People always ask me, "What it's like living with a twin?" but I can never really answer them because that's all I know. We aren't your stereotypical twins. For starters, we're fraternal—very fraternal. We can't prank other people by pretending to be the other, if anything, we sometimes have to prove to people that we are in facts twins because we look so different.
Like all twins, we share the same struggles. For starters stereotypes. Just because we are twins, doesn't mean that we act that same. We are own unique person. My sister's more like the right side of the brain and I'm the left. She's a biology major, and I'm an English major. She's Slytherin, I'm Gryffindor. We do not dress the same, that ended in elementary.
The only stereotype that is practically true is the twin telepathy. We can't read each other's mind or anything. It's more like a feeling. When we were babies, our mother said we had a secret language we would speak to each other in. That "twin language" stopped once we grew up and transformed to a mental communication. I can look at her and know exactly what she's feeling even if she is trying to hide it. Sometimes she can be in another room, and I can feel what she's feeling. We finish each other's sentences more often then usual. If either one of us are brushing our teeth or eating and say something, we are the only ones that understand what the other says. It just sounds like mumbling to anyone else. In some rare occasions, we both try to think of the name of a band or actor and after a moment of silence, no matter how long, we say the name in the exact same time. It's weird, but pretty cool.
There are some drawbacks we have experienced from being twins. For instance, everyone just loves to compare one to the other which can be incredibly hurtful. We have had friends try to tear us apart and pin us against each other. Like any other siblings we fight, a lot. For some reason some people like to pick which twin they like better. Other people label us: "nice" or "mean," "fat" or "skinny." But at the end of the day, we get through it together and grow stronger from it.
On the other hand, there are way more advantages of having a twin. We can raid the other's closet all we want. Because we go to the same school and sometimes end up in the same class, we have a 24-hour study buddy and homework help service right by our side. Who needs a therapist when you have a twin? We tell each other everything and can always vent on one another. We've got each other's back in any situation. If something needs to be done we turn into the other one's partner in crime, no questions asked. And no matter what you've always got a friend you can lean on.
She's my hype-man, bodyguard, and therapist rolled into one perfect person. She's not just my sister, she's my other half. I wouldn't trade her for the world.
