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You Wish You Were A Twin

I know you have thought about it more than once.

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You Wish You Were A Twin
Noah Johnson

People always ask me the same question the moment they find out I am a twin. They ask me the question of, "Do you like being a twin?" Since I was so used to being asked that question, I always just answered either, "Yes, I do" or, "no, I hate it." Both of which were some what sarcastic and both of which weren't very sincere because I never really put the thought into whether or not I liked having a twin. It was always something that I was, a twin, and it was something that I was so used to. It was something that maybe, at times, I took for granted. I don't think it was until I was away from my twin that I finally realized how much I loved being a twin, and especially a twin to such a great person.

When I was alone, I put a lot of thought into what I liked about being a twin and what I didn't like, if anything, about being a twin. Since the list of what I didn't like about being a twin is so small, I will share that with you first. The only thing I could come up with was I will never be completely unique to the point where I am the only person out there like me, however the more I thought about it I realized that compared to the general population, being a twin in itself actually made me more unique.

Now, allow me to share with you the reasons why I like being a twin and the reasons you wish you were a twin. First, you always have someone there to chill with and be with. I never knew what it was like, until forcefully taking myself away from my twin, how it was to not have someone always there. You can think of it as the best relationship ever to exist only there is no sexual interest involved (which takes away a lot of fights) and you never get mad at the other person because you know that you are too much alike so if you're mad at that person, then you should be mad at yourself as well. Second, you've spent most of all your time on this earth (if you're a good set of twins) together. That means that you can relate to each other on almost anything. Which means that you pretty much create your own language when communicating with one another and when you use that special language in public others think you are talking about them (maybe so, maybe not, but they never know). This is also great because you almost always express the same emotions to every event that happens in your life. It almost (does) creates this partner that will always be by your side no matter what, which is one of the greatest things that anyone can ever ask for.

Nealand, my twin, I love you brother and I wrote this blog for you. You probably won't read it until a mutual friend between us has read it and then forces you to read it because it was somewhat sweet towards you, but it's all good. I am thinking about you while I am away and I hope our first ever birthday celebration apart from each other goes okay (it can't be better than okay because we are not together).

I hope this article sums up why you too, wish you were a twin.

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