How does having a twin sister affect my life?
I have a twin-siter and now I want to write about how does it affect our lives. I think the biggest problem that every twins have (at least in Russia) is necessity to answer all those same questions from strangers that we are asked every day as we go out together. It may seem rude if we are just silent. There are a few of these questions:
- Do your parents distinguish you from your sister?
(Of course they do! Would you distinguish your kids one from another?)
-Who is older sister?
(What? We are twins! There is no older.)
Next is my favourite:
-Is this your twin-sister?
(No, this is my twin-brother. Obviously she is. Why ask?)
- Why don't you wear same clothes?
(And why should we?)
-Why are you alone today? Where is your sister?
(We are NOT Siamese twins, ok? I can go out without my sister.)
But there are also quite offensive questions like:
-Does your mother more love you or your sister?
(How can I answer this question?)
And I am not talking about " Hey, look, they are twins" that we hear every day. All these questions are quite annoying. There are millions of twins around, why other people still being so interested in us?
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How does having a twin sister affect my life?
I have a twin sister and now I would like to write about how does it affects our lives. I think the biggest problem that every twin has (at least in Russia) is having to answer all those same questions from strangers that we are asked every day when we go out together. It may seem rude if we just don't answer them. Here are a few of these questions:- Can your parents distinguish tell you (and your sister) apart?
(Of course they can! Wouldn't you be able to tell your kids apart?)
-Which of you is the older sister?
(What? We are twins! There is no "older.")
Next is my favourite:
-Is this your twin sister?
(No, this is my twin brother. Obviously she is. Why ask?)
- Why don't you wear the same clothes?
(And why should we?)
-Why are you alone today? Where is your sister?
(We are NOT Siamese twins, ok? I can go out without my sister.)
But there are also quite offensive questions like:
-Does your mother _ love you or your sister more?
(How can I answer this question?)
To say nothing of the "Hey, look, they're twins" that we hear every day. All these questions are quite annoying. There are millions of twins around, why are other people still being so interested in us?
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Very good writing! I have to admit that I find twins fascinating, although I'm above asking the majority of these inane questions. My questions would be more along the lines of whether you ever perceive each others emotions, or gravitate towards the same types of people, foods, etc. But I won't ask!!! By the way, grammatical corrections are in green, stylistic/idiomatic suggestions in yellow. I'm a professional editor, so I'm a bit of a perfectionist. Let me know if you don't understand any of my translations. Good work!
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