Identical twins

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I've known quite a few sets of identical twins who I could tell apart on sight. Once I'd known them long enough I found it easy. In fact, I remember temporarily forgetting that these two girls I knew were identical twins, because their subtle differences became quite noticeable over the time we were friends.

To the point where I couldn't imagine myself getting the two mixed up anymore. It started to become strange to me that anyone would, so I would remind myself of how I used to do the same when I was first getting to know them. One time another set of identical twins tried to trick me by acting like the other, but I also knew those two well enough that the trick failed.

"Hey, how are you?"

Me: "Oh, you've swapped your hair clips".

"...I told you it wouldn't work!"

"No, she just knows us too well, it'll work on someone else trust me".

They'd switched to different sides than usual, and swapped hair clips. Each twin wore a different hair clip to differentiate themselves from the other. Typically they kept this consistent unless trying to fool someone. Same hair length and style except for parting. However, whilst they'd both attempted to copy each other's hair parting it was slightly off from what it typically was, and their body language differed enough that I could tell the twins apart simply by how they stood. I notice these things, you have to try harder than that to fool me. However, I can certainly be clueless in other areas.

I think it's interesting how the longer I've gotten to know people who are identical twins, the more obvious their differences become. Have you found this to be the case? Or maybe you're an identical twin, if so, do you try to trick people for fun? If I were one I'd probably do that.

I've always been afraid of identical twins.

Yes, for me too - even when they have similar or identical hair/clothes and they try to trick you, if you know them really well it's fairly easy to tell them apart.

There's a messed up but really good movie called Dead Ringers, loosely based on the true story of twins and couldn't be told apart. The book that inspired it explores some dark themes related to twins and their relationship - stay away Isabella!

I still remember the first time I saw identical twins. It was school photo day. Two little twins, about six years old, whom I'd always thought were one person, stood together in the corridor in bright yellow dresses with a type of crinoline beneath, with yellow ribbons in their hair. They just stood there smiling. I thought I was seeing things or going insane. I'd never heard of twins and certainly not seen any like that. I was terrified realising that the one girl I thought I knew, was really two!

Heaven forbid when I later saw The Shining.

May I ask why?

I just wanted to say it sounds like something right out of The Shinning

I can definitely see how that would be disturbing as a kid...

I'm a bit of a masochist I guess, I like exploring through art and literature things that terrify me otherwise. It probably brings a sense of familiarity and illusion of understanding.

I think it just defied rational explanation when I was so young. I was freaked that I thought there was one girl who looked like that, whom I'd seen around school, and then I realised there were complete doubles. It seemed like science fiction. It didn't help that they were dressed so identically in the weird yellow dresses and they had those creepy smiles!

Ever since then, I think I just get flashbacks of the shock. Of course I know how twins are made, my mind can make sense of it now, and most twins don't dress identically these days ... but I think it has to do with the chance of duplicity?

I've never been scared of identical twins. The first twins I ever met were the fraternal kind, one boy and one girl in their case. I can't remember a time when I didn't know of fraternal and identical twins.

There were quite a few identical twins I knew at secondary. Never bothered me. However, I certainly wasn't fearless. I was just scared of; dolls, vacuums, people who seemed to be faking their emotions, spiders, small spaces and being trapped instead. Most of my fears are the same now, except I'm no longer bothered by vacuums. A lot of kids were scared of clowns, but I just found them boring.

Surprisingly, I always thought that I'd freak out around a snake. However, when I came across a wild Adder one time I was oddly calm. I knew how potentially dangerous it was. Yet my reaction was "Oh, it's a snake", and I stopped to let it pass ahead. Then afterwards I was thinking Wait, why didn't I panic? That should've terrified me. I guess my instincts kicked in, telling me to remain calm and out of the snake's way. Panicking might've backfired in that situation.

Glad I don't live in Australia though, I've seen pictures of some of the wildlife there. No offense to Australians.

The only identical twins I really know anything about are the Olsen Twins. I could easily tell them apart in their movies & TV shows not counting Full House

I have identical twins in my close family.
I perceive them as very separate persons. I never confuse them when I see both but if I see only one of them after several months of not seeing each other, I'm not always sure which one she is.
Confusing names has nothing to do with it, I confuse names of my daughters despite they are anything but identical.

If there are differences in facial expressions, the face structure, eyes, etc. - then they might not actually even be identical altogether. That's what I think.
Sometimes they're not 100% identical, but the differences are too difficult to notice unless you look at them really close, or use a telescope, etc.
It's better off they atleast wear a different color in clothes because I think the twins themselves, dont enjoy seeing other people get confused about them. It can be quite annoying for the twins sometimes.

I knew three sets of twins when I was growing up, two pairs of twin sisters and one pair of twin brothers. They were all in my grade at school.

I've never been afraid of twins, even when the cartoons and movies make them look or act creepy. I've always been kind of fascinated by them. I have two nieces who are twins and once asked my brother if they have this really strong connection to each other like I've heard twins having on Dr Phil and stuff, but he said it was all just nonsense.

One of the attributes of Aspies is the ability to recognize patterns that may be missed by others.

I always think of horror when I think of identical twins, or even just twins!

There were a set of identical twins in daycare, I only knew them for a year. I could never tell them apart at all, they looked exactly the same to me. There was a girl there who knew them outside of daycare, and she would just approach one and know who she was talking to, I never had any idea how she did it. Prolly doesn't help that I can have a hard time telling people apart under the best of circumstances.