Twins that dress the same as adults

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There's two women I know, around ,ate 40s early 50s, twins, and dres the same, even have same haircut and style etc

I find them very sweet really, like they are list in there own world kinda thing

But i often wonder why are you dressing the same, I can't ask this yo them in real life as I wouldn't want to make them self conscious or anything but wonder why they do that

Yes, I see a set of adult twins near me who dress the same and are always together. I think they live together and are just happy with that.

We had twins, aged in their 60's, who lived next door to each further down the road where I was brought up (1960's). They were both married.

They always dressed alike, had their hair done the same way etc. Neighbours said that their two houses were decorated the same way. They always went out together and seemed totally inseparable. I've no idea what happened to them unfortunately ~ I often wondered how they coped later in life when the inevitable happened

My DM also knew twins who always dressed alike as adults. They even had the same names but first and second names reversed (e.g. Anne Margaret & Margaret Anne)

I can't imagine this will happen in the future. The twins I know, who are identical, choose their own clothes, have different hairstyles, go to different sports/music and are in different classes at school. Their mum doesn't like them being referred to as "the twins". Much better than always being dressed the same and treated as one unseparable unit

My late great aunts were identical twins. They remained identical looking all of their lives , and usually dressed the same. They remained unmarried, lived together all of their lives and died in their 80s 3 days apart. They were each others worlds.

Not quite answering the op directly but... As a teacher, I've taught quite a few sets of identical twins, sometimes one or both. An interesting "phenomenon" I've noticed is that, invariably, the teachers struggle to tell them apart but the kids never ever do. They always know which twin their classmate is. (They have to dress the same because of school uniform).

One pair I taught in the same class (schools usually separate them ime), sometimes played the prank of swapping seats and I literally could never tell until they started laughing. I'd run into one in the corridor and try to resume a conversation we'd had and it'd be the wrong twin.

I guess their peers knew their mannerisms better and could tell that way. I've even asked my students, how can you tell who is who so easily and never get it wrong, and they'd say "what, they're totally different". Baffling.

I sometimes wonder if you marry an identical twin, do you ever get him mixed up with his brother? Like in that movie with Christian Bale. But then my students never mixed up their friends so it must be impossible

This has just reminded me of discussions between fans of Antonia Forest's Kingscote stories which feature a pair of identical twins. Their brother once remarks that one of them always hitches at her socks and the other one puts her hands behind her back.

This has reminded me of a conversation many years ago between my sister, who was about 8 years old, and our Mum

DS "We've got new children in our class - they're twins!"

DM "Oh, goodness - can you tell them apart?"

DS (looking slightly puzzled) "Yes!"

DM "What are their names?"

DS "Angela & David"

Haha yeah I always hoped there'd be a tell like that but I never notice it myseld and they don't give me the secret. But I'm a secondary teacher so I only ever see a class two or three times a week.

I think their peers pick up those differences subconsciously even, rather than a little neat fact like that

I’ve always really struggled to tell identical twins apart, even if I’ve known them ages.

I have a friend who is an identical twin (but I don’t know his brother) and they have very similar haircuts and dress sense. I had seen who I thought was my friend a few times when I popped into his (I assumed) new workplace, similar job to his twin so didn’t think it anything unusual.

I saw my friend (the real one!) recently and asked how work was going…turns out I’d been chatting to his poor brother every time who had no idea who I was and probably thought I was batshit

Oh, I think so.

I had a colleague I was very close to who was an identical twin, though I'd never met his twin because he lived in the US (and my friend tended to be the one to travel, because all their siblings and elderly mother lived in the US).

One day the twin arrived on a surprise visit and showed in my office wearing my friend's jumper and pretending to be him. Before he'd said a word (I was on the phone and gestured to him to wait a second), I immediately knew something was 'off' despite them being identical. I think it was body language, as they were facially identical and the exact same height and build with hair receding in an identical way, though I couldn't have told you at the time.

😂😂

No if you know identical well they actually look nothing a like in a weird way even though they are identical you can tell instantly

Yes, a few times I've seen a pair of twins, circa 70s, who go on coach holidays at the boarding station, dress identical every time, red hair, same make up, I have no doubt they're happy in their own world 😊

Sounds like you have been seeing me and my sister around alot lol.
If it is us you see yes we are happy and we like the same things.

I used to know a pair of identical twins who were dressed exactly the same and their mum also dresssd like them!
Thet did look identical but one was very domineering and the other quite quiet. As they got older, the quieter one pulled away and cut ties with her sister and mother - I still don’t think they speak now.

When I worked at a supermarket a few years back there were a pair of identical twin men, looked in their 70s, they came shopping each week dressed identically carrying their identical shopping bags. They always walked side by side and in step. Each to their own I guess but it did seem a bit odd

I have a sister and we look very alike and have similar tastes.
Not unusual for us to turn up wearing the same top and having the same hairstyle.

A friend's mum had a friend and they often turned up wearing the same skirt or coat.

Yes I know what you mean. There were quite a few identical twins at my school ans on first meeting they look exactly the same but on getting to know them and their personalities they become completely different people

This exactly you explained it better then me. You can just tell

I went out with an identical twin whilst I was at Uni, his brother was an arse & tried to kiss me one day as a trick. I did want to see how far he would take it so I let him put his arms around me but when he went for a kiss I told him to F right off creep!
I could tell them apart instantly

I find that a bit sad, to be honest.

Whilst it's lovely that they have stayed close, it seems that they have been so entrenched in twindom that neither has been able to reach their potential as individuals.

Being a twin isn't a personality.

I agree they haven't lived their own lives or got their own identities

How can it be sad? Adults in this situation make their own choices. If they weren’t happy they wouldn’t do it! There are more opportunities to separate in life than to stay together with siblings so it must be a choice.

Because if its a lack of confidence issue because they've never had to do anything by themselves its just that they may have missed out on certain life experiences.

I don't think it happens now as parents of twins are more aware of the issues

But, in the past, there wasn't so much awareness, many thought it was right to always treat twins exactly the same and dress them alike and twins were always (in my experience) kept in the same class at school.

I can remember many sets of siblings being dressed identically most of the time, indeed my sister and I always had matching dresses for church. Nowadays most children have some say in the choice of clothes, which I never had (1960's)

There are so many more opportunities now than there were decades ago, for young people (particularly girls) to leave home and find their own identities

So, yes, it does seem sad that in the past some sets of twins have been so enmeshed with each other that they've never been able to find their own identity