Hey Lifelesstraveled,

WOOHOO!!! I AM AN IDENTICAL TWIN TOO.

My sister and i are extremely close but we are 2 seperate people, with seperate intrests and likes. We also have an older brother (4 years older) and although we have the bond we also included him and we are all extremly close. We never really had "THE TWIN THING" we complete each other's sentences a times, sometimes know what the other one is thinking. My sister has ME and has endured pain from the age of 8 to the age of 16 years old. I cried when she had her lumbar puncture as she was in so much pain. She was never at school and i felt sad. But I HAD TO MAKE FRIENDS. Ironically last night i said to my sister "how many sweets do you want" before she answered i had 3 in my hand and walked to her as she said "3" spooky!!! :P

We have our own friends, likes and intrests. We have our own careers and lives. We use to hate being twins at times when we were younger. People use to stop us in the street and saw "awe twins are the best, they share that special bond". Due to us being IDENTICAL TWINS i was always called her name as was she mines. People think you will still answer even if it is not your name- eh no my name is Laura not Rachel!!!!

Rachel hated the names associated with being twins. "Twinney", "Twinnies" "The Two Twins" Sorry but we are twins as there is only one set. Our brother calls us TWEENIES heehee as a wee joke, which she can tolerate just.

I think getting back to original question- there are more to being twins than the "sixth sense feelings" Yes the bond is strong and hell mend anyone who gets tangled in it. Yes we have our own language but remember twins are constantly together 24/7. Its a life long relationship.

Rach and I can not wait until we reach old age we think it will be fun heehee!!