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in reply to a message by I Love Jesus
No. No. No. No. No. No.
Seriously take it from a twin, you do not want to put twins through growing up having everyone comment on how their names match. "Oh how cute, Faith and Joy! They match!" as if they weren't the millionth person in their lives to notice how their first names are similar. Twins are grouped together enough, there's no good reason to make it harder for people to see the twins as two separate individuals. It's much different than having two siblings with relatively matching names. They're not together all of the time so they are less likely to be grouped together enough for everyone to notice and comment.
Seriously take it from a twin, you do not want to put twins through growing up having everyone comment on how their names match. "Oh how cute, Faith and Joy! They match!" as if they weren't the millionth person in their lives to notice how their first names are similar. Twins are grouped together enough, there's no good reason to make it harder for people to see the twins as two separate individuals. It's much different than having two siblings with relatively matching names. They're not together all of the time so they are less likely to be grouped together enough for everyone to notice and comment.
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As a sister to twins, I agree....
My brothers didn't have a major issue with it, but people really did group them together all the time. Most people couldn't tell them apart.
For this reason, very matchy names on twins can wear out their welcome a little bit, much like being dressed in matching outfits. (Then people really, really can't tell you apart!)
I like Faith and Joy as a sibset, however. I'd just make 'matching' twin names a little more subtle.
My brothers didn't have a major issue with it, but people really did group them together all the time. Most people couldn't tell them apart.
For this reason, very matchy names on twins can wear out their welcome a little bit, much like being dressed in matching outfits. (Then people really, really can't tell you apart!)
I like Faith and Joy as a sibset, however. I'd just make 'matching' twin names a little more subtle.
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I found people make less of an effort to learn the names of the twins when their names are really similar or easy to just group together because they just adopt this "either or" attitude. I don't mind names that take thought to notice the similarities like Nathaniel and Theodore or even clever anagrams like Claus and Lucas but obvious ones just come off as a pain to live with until you're an adult.
The only time I remember recently when there was an big issue with being grouped together with my twin was when my mom freaked out that we got a shared invitation to something by my school. My sister and I didn't care much, but it was pretty classless =/
The only time I remember recently when there was an big issue with being grouped together with my twin was when my mom freaked out that we got a shared invitation to something by my school. My sister and I didn't care much, but it was pretty classless =/
This message was edited 6/27/2010, 9:26 AM
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