oddest twin comment ever!

bethCT

OK, I don't post here a lot but I read/lurk from time to time.  You have all posted great multipes comments but I am pretty sure I win!
I was at day care friday picking up the kids.  Picture this, I was sitting in their rocking chair with both twins on my lap, facing out.  They are 13 months old and started there at 6 months.  The staff has not turned over.  They know my kids.  That have changed thousands of their diapers.
One of the teachers said to me, "Do you know yet if they are fraternal or identical?"
YET!?!?
That is a quote - do you know YET if they are identical or fraternal?!?!?
I was like, um, do YOU see a difference?
Since I don't post often you know know my kids, so I will tell you that he has about 3 inches and 4 ponds on her and he has all the hair.  Oh and he is a BOY and she is a GIRL! 

JodiAriel

Someone asked my husband the other the day if the girls were identical (hello look at them!) and he said no.  They replied with, "not even a little bit?"

People are stupid.

raraavis28

I've had people ask me if I "think they're going to be identical." B/c, you know, twins can be born fraternal but become identical later on....
:-/

carrotcake06

Oh! Oh! I have one!

A lady at the grocery store said to me "oh! You have twins! You know, I had two the hard way, one at a time!" I'm sorry, what?

s0ulchicken

marchesa28 said:

I've had people ask me if I "think they're going to be identical." B/c, you know, twins can be born fraternal but become identical later on....
:-/

Lmao. Seriously? That's awesome! People never fail to amaze me.

yinyang124

A couple weeks ago someone in my building came up to me as I was buckling the boys into the stroller.

"Are they twins?"

"Yep."

"Were they born the same year?"

"Yes..."

"Same month?

"Same day."

"Holy shit! God bless them!"

I'm still baffled.

24karat

Lol I've had SO many comments like these already and I'm not even 3wks PP! Thanks for the laughs ladies!

BeccaFegley

Stupid people crack me up.

Lil Kate

carrotcake06 said:

Oh! Oh! I have one!

A lady at the grocery store said to me "oh! You have twins! You know, I had two the hard way, one at a time!" I'm sorry, what?

Oh my god!

SV917

carrotcake06 said:

Oh! Oh! I have one! A lady at the grocery store said to me "oh! You have twins! You know, I had two the hard way, one at a time!" I'm sorry, what?

That's really why I'm having twins: I'm too lazy to get pregnant again and go through the newborn stage twice. So much easier to have two screaming babies at once.

ballygirl

When I first found out I was having identical twins but before I found out the sex, I had several people say to me: "Oh - maybe you'll have one of each - boy and girl".  At which point I would repeat: "No, they're identical" and they would just look at me blankly, not understanding. My own mother even said once:" Well, maybe one will be a boy and the other will be the girl version of the boy"


Wha???

24karat

ballygirl said:

When I first found out I was having identical twins but before I found out the sex, I had several people say to me: "Oh - maybe you'll have one of each - boy and girl".  At which point I would repeat: "No, they're identical" and they would just look at me blankly, not understanding. My own mother even said once:" Well, maybe one will be a boy and the other will be the girl version of the boy"


Wha???

Do we know the same people? I had countless people ask if I was having b/g twins after I told them our babies were identical. I thought they covered this in high school biology...

kellymacc

kjkarats03 said:

When I first found out I was having identical twins but before I found out the sex, I had several people say to me: "Oh - maybe you'll have one of each - boy and girl".  At which point I would repeat: "No, they're identical" and they would just look at me blankly, not understanding. My own mother even said once:" Well, maybe one will be a boy and the other will be the girl version of the boy"


Wha???

Do we know the same people? I had countless people ask if I was having b/g twins after I told them our babies were identical. I thought they covered this in high school biology...

I have the opposite question: Everyone asks me if I know what I'm having and when I tell them they are a boy and a girl they ALWAYS ask "Are they identical?" ummm . . . . no.

bethCT

kellymacc said:

kjkarats03 said:

When I first found out I was having identical twins but before I found out the sex, I had several people say to me: "Oh - maybe you'll have one of each - boy and girl".  At which point I would repeat: "No, they're identical" and they would just look at me blankly, not understanding. My own mother even said once:" Well, maybe one will be a boy and the other will be the girl version of the boy"


Wha???

Do we know the same people? I had countless people ask if I was having b/g twins after I told them our babies were identical. I thought they covered this in high school biology...

I have the opposite question: Everyone asks me if I know what I'm having and when I tell them they are a boy and a girl they ALWAYS ask "Are they identical?" ummm . . . . no.

Oh yes, I got this the entire time and still get it! 

JoDoc

When my sister had her b/g twins I had babysat and was at the store.  A lady came up to me and asked:

"Are they twins?"

"Yes"

"Are they identical?"

"Yes, except one has a penis, the other has a vagina.  He is bigger than his sister by a few pounds.  She has more hair.  They don't look alike, but are otherwise identical" 

She bought it!  I mean, they really didn't look alike, plus one was dressed very much like a little boy, the other you knew was a little girl.  She thought they were identical though after my smart a$$ remark!   She said "Well, it'll be hard to figure out who is who when they get older then, I suppose."  Yep, hard as can be.  One looks like a girl and the other like a boy, look like siblings but not twins.  He is taller and skinny, she is shorter and skinny (2-3 inch difference)  Otherwise you can't tell them apart. *smh*

kellymacc

JoDoc said:

When my sister had her b/g twins I had babysat and was at the store.  A lady came up to me and asked:

"Are they twins?"

"Yes"

"Are they identical?"

"Yes, except one has a penis, the other has a vagina.  He is bigger than his sister by a few pounds.  She has more hair.  They don't look alike, but are otherwise identical" 

She bought it!  I mean, they really didn't look alike, plus one was dressed very much like a little boy, the other you knew was a little girl.  She thought they were identical though after my smart a$$ remark!   She said "Well, it'll be hard to figure out who is who when they get older then, I suppose."  Yep, hard as can be.  One looks like a girl and the other like a boy, look like siblings but not twins.  He is taller and skinny, she is shorter and skinny (2-3 inch difference)  Otherwise you can't tell them apart. *smh*

hahaha!

ceechie

carrotcake06 said:

Oh! Oh! I have one!

A lady at the grocery store said to me "oh! You have twins! You know, I had two the hard way, one at a time!" I'm sorry, what?

I'm dying!!!!!!!
When a friend of mine with twins was asked how it was having twin newborns, they respond with: "you know what it feels like when you're drowning? Then someone throws you a baby..."

kgs0505

This is awesome

rmpar29

Thought I would share - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT-lgB_HGEE

sugacattey

I have people try to tell me that they "probably would have had twins" if they had kids/kept going because their __(insert relative here)__ was an identical twin. Any time I give them the explanation about why this is wrong they either argue with me or just stare at me blankly. I've given up on educating the world. Really, I have.

tesselizabeth

The grocery store seems to be the best place for comments from strangers.

My cashier at the grocery store saw my twins and said, "My daughter has 2 kids 15 months apart-it's just like having twins."

I just said, "ok".

KaloramaKB

Yeah, at a bbq a few weeks ago a woman told me that she "basically had fraternal twins because they were born a year and half apart" 

LucyRicardo3

KaloramaKB said:

Yeah, at a bbq a few weeks ago a woman told me that she "basically had fraternal twins because they were born a year and half apart" 

My mom said this A LOT about my older brothers, even after knowing every detail I went through with my pregnancy, delivery, until the day I needed her to babysit a few hours while DH and I had to sign closing papers on our house. Now it's, "I don't know how you do it."  HA HA!

lach1137

Total lurker - don't have twins, but browse all the boards to see what people are chatting about. These are hysterical...I think I have one that may take the cake. 

My Dad is a twin (has a twin sister). His mother (my Grandmother) use to swear to my mom that they were identical twins. She claimed "that's that the doctor told me - they are identical". 

Clearly SHE didn't see the difference!!!