Personal Narrative: Growing Up With A Twin

It was hard to come by this realization, but I have learned to embrace that being an identical twin is simply a part of who I am and who I always will be. And as I am growing older, I realize our lives are taking drastically different paths. Natalie has always been an introvert who loves working with computers, I am more extroverted and love the outdoors. I always wrestled with myself thinking that being a twin made me lose my individuality, but instead it has rather pushed me to discover myself and distinguish who I truly am. Being a twin is an incomparable experience and I wouldn’t trade it in for the

Most twins also have a few close friends that are separate from their sibling. Most don’t share a personality. Again, some small parts are the same, but these parts can be explained by environment. My sister and I have different interests, are involved in many different activities, and have aptitudes in many different things. For instance, she is involved very heavily in the theater and political science departments at her college, and I am involved in volunteer work wherever I can find it and the nursing department. Finally, we don’t usually dress alike. We have not dressed in the same outfits every day since the age of six, when we started helping pick out our own clothes. When we do dress alike, it is only for special events. For instance, we are planning to do so for three days at the end of summer, due to our attendance at the Twins Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio and most twins find this a fun way to celebrate being a twin. Most pairs have the same philosophy. They may dress up for holidays or birthdays (the parents and other relatives find it cute), but not on an everyday basis. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule. Some twins like to dress alike all the time, even as grownups. Some have the same friends, and some even have eerily similar personalities. To these people, I say “More

Being the oldest sibling you need to be more responsible. Needing to balance out the immaturity that your sibling may have, and because they are not as mature as you are you need to be the “bigger” person and be more responsible and take on the responsibilities of a mature older sibling. For instance, I was in the car with my two younger siblings. I’m sitting in the front seat while they are in the back. My younger brother started to kick my chair. When I ask him to stop he began to mimic me. Now being the oldest out of the two I had to be mature and handled the situations maturely. For one thing, I had to set a good example for my brother who is also setting an example for my younger sister, so that would mean that I’m dealing with setting an example for both my younger siblings not just my younger brother. Therefore, I didn’t turn around and mimic him back or yell at him.

Having a twin helped and hurt me; the challenge that impacted me was my independence or lack of. She was always there. We were in the same classes, had the same interests, played the same sport, had the same friends, worked at a job together, and

I would want a twin,that would be exciting! It would be exciting because ,you can trick people. For example you can trick people by dressing up in the same clothes,and people will mistake you for your brother or sister. The second reason having a twin would be exciting is that you can play games with your twin. You can play games like tag and,hide and seek,wouldn't that be fun. In fact you can also style each other's hair. You can brade each others hair, and put buns in each others hair. The last reason that I think having a twin would be exciting is that you can do sports together, and in addition to you can do sports like volleyball and soccer. This is why having a twin would be

The lives of twins are not simply black and white, but very difficult and complex to understand. Many twins get confronted with many problems while growing up. From infancy to young adults, twins have had to endure numerous occasions where they have to explain others about themselves.

I am sure there would have been times where having a twin wouldn’t have been all that fun though. I would have had to share my clothes and toys with someone else. We would also have to share a birthday and that would mean a shared birthday party. That is one of the things I would have hated. Being an only child, all the attention

Growing up with a twin sister, I was perpetually lumped into what I call the “twin aggregate”. More often than not, this meant being referred to as “the twins” instead of Nathan and Lydia separately. At least inadvertently, this pushed us to develop our own distinct identities and form ourselves into individuals. As a result of this, Lydia and I went to different high schools. Lydia’s creativity was stimulated by the project based learning environment of the IDEAS Academy charter school, whereas I was enthralled by the STEM focused culture of Kohler High School. Naturally, my schoolmates were largely unconcerned with Lydia because she just wasn’t a part of their lives, even though she was, and continues to be, a formative part of mine. SImply

While Ali from Deep and Dark and Dangerous and Sunny from Runaway Twin both seem to be brave to the reader, they differ because Ali is concerned and Sunny is fearless. Ali and Sunny are similar because they are brave and try to get through anything. Ali is concerned for not just herself but also her little cousin Emma and doesn’t want anything to happen to her. Sunny is different from Ali because she will do anything to get what she wants, which makes her fearless. Characterization plays an important role in the reader’s understanding of character development.

Life can throw you unexpected events, that are hard to handle alone. Having a twin can help solve these problems. Throughout my life I have overcome many experiences. Coming from a small grade school and not knowing

Having a twin makes it harder for me to understand who I am. Everyone tells us how we need to find ourselves and the individual person that we are. But it is inevitable trying to escape from the label of “ The Palacios Twins,” when constantly every aspect between us two is compared as they expect us to look and act exactly alike. There is no person that I have spent more time with. I don’t think I’ve been away from her for longer than a week since we were born. She is the only person who truly understands me. She has always been there to suffer along side me. Being a twin provided me a lot of laughs and strong support. What will I do without her!? I do not know nor want to imagine it. The question has crossed my mind numerous of

What is a twin? A twin is two people born on the same day and birthed by the same mother. Some twins are identical, meaning they look very similar. Some twins are fraternal, meaning they don’t look alike, but they still fit the definition of a twin. My sister and I are fraternal twins, but we still have issues that identical twins have. Such as sharing everything, getting mixed up, and having to do everything together. It’s not all bad though. At least we know that we always have a friend.

My solution is completely rational. There should be a law with lists of things that twins need to live by. The list would consist of things such as; Twins must measure and weigh the same, dress alike until at least one is deceased, they must play the same sports throughout their lifetime, attend the same school as well as be in every class together, have the same

Friends are great to have, sisters are your friends you can see every day. Twins can be even closer. Twins are usually conveyed as something unique and special. Twins are common, but are great. Being a twin, I have had many experiences throughout my life.

This video was very interesting. Twins have many things in common. They are physically, mentally, and emotionally connected. More twins are born now than ever before. 1 in 250 births are identical twins. Some areas in Britain have more twins, but they don't know why that is. I did not know that 2/3 of our intelligence comes from our parents. Communication is very important to a twin relationship. Even though heavier babies of the twins are dominant, it doesn't mean the other is weaker. There were these two boys that were like babies, and when one was hurt then the other would scream. "It's like the same person has been examined