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To hope "twinning" is not a real life thing?

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Whitecup · 09/05/2017 11:59

Having a nosey on Instagram and came across a very lovely account where the mum dresses her DC in matching outfits (I.e the same out fit as the mother). It all looks very sweet sat here from afar but is it really transferable in real life? Would you feel like a total prat walking round Tesco in an identical outfit to your 5 year old? Apparently "twinning is winning" Hmm prehaps in instaworld it is. I'm thinking that maybe I should try it out? Would it make me and my DCs happy? Would people stop to tell me how wonderful it is to see real life Von Trapps and thus spread the joy to the people of Northen England on a grey day?
Seriously, does anyone really do this or know someone that does? It's very much brightened my day to be honest so I'm not been mean spirited.

Whilst I'm on it does anyone know anyone who really stands in woodland wearing a variety of "outfits of the day" or shares a candid picture of a cup of tea in bed? I do love instagram it just makes me feel so dull Grin

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Pinkheart5917 · 09/05/2017 12:49

I sometimes wear the same colour as baby dd (9 months) , for example at a recent wedding dd had a blue polka dot dress, I had a blue halter dress.

DS (20 months) has a salmon pink shirt that matches dh, looks super cute

But would I want to wear the very same outfit as my baby, Um no and I wouldn't want matching paw patrol tops with ds either.

BasinHaircut · 09/05/2017 12:50

tinfoil the Florida theme park thing is more about identifying big groups who are together in a crowded place though, v handy if you have more kids than adults and great if you lose one.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 09/05/2017 12:50

When I was a wee 'un I remember walking to kindy with my mummy and my teddy all dressed in the same fucking awful now I think about it thick yellow, red and black striped nylon fabric. My mummy and I had almost identical dresses and teddy had a smock. It was a bit of a thing in the dark ages 70s, so not a new thing at all. In fact, I suspect it goes back as far as the 50s...

Whitelisbon · 09/05/2017 12:50

Aliexpress have a whole category for matching outfits, for the whole family.
I may have threatened dd1 (14) with them...

redshoeblueshoe · 09/05/2017 12:51

Spudlet Grin

AtleastitsnotMonday · 09/05/2017 12:52

When does it stop though? I can't imagine many teens wanting to look the spitting image of their mums?

HemiDemiSemiquaver · 09/05/2017 12:52

The thing about matching clothes at places like disneyworld is probably more about someone in the family going missing and making it easier to find them when you're all dressed the same as you can quickly spot a matching dressed child and/or show officials what the missing child was wearing by showing the sibling's outfit (though I'm not sure adults need to be included! - I guess it would make it easier to match them up to lost children perhaps)

RoseGoldProsecco · 09/05/2017 12:53

I think mother and daughter dresses have been a thing for a while.

I will not be subjecting DD to it!

TinfoilHattie · 09/05/2017 12:53

Also I don't like the whole "mini me" - my daughter is a person in her own right, she's not my clone. Her dad had something to do with making her too.

forgottenusername · 09/05/2017 12:55

I remember having a sundress that matched my Mum's. My dolly had a matching one too! I loved it aged about 6 :) would hate it now I am (allegedly) a grown up....

Sidge · 09/05/2017 12:55

Hell no. My DDs are their own people and not a miniature clone of me. They can wear what they like and I'll wear what I like.

Also they like to wear ultra skinny jeans and leggings and my arse is far too big for that...

ILoveAGoodBrusselSprout · 09/05/2017 12:56

I wouldn't go out of my way to buy these twinning outfits but DD (age4) loves it when we dress alike - the only outfit we wear together is Breton t and skinny jeans. I wouldn't wear the same dress as her but I do this for her because she loves looking like mummy

GnatsChuff · 09/05/2017 12:56

I have a friend who insists on dressing her non-twin sons identically. They are now 11 and 9. They are never allowed to choose their own clothes and get sent back to their rooms to change if they dress differently. She thinks it's cute. I think it's fucked up. (Particularly for the older one who is about to go to secondary, is going to get bullied mercilessly if it gets out at school that mummy still chooses his clothes for him. He also has all sorts of hang ups about food. Not convinced they aren't unrelated)

It is odd enough to dress kids the same but to dress a child as a mini-adult or an adult as an overgrown child is really weird.

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Whitecup · 09/05/2017 12:58

Some of these posts have made me belly laugh.... especially the school uniform absolutely hilarious.

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TinfoilHattie · 09/05/2017 12:58

identifying big groups who are together in a crowded place though, v handy if you have more kids than adults and great if you lose one.

There are crowded places in the UK too - you don't see people all dressed identically at Leogland or Alton Towers, unless they're on a school trip. We managed to do the theme parks with three kids and not lose one, although was sorely tempted to at times.

Stripyhoglets · 09/05/2017 12:59

My DD likes to get matching pjs with me - and quite likes it if we wear similar outfits sometimes, like head and same colour top - but we don't buy special outfits or anything!

Internetminion · 09/05/2017 13:00

It's beyond fucking weird

You either have a child dressed beyond their years or a grown woman dressed like a little girl.

Although going by the love for those awful rocket dog shoes which make the adult look like a toddler maybe some women like to?

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Whitecup · 09/05/2017 13:00

Gnatts- that's pretty awful really and definitely not funny at all. poor wee chap must be pretty embarrassed I know my dd would be.

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CricketRuntAndRashers · 09/05/2017 13:02

I've never thought about doing that! But it could be really cute, depending on the occasion.

But I think the it should be somewhat subtle, tbh...

seafoodeatit · 09/05/2017 13:02

Not a fan at all, I don't want a mini me! maybe you have to be very girly? I don't get the whole looking like copies of each other or being bffs ?

I'm sick of people telling me now I have a daughter I can finally have a best friend and shopping buddy - a) these are close relatives who know I hate shopping and b) I already have a child who loves any sort of shopping - DS!

SaucyJack · 09/05/2017 13:06

My oldest dresses like me sometimes :-/

We both like a bit of leopard print and biker boots.

I must have exceptional taste.

GrouchyKiwi · 09/05/2017 13:07

I only do it accidentally. It used to be quite often that my three children and I would all be wearing red tops and jeans/baby jeggings. Like Monet, I have my colour phases.

Happens less often now that DD1 is old enough get herself dressed.

SovietKitsch · 09/05/2017 13:07

Argh!!!!!

That is all.

Eminado · 09/05/2017 13:07

I am sorry Whitecup but i find this a really bitchy thread.

Code42 · 09/05/2017 13:08

This was a thing in the 60/70s: was grim then too Grin