Being an identical twin comes with a pretty unique problem: other people don’t always know which one of the two they’re actually dealing with. Most of the time, that’s harmless enough. Sometimes, twins even use it to their advantage. Every now and then, though, it can become a bit awkward.
#1
Not my most embarrassing moment but something close -
I frequent a bar every week. All the servers know me and know my husband - who doesn't come every week but comes enough that our regular waitress knows who he is.
One evening husband's identical twin brother and 8 month pregnant wife go to the bar for dinner. Cue several servers giving them some intense side eye and pretty terrible, downright rude service.
Brother-in-law says something like "huh, that's weird, Twin always says they have the best service here, pretty sure IdleEmber comes every week" to his wife. His wife starts laughing and comments to the server "hey, I think you know my husband's twin and his wife, they come here every week!"
The service greatly improved after that.
I frequent a bar every week. All the servers know me and know my husband - who doesn't come every week but comes enough that our regular waitress knows who he is.
One evening husband's identical twin brother and 8 month pregnant wife go to the bar for dinner. Cue several servers giving them some intense side eye and pretty terrible, downright rude service.
Brother-in-law says something like "huh, that's weird, Twin always says they have the best service here, pretty sure IdleEmber comes every week" to his wife. His wife starts laughing and comments to the server "hey, I think you know my husband's twin and his wife, they come here every week!"
The service greatly improved after that.
44points
#2
A guy I work with has a twin brother who lives across the country. He took a video or when he introduced his two year old son to his twin brother for the first time.
The moment that kid saw his uncle, his eyes just got huge and he kept looking back and forth. You could see his tiny brain explode and then he just started crying.
The moment that kid saw his uncle, his eyes just got huge and he kept looking back and forth. You could see his tiny brain explode and then he just started crying.
37points
#3
My mum's a twin, I've caught her waving to mirrors in clothing stores a number of times thinking her sister is also there.
In my younger years, I'd often run to my auntie when I wanted to ask my mum something... Especially when she was at our house making coffee in the kitchen or something.
In my younger years, I'd often run to my auntie when I wanted to ask my mum something... Especially when she was at our house making coffee in the kitchen or something.
33points
#4
My mother has an identical twin (my aunt obviously) so this is a story about my aunt's spouse.
Apparently scent, among many other things, has a genetic component so an oddity we discovered in my childhood is that our family dog (a cute miniature schnauzer) was completely unable to tell my mother and my aunt apart. When my aunt would come over to visit, our dog would walk in the room, look back and forth between them and just whine for awhile. The world was apparently very confusing when there were two hooman mommies.
On the plus side, this meant when we went out of town we could just leave our dog with my aunt and the dog settled in perfectly happy. The location was strange, but hooman mommy was there so everything was all right. Right up until my uncle tried to get in bed with his wife. Then our dog would immediately growl, bark and try to drive away the intruder with all his (miniature) might.
My aunt thought it was hysterical but for some reason my uncle didn't find this quite as funny...
Apparently scent, among many other things, has a genetic component so an oddity we discovered in my childhood is that our family dog (a cute miniature schnauzer) was completely unable to tell my mother and my aunt apart. When my aunt would come over to visit, our dog would walk in the room, look back and forth between them and just whine for awhile. The world was apparently very confusing when there were two hooman mommies.
On the plus side, this meant when we went out of town we could just leave our dog with my aunt and the dog settled in perfectly happy. The location was strange, but hooman mommy was there so everything was all right. Right up until my uncle tried to get in bed with his wife. Then our dog would immediately growl, bark and try to drive away the intruder with all his (miniature) might.
My aunt thought it was hysterical but for some reason my uncle didn't find this quite as funny...
31points
#5
My wife and I found out that her identical twin was a exotic dancer when a bunch of my fraternity brothers went to the club and all started calling and texting me to ask if anything was wrong, and if I knew where my wife was.
28points
#6
My next-oldest sister was not my twin, but were often mistaken for twins. She was home from boot camp and I was getting ready for a date with my boyfriend. She was doing the bathrobe/big bowl of ice cream thing in the kitchen. My boyfriend arrived, I opened the window of my bedroom and told him to come in. I was almost ready. I am upstairs in my bedroom and I hear her yelling and beating on someone.
She'd been away. She'd never met my boyfriend. He thought it was me in the kitchen. He said "oooh, you aren't dressed yet" and reached from behind and put his hands on her bum. She thought she was being attacked and started screaming and hitting him and throwing things at him. She'd learned some skills in boot camp. I ran downstairs and she shouted for me to call the police and he was cowering in the corner of the kitchen trying to explain.
tl;dr: my boyfriend thought my sister was me and ended up getting a beat down of epic proportions.
She'd been away. She'd never met my boyfriend. He thought it was me in the kitchen. He said "oooh, you aren't dressed yet" and reached from behind and put his hands on her bum. She thought she was being attacked and started screaming and hitting him and throwing things at him. She'd learned some skills in boot camp. I ran downstairs and she shouted for me to call the police and he was cowering in the corner of the kitchen trying to explain.
tl;dr: my boyfriend thought my sister was me and ended up getting a beat down of epic proportions.
27points
#7
My husband and his identical twin were wearing similar clothes and they look the SAME from behind: I hugged the wrong one. Awkward but in the end not a huge deal.
23points
#8
Not s twin myself, but my brother and I look a lot alike. To the point (when we were in or 20s) that people mistook is for each other. I was out visiting my brother and his wife. we were getting back from a day trip and his wife said she's going to take a bath, in a way that it was obvious to me that she wanted him to join her. Well we go inside, I start emptying the car and taking stuff back into the kitchen when I hear my sister in law right behind me say, "So I guess I'm taking my bath alone" I just stand there trying not to laugh before answering "I think you have the wrong brother" she and i both burst out loud laughing. Still awkward, but it was funny.
22points
#9
I have twin uncles and one of their wives suggested to the other wife that they should switch beds that night and see if the twins noticed. The other wife looked at her and burst out laughing and had to explain that’s not how the look a like thing worked.
22points
#10
I don't know if this counts, but my ex forgot her twin sister's birthday. I was quite impressed.
22points
#11
I worked with a set of identical twins for about 3 months before I knew there were 2 of them. They did look VERY identical and we all worked in the field which meant we were all wearing matching uniforms.
I'd need to be at the office usually once or twice a week max. I'd seen Donnie talking to another guy so I knew his name was Donnie but hadn't actually worked with him directly yet. Later I did in fact work with Ronnie. I just assumed I'd heard his name wrong. Then one day at the office I walked in and Donnie and Ronnie were both there standing next to each other. Caught me off guard a bit.
I'd need to be at the office usually once or twice a week max. I'd seen Donnie talking to another guy so I knew his name was Donnie but hadn't actually worked with him directly yet. Later I did in fact work with Ronnie. I just assumed I'd heard his name wrong. Then one day at the office I walked in and Donnie and Ronnie were both there standing next to each other. Caught me off guard a bit.
21points
#12
My grandad was an identical twin, he was in the irish army, his twin eddie was not in the army
Eddies daughter got a tattoo of eddie on her leg, its a big tattoo of him in his full army uniform, nobody has the heart to tell her its not her dad.
Eddies daughter got a tattoo of eddie on her leg, its a big tattoo of him in his full army uniform, nobody has the heart to tell her its not her dad.
20points
#13
I got identical twin brothers. They were arguing and one called the other jerkface. It was funny after he realized they look the same.
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18points
#14
Not me but my neighbors. A set of identical twin guys married a set of identical twin gals. Not kidding. Kinda creepy actually. But one time they were going out on dates and both sets of twins decided to prank the other and switch (at the time they hadn’t been dating long but they are now married) and anyways they ended up being with the right ones but didn’t really know it for an hour or so. Lol.
17points
#15
My father is a twin. My mother has gotten dirty looks from strangers that know my uncle but not that he and my father are twins, thinking that we were some secret family. My aunt has attested to it happening to her as well. That's about it. It's pretty funny.
My kids both kinda had their brains explode when they met my uncle for the first time.
My kids both kinda had their brains explode when they met my uncle for the first time.
16points
#16
He slept with my girlfriend. He later slept with the woman I thought I wanted to marry. We haven't spoken in 5 years but he comes up in conversation a lot, like in awkward small talk when the clerk or the train ticket guy asks what brother I am and proceeds to ask how he is.
13points
#17
My mom is a twin and her poodle loves everyone. But she can't stand my mom's twin. Barks, growls, hides and bites. Only person she does this with. And my Aunt is a dog person. Dogs love her.
13points
#18
Dating a twin, they live together and will often just fall asleep in random places around their home. I went into my boyfriend's room and saw his figure asleep- same hair, shape, etc.- and crawled on in to wake him up. Needless to say, it was the twin and he laughed really hard about the whole situation whereas I was horrified. This was near the early parts of the relationship so it was more embarrassing than it would be today... haha.
13points
#19
Not me, but my uncle and father.
They were playing tag and my father was running from my uncle. My father came across a mirror and ran for his life thinking that was his brother, my uncle.
They have the best of stories but this is the only one I remember.
They were playing tag and my father was running from my uncle. My father came across a mirror and ran for his life thinking that was his brother, my uncle.
They have the best of stories but this is the only one I remember.
12points
#20
When I was in high school, I started dating a guy. I saw him in the hallway one time, and ran up and gave him a hug. He responded with, "um... Hey?" Then the guy I was actually dating walked up to us. That's how I found out he had a twin.
11points