Crazy Twin Comments
Please share the nutty things people say to you when you are out with your kids. This is NOT the forum to discuss whether people should or should not get upset by random comments, just a place to collect the bizarre things people say. People can read these and think “Thank goodness I’m not the only one getting unwanted attention,” or “Sheesh, no matter how rude people can be, no one’s ever said something that inappropriate to me.”
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“How much for one?”
“Only two?”
“I was a kidnapper when I was younger.”
“Did you do fertility treatments?”
and the 529 college savings accounts get a kickback.
June 13th, 2007 13:17
{Makes sign of cross with hand}
“But for the grace of God, it could have been me!”
“Is that one always happier than the other one?”
June 13th, 2007 13:48
“A two year old AND newborn twins? God, shoot me.”
“Why aren’t they dressed the same?”
June 13th, 2007 13:49
“Are they identical?” (boy/girl)
“Did you take them fertility drugs? Because my cousin had quadruplets and they didn’t use any of them drugs.”…asked by the man pumping our septic tank, butt-crack out in the open for all to see. He was a really nice man…but honestly – how do you answer this question, let alone answer when you are staring at ass??
“Do twins run in your family?”
June 13th, 2007 13:57
“Can I have one?”
June 13th, 2007 14:12
“Where did you get him from?”
“They don’t let a lot of boys out (from China)”
(my son is 1/2 Asian and 1/2 Caucasian)
June 13th, 2007 14:23
“Did you know you were having twins?”
“Which is the bad one?”
“Can you tell them apart?”
“Two sets of twins?”
“Will you have more or are you done?”
June 13th, 2007 14:35
What a bother!
June 13th, 2007 14:38
“Did you know you were having twins?”
“So, they are BOTH five months old??”
“Oh, not much age difference between them, is there?”
“You sure do have your hands full.”
“Oh, I bet he’s the (fill in the blank, wild, serious, good, etc.) one.”
But every once in awhile you get a good one too. Today someone said how lucky I was to be blessed with two beautiful babies.
June 13th, 2007 14:40
Oh forgot one. After we got the boys pictures done, they asked if we would be able to remember which one was which. They aren’t identical and they were dressed differently.
June 13th, 2007 14:55
“Are they twins, or just really close in age?” (when they were both still in infant seats)
“Better you than me!”
“Twins? I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy!”
“Fertility drugs, or natural?”
“A boy and a girl! Now you don’t have to have any more!” (I got this one when I was 9 months pregnant with another child, and I’ve gotten it when I had one or more of my other children with me)
“Double trouble, huh? Huh?”
“Are they identical or paternal?
“Boy, you sure got your hands full!”
“I remember those days!”
“Don’t worry, it gets better!”
June 13th, 2007 15:41
“Are you breastfeeding both?”
June 13th, 2007 16:32
God knew better than to give me two! (To which I respond: “More for me!”)
Are they twins? (To which I respond: “They used to be quadruplets, but every time someone asks a stupid question, I give them a baby. Here you go!) Okay, I don’t really say that, I just think it really hard.
Are they natural, or did you have help? (Response: “I take all the help I can get. Are you offering?!”)
Boy, you’ve got your hands full! (Response: “Full of love!”)
Are they identical? (Response: “Well, one’s a boy, and one’s a girl, so….(pregnant pause)”)
Wow, one of each! The perfect family! Now you can be done!! (I have no idea how to respond to this. It blows my mind that someone makes this assumption).
Who do you like better? (Are you KIDDING me?!?!?)
June 13th, 2007 16:48
I don’t have any twin ones (since I don’t have twins) but this was a good one from a random lady at the library when she found out we rode our bikes there:
“Did you wear helmets?”
“Yes” I reply.
“And sandals?” Looking at Z’s shoes disapprovingly, “Well, you’re still learning.”
My son’s bike seat has foot guards that his legs are strapped into. If we crash, the last thing I am worried about is a stubbed toe.
Witty replies I did NOT make:
“Yes, learning that random people can be nosy!”
“Don’t worry, I had him wrapped completely in Nerf/bubble wrap/armor.”
“Does that mean you have stopped learning?”
“Do you want to go outside with me and do a 30 point safety check before we head back home? How about coming home with me and baby proofing the whole house? I am still in the learning phase, you know. I have my knife collection in the toy box, various expired prescription drugs littering the floor, a Siberian tiger and some poisonous snakes in the crib. I need some help.”
June 13th, 2007 22:10
I got “how do you tell them apart” from a plumber with full plumber’s butt – I wasn’t able to tell him that they have different bum cracks (one has a “v” at the top and the other’s is straight-up-and-down) so I just said, “Oh, it’s not a problem”.
We colour-code ours. They are so identical that it’s hard for us to tell them apart. Angus wears blue. We are continually asked “is that one the girl” (poor Ronan, wearing yellow or green).
I often get “I wish I’d had twins!” or “You’re so lucky to have twins” and I feel like offering them the chance to appreciate twins at three in the morning.
June 13th, 2007 22:27
Is he a good baby?
No. He’s a horrible baby. I caught him trying to boost a liquor store last night. Sheesh……
Does he cry a lot?
Well…. he’s not crying right now. Why are you asking me this?
I think sometimes people just want to make conversation & acknowledge your cute baby. They don’t always think before they say something or they’d just say “Hey, cute baby!”
June 13th, 2007 22:38
Do you breastfeed? Do you feed them at the same time? (from strangers)
You have no idea what you’re in for (from a NICU nurse when they were one week old).
Who was born first? (we get this all the time).
Are you planning on having more, or are you done? (again, from strangers)
June 14th, 2007 10:16
Michele – Oh, I agree. I think that people just open their mouths and say whatever entered their brain without stopping to think about it. They don’t MEAN to be inappropriate. I do think it’s helpful to realize this happens to everyone, and that it isn’t anything personal.
June 14th, 2007 11:14
(I have B/G Twins)
“Are they identical?”
me: “no, they are a boy and a girl”
“Oh, but they look so much alike.”
“Got it all over in one shot!”
“Who’s babies are they?”
me and DP: “ours”
“But who carried them?”
WTF? Who cares? Just for fun one of these days I want to say something like, “My mom.”
June 14th, 2007 14:10
“So then you were using fertility drugs?” (This was said to me by the doctor’s nurse after we had just found out at our 9-week appointment that we were having twins. “Um, no, I’m just earth-mother-fertile I guess.” So many people in my area just assume all twins are the result of drugs/IVF.)
“That’s so disgusting.” (This was said to me while I nursed one of my sons on an airplane. “No, it’s not.”)
June 14th, 2007 14:58
To all of you moms and dads lucky enough to have twins……………I lost one of my twin boys at birth. The worst thing someone said to me was “what would you have done with two”. I will live my entire life dreaming of what could have been; yet I cherish my son, who continues to bring me joy and will turn 24 years old in July.
You are all truly blest.
June 14th, 2007 17:14
Why do people think it’s acceptable to ask a complete stranger if they’re breastfeeding???? It boggles the mind. I get asked this all the time. Guess I am not alone!
June 16th, 2007 10:57
I have boy/girl twins and have been asked if they are identical…(even though they are dressed distinctively boy=blue and girl=pink…some people catch themselves but when they don’t) my husband likes to reply with – Yes they are –until you take the diapers off.
June 17th, 2007 19:52
“You are so young to have twins!”
June 19th, 2007 15:21
I have a toddler and a teenager:
the most common questions:
why did you wait so long to have another one?
was this a planned pregnancy?
is he the father of your daughter?
wow, you have a huge gap!
i’m done!
June 19th, 2007 18:49
I am not a mother of twins. I have a 7, 5, and 3 year old. My sons have different complexions, and one is very fair in complexion, the other is carmel brown. There is a difference of a few inches in height.
And you can imagine, our favorite questions are:
“Are they twins?” Uh no.
“Why don’t they look alike?” Uh, Ask God.
“You had a boy and a girl – was the third a mistake?” Uh, if we cuss in public what does that say about us. Let’s see – you somehow decided what was enough.
My new favorite from my OBGYN of 3 weeks, “We are so done, right?” “After all you had 3 c-sections, and you want to be around to raise them, right?” Mind you, I had 2 emergency c-sections, 1 planned c-section, and I had known the man for, combined about 1 hr.
And before my husband and I had children….
“Do you two have kids?” Reply: no. “I didn’t just mean together – either of you?” Reply: no. “Are you guys getting treatment?” Reply: no. “I just figured you guys had at least one – ” Reply: no.
June 19th, 2007 19:07
The craziest thing that people say to me is, ” is there anything I can do?”. When you have a 9, 4, and 7 month old twins, you think to yourself, “Hmm, let’s make a list of things you can do!” I adore my children and yet I don’t see a day in my future when I wont have anything to DO… but people will always say crazy things about stuff they don’t know about. P.S. always take offers of help
June 19th, 2007 23:41
My comment is about what happens BEFORE all of the above comments are made…
someone literally stands directly in front of the stroller so you either have to stop and chat with them or run them over!
I like “you have your hands full”…response “better than empty”
“are they identical?”…response “no, she doesn’t have a penis”
how can people not know what gender your kids are when they are dressed head to toe in blue or pink. I just want to smack people in the head when they ask me or when they say “two boys”? even though my daughter looks like I dunked her in pepto bismol. Open your eyes!!
I’ll never get tired of the quesitons though…I could not have any kids.
June 26th, 2007 10:49
Ok, I’m only PREGNANT with twins but I get the:
“Where are you going to FIT them?” (I hollowed out a hole in my right leg for one of them. )
“You’re only 5 months? I wasn’t that big at 9 months!” (Oh, am I supposed to feel sorry for you?)
“And you WANT more????? Are you crazy?????”
I can’t wait to have crazy comments like everyone else!!!
June 27th, 2007 15:47
Wow, you don’t look big enough for 3!! ( am I supposed to be as big as a friggin house or something)?? lol
What are you gonna do with 3??????
You have 3 girls on the way AND 3 kids at home??? You must really like kids!!
Were you takin drugs???? Your gonna need them afterwards!
Do they run in your family??? ( I didnt know that triplets was something that just “ran” in the family) lol
What are you gonna do with 3 babies??? (whats wrong with just loving them and dealing with it as it comes???
When are you due? Well not til Oct, but the end of Aug most likely…. “what whys that??
Do you have to have a c-section???
June 29th, 2007 11:42
I have fraternal twin girls and I ALWAYS dress them in pink… the one I get ALL the time is awww twins… a boy and a girl… (yes b/c I dress my boy in pink too)
I also have a 15 month old son and from complete strangers I am asked so you got your tubes tied after the twins??? My response NO… then they ask so you want MORE??? (Yeah and so what if I do?!?!?!)
Then I get wow you got your hands full… twins newborns and a toddler… how do you do it? (ummm… I just have too)
Do twins run in your family or were you expecting to have twins?
July 1st, 2007 16:18
We have identical twin girls (21 months old) and we always dress them so they look girly since they have no hair!
“Are they both boys?” (Even though they are dressed in purple/pink)
“Wow, you sure got your hands full!”
“Do they run in your family?”
“Did you do fertility treatments?” NO!!!
“Wow, you must be really fertile!”
And the absolute worst….
“I have kids that are very close in age so I totally understand.” (UH, no you don’t)
July 1st, 2007 21:57
Well, we have 9 month old twin boys and a 22 month old daughter and cannot make it through Wal-Mart, ble stl, etc. with out being stopped (in our double stroller and one single stroller) and hearing, “Boy, I bet you have your hands full.” Well, no crap – Really? I hadn’t noticed! And I hate being asked, “How do you do it?” You just do – that’s all I can ever say – Sometimes all 3 are crying, sometimes you have to give all 3 some Tylenol and turn the monitors off (I have a small house so don’t worry, I can still hear them) and sometimes you just have to let all the dirty diapers, spit-up, milk filled sippy cups, etc just pile up and just love them! I agree with everyone, people say the first thing that comes to their brains! Visit my site if you get the chance – http://www.xanga.com/tonijill
July 2nd, 2007 21:01
I’ve gotten all the regular “crazy comments” before but I just heard one yesterday that took the cake.
Talking to my 9 month old daughter “Too bad you don’t look like your Momma!” WTH does that mean? You don’t think she’s cute enough? I didn’t even say anything because I thought I must have heard wrong but dh later confirmed thats what she said! Of course, this is from the same woman who wanted to “walk around the restaurant with my son “so we could eat”. Ummm, no thank you total stranger.
I do have a good crazy comment though. A man at the farmers market told me that he could tell that my babies were “very intelligent” just by the “look in their eyes”. I of course, told him that he was right on with that one! Definitely made me smile.
July 2nd, 2007 23:32
Oh my goodness we’ve all had some crazy conversations with strangers, haven’t we?
Once a flight attendance asked me which “came out” first. When I told her she argued with me and said that the “bigger” one must have come first and that I must be mistaken.
“Too bad you had girls, if you had a boy you could have been finished.”
“Bless you” (by a very cute old old man at walmart)
“I’m just going to sit and watch them play.” And she did!
Oh, and when the girls were 1 week old and we were at the pediatrician’s office, a woman in the elevator asked me how old they were and I told her. Then she looked at my still-swollen belly and said, “and you’re pregnant again?!” Nice.
July 9th, 2007 09:43
My craziest comment so far came from another twin mom! Hers were 3 yrs old, mine a week old at the doctor’s office.
“Are they Clomid babies?”
“ummm, no”
“Oh, just old age, huh?”
????????What are you supposed to say to that!
July 10th, 2007 22:49
At a baseball game, a random woman said to DP (who was holding DD): She’s so cute, is she your only?
DP (pointing to me two rows up with DS): No, her twin brother is right up there.
Woman: Oh I’m so sorry for you.
DP: I’m not.
July 17th, 2007 21:11
When I was pregnant someone said, “OMG you are having twins??!!! If I were having twins I would kill myself!”
And that is why you were not blessed with them like I was!
I get asked if they are boys or girls all the time. I usually say, “notice the pink outfit… she is all girl.”
My most frustrated moment with spectators was when we were trying to leave Target. Both babies started crying (I think they were about 3 months). This attracted a lot of attention. So, everyone came to look at them. I was trying to get out of the store and there were about a dozen people and kids asking me questions and looking. I wanted to scream!
July 18th, 2007 21:32
First, if I hear “double trouble” one more time, i’m going to head-butt someone.
But these…are my favorites:
“Are they artificial?”
Stupid lady – “Is that one the boy?”
Me – “No. They’re both girls…”
Stupid lady – “Oh, cuz that one has dark hair, so I thought she was the boy”
(and both were dressed in identical pink)
While I was prego, coworkers called me “Double-wide”
July 20th, 2007 22:15
Today: “Did you have to go into labor twice?”
WHAT?!?!? Had trouble keeping a straight face….
July 20th, 2007 23:01
I was asked the other day how I tell them apart. They’re fraternal, and don’t look any more alike than most brothers. Besides being roughly the same size, they have different builds, hair, eye color, face shapes, etc. It’s a wonder I manage to keep them separate in my mind, eh?
July 27th, 2007 21:19
My fave is when I’m out with them by myself and people insist that either one of them looks like me. When I have the nerve to correct them and say, “Oh, he actually looks just like his dad”, they argue with me. Because clearly they would know far better than I.
August 9th, 2007 13:25
I see I’m not the only one to get inane comments. I don’t have multiples but my daughter is a different race from me, and mostly people are very appropriate and respectful about this. However, one woman, upon hearing that my daughter was born in Ethiopia asked “Does she have AIDS?” I was dying to say, “no, do you?”, but instead I just stood there, mouth half open in shock, and mumbled something about the weather.
August 10th, 2007 07:03
Hi ladies!! I notice most of you are overseas!! We get stupid q’s down here in oz too…
1. Are they identical?? Me..Yes..dumb person..are you sure?
2. I feel sorry for you…me~ I feel sorry for you too
3. Did you have IVF?..me~ no we had S.E.X
4. Why is one biger?? me~ we don’t like that one so we don’t feed him!
August 16th, 2007 23:47
People are NUTS! I don’t have twins, my boys are twenty months apart. I do get asked ALL THE TIME if they are twins though.
Uh, HELLO- they are almost TWO YEARS APART! Yeah, labor was a real bitch!
August 21st, 2007 19:26
I don’t have twins but I have kids 18 months appart who are the same size. And I get asked alot if they are twins. Not such a stupid question – they look like they are. But when I say no and it is followed by “are you sure?”. Idiots. Everywhere.
August 29th, 2007 13:55
You’ll survive! (from the mother of grown twins)
September 21st, 2007 10:37
While at the cash register at a local retail store…
Cashier – “She looks different!”
Me – “What?”
Cashier – “She looks different from him!”
Me – “Umm – not sure I understand.”
Cashier – “Well, they are twins, aren’t they? Shouldn’t they look alike?”
Me – Sigh…
October 10th, 2007 10:39
So…do they have different personalities just like regular children?
October 12th, 2007 09:22
“why they are just IDENTICAL!” (actually they look pretty different)
“How do you tell them apart?” (well, they aren’t identical… )
“Hrmph, well, they look the same to me” (well, this one weighs 8 lbs more, his face is wider,stands taller, hair is lighter, eyes are different color…) wait, why am I even bothering?
Unless I know the person (like they are at my house, or I am at theirs) I just ignore most comments, such as the STATEMENT that they are identical… why bother?
October 30th, 2007 22:42
I heard a good one today about our triplets!
“Are they all…you know…their own individual people?”
November 9th, 2007 02:58
We were in a restaurant one night, and one of our 6 month old twin boys was crying inconsolably. I had tried everything, and we had not even finished salads yet, so I went outside in the parking lot to walk him around. This complete stranger followed me out, walked up to me, and said,” I’m a nurse”. I was thinking, well, proud for you, and said, “me too, but that doesn’t help anything.” Then she wanted to take my son so that I could eatdinner. i kindly declined, my husband came out with our dinner all in boxes and we drove around town eating our ‘romantic’ dinner as our twins slept quietly in the car seats.
February 1st, 2008 17:26
saw your blog and had to comment
i dont have twins( i should but i dont as i lost DD1(3) twin at 12 weeks gestation)
i do have 4 kids 5, 3 2 and 9 weeks and i get some stupid comments
the “normal” stupid comments
“oh you have your hands full(6 times today arghhh)
“are you done”
“are you MAD!”
“rather you than me”
when my DS2 was a tindy baby i kept gettign asked if him and his 12 month older than him sister were twins, errr no he is tiny tiny and she is walking and blooming huge in comparrison.
confusing gender bugs me too. my DS2 is a BOY bulky, stocky, chubby cheekd, curly haird BOY in blue coat or jacket, oh shes a lovely little girl, or
so you have 3 girls
Err NO i have 2 boys to girls Thats a BOY.
about the baby
“is she good”
“does she sleep”
and ireally annoy them when i tell em she has slept “all night” since birth. they dont realise that i EXPECT to have broken sleep and there for it doest bother me if she odes wake up a few times a night (which she doesnt she sleep 8-4am i sleep 10-4am.)
what really really buggs me is the “oh you have your hands full there” when i am struggleing with the double buggy(with DD1 and DS2 in it and DD2 in the wrap and theya re jsut stood there looking at me spouting inane crap at me and im thinking “well dont help by accident why dont ya”
sorry for rambling a bit i had had a day of stupid comments and all i was doing was taking baby for her immunisations
April 11th, 2008 12:32
I read through most of the comments and thought I had a somewhat unique one from what’s already been shared.
I have 3 1/2 year old fraternal girls. One was born with a heart condition and had open heart surgery at 6 weeks old. She was in the NICU for 2 months. (Perfectly healthy now!) Anyway, my other daughter was healthy and came home right away. I had purchaced a double wide stroller and when we would take the one daughter to the mall, or anywhere we got many weird comments. My all time favorite was when someone approached my mother and I and asked us, “Is she a twin?”
me: “Yes.”
Her: “What happened to the other baby? Did it die?”
We were completely in shock at this question! We didn’t know what to say. I finally just said “Yes.” because I couldn’t come up with anything else and we turned and walked away.
Oh! One more favorite of mine. My daughter with the heart condition is smaller than her sister. No suprise there. Once we had them both home, people always assumed that the bigger one was a boy (all in pink), which I can deal with. Quite a few times someone would come up to us and say, “One of your babies is smaller than the other!” in a somewhat alarmed tone. My mother (who quit her job to help me…Thanks Mom!), and I got to the point where we just couldn’t be nice anymore! We started responding, “Wait! One is smaller??? Call the pediatrician!!!” Or we’d run in front of the girls and say something similar, pick them up and check them out like we’d never noticed. I know, it wasn’t nice, but it really happened ALOT!
I thought these could be a fun addition to your list. I really enjoyed reading the others. It’s nice to knwo I’m not the only one!
April 11th, 2008 13:30
“Do you have a license to operate that thing?”
– regarding my double snap and go.
April 11th, 2008 13:43
I was putting my boys in the car after a trip to the mall when a woman walked over with her preschool aged granddaughter. The woman turned to the little girl and said “Look, that woman has two babies. Maybe she’ll give you one!” The little girl looked up at her and said “What?!?” My thoughts exactly.
April 12th, 2008 08:32
Lately I get a lot of, “they’re not twins, are they?” No. I just have 2 toddlers 3 pounds apart. So that would make it, say, a very small 24 month old, and an extremely precocious 10 month old who can walk, dance, and talk in telegraphic speech. Yup, that makes sense.