found out they were having twins, because they had been trying for a while with no success :)
Raising any kids isn't a cakewalk. Twins as infants - a bit exhausting. But as they get older, it's like raising any two kids, with a few differences here and there. But I imagine every set of twins is different, just like any kids are different. And I get the being super happy. I was 40 when I had mine.
Load More Replies...:'3 i'll break it to all of you non-twins..we don't have powers...yes yes...that is true.
not true. mom and her identical twin can feel a disturbance in the force
Load More Replies...I read all the posts and some comments just to learn the formula on "how to make twins" , but nobody let it out. C'mon people, just post it. Plus points for girls 👭😂
This is what my fertility doc told me - fraternal twins run in families. Identical twins are "freaks of nature". I have the freaks. lol
Load More Replies...as a twin, Names...what are those. It's face and face. Always need matching clothes. And stupid things....like eating toothpaste when we were 5.
I dressed mine the same exactly once. For the first picture I had taken of them, professionally. I'm lazy by nature. There was no way I was going to plan outfits and plan laundry to make sure those outfits were clean at the same time. That aside, I realized this is what gives twins no sense of self - making them into one person. From that point on, I made sure they didn't wear matching outfits. I let them pick their own clothes as soon as they could make their wishes known.
Load More Replies...I swear if I end up having triplets or quadruplets, I'm going to get confused on who is who... I'd barely be able to handle twins... let alone even an only child... What I'm trying to say is that either way I'm going to forget their names
Don't worry about that. I'm the youngest of 5 kids, my mother would go down the line until she got the right name. And yes, as a female, she did call me by my brother's names once in a while.
Load More Replies...True story: I once worked in an insurance office where a couple came in to have their van inspected. They had a commercial van they had outfitted with seats and seatbelts. For their 8 kids. 1 five-year old, 5 two-year olds, and a set of 8 month old twins. I still think about them, 25 years later!
