tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22481322.post7408065647830433669..comments2023-11-03T04:52:54.090-04:00Comments on Life with Coco and Gigi... and Jack-Jack too!: Like the winter needs a SpringKristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397695241403505531noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22481322.post-82099628550026560682011-04-20T13:47:11.091-04:002011-04-20T13:47:11.091-04:00Tara - That is outstanding! How cool that one of t...Tara - That is outstanding! How cool that one of those women became your surrogate!!! Gave me goosebumps. :D<br /><br />Anon - I can see how any close sibling relationship would have positives and negatives. I think that is definitely the case with all relationships. Makes me nuts how much some people want to put a spotlight on twins just because they're twins. <br /><br />Thanks for all the great feedback on this! I needed more "fuel to my fire" for our upcoming IEP and this has been great!Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397695241403505531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22481322.post-19454188509743930412011-04-20T12:39:25.460-04:002011-04-20T12:39:25.460-04:00I didn't mean to be anonymous. I tried to post...I didn't mean to be anonymous. I tried to post using my account first and it didn't let me...I've been reading you for a while, my own blog (about our surrogacy and then surprise pregnancy) is pretty much now defunct. :) I think I found you at first because we both used the same clinic. Anyway, I really enjoy reading about the girls. :) <br /><br />And to further add to the twins should be together thing: If my sister and I had not been together through college, we would not have become best friends with another set of twins there, who we met on the very first day of college during a freshman orientation exercise. We are still super close to those twins today and one of them was our gestational surrogate. So see...you never know. :) Twins being together can even create miracles! :)Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075689602617443611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22481322.post-25040115547026083112011-04-20T11:52:51.555-04:002011-04-20T11:52:51.555-04:00I am that original anon poster, and I was best fri...I am that original anon poster, and I was best friends with one half of a twin relationship in high school. They had a special relationship, which, I will say, did seem to stifle them in some aspects of their lives, especially when in came to addiction, but overall seemed to be beneficial. All close sibling relationships can stifle one another from time to time. Anyone who's ever cried over a sib's pain or been joyful at a sib's success or felt held hostage by a sib's bad choices can attribute to that.<br /><br />We use the term "co-dependent" in this country as a negative thing. I guess it can be, but I find my "co-dependent" relationships (you know with my HUSBAND and SISTER and CHILD)to be the most fulfilling...so screw you American Psychological Association.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22481322.post-52645392880954545492011-04-20T09:10:55.678-04:002011-04-20T09:10:55.678-04:00Anon - Thanks for sharing that. When I meet an adu...Anon - Thanks for sharing that. When I meet an adult twin I always feel like I need to pick their brain for what worked and what didn't. I couldn't agree more than being a twin is a privilege and this idea in schools that it is a slight makes me so angry. Thanks again for your thoughts!Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397695241403505531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22481322.post-6903303201821537652011-04-20T08:29:31.616-04:002011-04-20T08:29:31.616-04:00I couldn't agree more. :) I am an identical tw...I couldn't agree more. :) I am an identical twin and am so grateful for it. You nailed it! And FWIW, we were kept together for much of our education (some out of necessity--there was only one class) and even attended the same college (didn't room together). We did have some separation issues later in life (for example, my complete anxiety when she got married and "left me behind") but I don't think it had anything to do with being together in school--or even being twins, necessarily. Later we both ended up having issues with infertility and I'm not sure where I'd be today if she hadn't walked the road before me. She DID push me forward because of what I saw her accomplish and because of how I could rely on her. We now each have two kids. <br /><br />Being twins is a very, very special privilege...and I agree with the anonymous poster, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com