AIBU to think FOD should be able to tell his kid apart?

[LilaJude]

(FOD = father of daughters, on Instagram)

Does anyone else find it weird that FOD can’t tell which of his twin daughters is which?

I get that they’re identical (and they really are visibly so) but he’s their dad!

I used to babysit identical twin girls when they were between the ages of 14 months and 2, and within a month I could reliably tell them apart. It was partly down to incredibly subtle variations in their appearance (e.g. the way their hair fell), but mostly it was their personalities. They were very obviously two different people.

Maybe FOD’s twins are also identical in their personalities and that’s why it’s so hard, or maybe he’s just joking about it for the sake of being funny on Instagram. But I must admit I find it weird if it’s something he can’t reliably do, especially as he’s clearly a hands on dad!

LMBad if I hadn't taken DS2 out with full blown chickenpox we would have starved. Apart from contact, it's spread by coughs and sneezes, he had neither.

They are so terrible at responding to any criticism at all which makes me think they really do believe their own hype.

I like “How to Dad,” a kiwi housedaddy.

FOD has just released a polished, professional ad heavily featuring his children. I wonder if they'll have a cut of the takings?

An AD for what?

I don't follow this person, but I do have identical twins.

I'm always getting them mixed up. Usually when telling them off and I glance over quickly. But one of them wears glasses all the time, and the other only for watching TV, so when he puts his glasses on I'm always thinking he's the other one. And then I tell them it's their own fault for having the same face. Or I tell them they're wrong about who they are, I'm their mum and I know best.

Thanks for bringing up Howtodad @Coveredincathair. I’m following him now, he’s funny

I don’t follow MOD or FOD. Had a brief look at their pages off the back of this thread. FOD seemed funny in his story yesterday talking about parents referring to their child’s age in months once they get over about 18 months.

Not going to follow though 🤷🏼‍♀️ the last picture he put up of MOD is awful, can’t say I’d be too happy with that if I was her. Lucky my DP doesn’t have Instagram so the world doesn’t have to see my greasy hair as well.

Waves to FOD

My husband is great with faces, remembers my school friends little sister who he met once ten years ago when he passes her on the street. Me now... I remember my first job , small firm. There were 3 not dark haired men and it took me months to work out which was which. All fairly lean, one red haired, two had beards... very very far from identical!! When I go back to work after mat leave I need to relearn to recognise half my team, and I also can’t reliably tell baby photos of my ds’s apart even though one is still very much a baby. So while he is probably hamming it up I am very sympathetic! And just not bothered really. You could unfollow.