I've sought out other parents of multiples since I learned I was pregnant with twins. I understand how important connection can be, especially from parent to parent. We made another interesting connection yesterday.
We'd been to see a parade in the morning and were out eating lunch before running some errands and heading home. A man stopped by our table and told us what a beautiful family we were. (Nice intro, by the way.) Then he asked if the girls were twins. As I mentioned in a comment in Linda's recent post, most people don't even realize my daughters are twins, so I was surprised and said, "Why, yes, they are!"
Then he told us that he was an identical twin. He and his wife had seen our daughters, and they'd wondered if they could be twins.
That's the first time a twin has reached out to my twins. It was kind of nice.
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We get so many comments about our twins. They will ask if my older twins are in fact twins and they look so identical you can't tell them apart. Then my younger set are identical also, not as identical as the older set, and people will ask if they are twins. It's interesting to hear the comments sometimes. I have never met an older set of identical twins, but I would love to!!
Posted by: Leisa Naples | May 25, 2009 at 04:45 AM
It's interesting, isn't it? It was my first glimpse into the shift from the focus on me as a parent to them as twins out in the world.
All the best with your beautiful girls!
Posted by: Becky | May 25, 2009 at 03:29 PM
Being a twin is special. Took me until I became a mother to realise that. I'm not a twin myself and my children are singletons - correct term?! - but I often think wistfully it would be a blessing to have twins. Sure the reality could be more challenging than my rose-tinted view.
Posted by: Mother at Large | June 02, 2009 at 02:02 PM
It's definitely challenging! But it's also a blessing. :)
Posted by: Becky | June 08, 2009 at 09:52 PM