Twins

Twins do NOT have an innate, unique bond. Really. I promise. We are not psychic or empathic or whatever other romantic nonsense has been drilled into your head by 10million Lifetime movies and romance novels. I know, I know, it bursts the bubble of millions of twin fanatic future mommies out there everywhere, but it's the truth.

This is not to say that they cannot be incredibly close. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that two people who grew up sharing their entire lives (down to the minute) with one another up until adulthood could be very very close. But, do not expect this to be the case Necessarily.

I speak this from ACTUAL firsthand experience. Not the firsthand experience of having 'witnessed' it or known someone who spoke about it, or whatever. I AM a twin- my twin brother Itamu is great. No, really, he's a good guy. I can count on him for anything- he's probably the most loyal man in the universe and his intentions are ALWAYS pure- something very few others can profess. He works hard and does what's right and he's a really great person. We share interests, and parents, and a sister. But that is it. We do not share an unnatural link. In fact, I am arguably closer to my sister- who is 18 months my junior- than I am to him. This has nothing to do with gender, as neither of us tend towards teh typical pursuits of society's expected 'gender' behaviours. That is, I am more interested in sports than he is (though, it's still not much) and no more interested in clothes or hair or purses or shoes than he is. So it isn't a lack of common ground- we have just as much in common, for the most part, as my sister and I do. In fact, more, in some cases, sharing a birthday and age and all.

But seriously, guys, give it a rest. Please stop making movies/books/bulletin board posts about teh AMAZING BOND OF TWINS! There is no amazing bond. Some twins may synchronize their behaviours, but it's no more impressive than girls' menstrual periods synchronizing when they spend too much time together, or husbands and wives completing each others sentences because we know each other so well we already know the next thing each other is going to say. Spending a lot of time together (which is inevitable if you're born on the same day to the same parents) kinda does that to a person.

And no, I do not complete my brothers' sentences. Unless he's fishing for a word and I know it, because I am a WORD WHORE and he stinks at English.