5. You recognize these terms and could use any/all of them in a sentence:
DSNG, di/di, mo/mo, MFM, twin skin, SBS
4. You want to give a biology lesson (and a dictionary) to the stranger who asks if your boy and girl are identical.
3. You could slap a person just for asking "are they twins?" (it's only the 50th time today!)
2. You're at Babies R Us registering and think to yourself, "Should I get two swings, two bouncy seats, or one of each (or two of each)?!"
1. Your fertility and reproductive history (and sometimes, future) automatically become a topic of conversation among complete strangers, whether you like it or not.
What is the rudest, strangest or nicest thing someone has said to you about your children?
I have a younger brother and sister that are twins, and I've been shocked by how many people have asked if they are identical. I think, "Really?" And then I give them a lesson on identical and fraternal twins.
ReplyDeleteThanks for raising awareness, lol! :) People don't always think things through...
DeleteMy father and his brother are twins, but my sister and I just had a girl each, tee hee ,so I'm curious to see what happens next time around. Hilarious list! The strangest thing someone has said about my daughter is, "aah, what a handsome young man! He is just such a cute little guy!" while she was dressed in a pink dress, sporting earrings. It made me laugh! :) Love your energy!
ReplyDeleteI'm not the kind of mom that *has* to dress my kids up in pink or blue, but sometimes I do just to avoid the boy/girl confusion...and it still doesn't work! *facepalm*
DeleteI don't have any twins my family, but I do know that people ask moms the craziest questions about their kids. I once had older white lady walk up to us in the store and start playing with my youngest ( who is now 12) she then looked me directly in eye and said "Black Babies are so much prettier than White Babies" I just stared at her like a deer in headlights. Now I am black, and my baby was adorable but I couldn't believe she said that!
ReplyDeleteSomething about pregnant women and/or babies...people say the craziest things!
DeleteWell, I have no children, but the above story reminded me of when I was a 6 year old and some old man priest mistook me for a boy for some odd reason--I never forgot it! Luckily, he was the one and only person who ever made that mistake! People don't tend to be that rude with me...I think I intimidate them somehow...which always worried me, but now I see the upside!
ReplyDeleteI relate to the intimidation factor...it usually works for me! No one ever touched my pregnant belly, for example. Strangers can do the darndest things!
DeleteI have 3 kids each 5 yrs apart and the oldest has blue eyes, the middle child has green and youngest has dark brown. I get some questions about how did that happen???
ReplyDeletehazel eyed dad x blue eyed mom = two recessive eye colors!
Genetics are crazy! My boy right now has really light eyes..I know there is still time for them to change, but it would be crazy if he ends up with blue or green eyes (husband and I both have brown, but I have blue eyes in my family).
DeleteTwins are all over my family ... a set of twin cousins on each side, and I myself was a twin (my mother miscarried the other twin 3 months into her pregnancy) my mother then was pregnant again with a set of twins but lost one of those as well leaving just my sister.
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of scared to think I could have twins lol ... great list love the energy :D
Twins are great if you end up with them! Thanks for reading.
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