As the mother of twins, I’m quite used to getting lots of comments and questions. Although, I really don’t get as much as when they were babies.
But today I got an original one that I’d never heard before, and, honestly hope I never do again. It totally caught me off guard.
Someone called from the bowling alley asking to speak to the mother of “EA”. Apparently, they are ordering t-shirts for all the kids participating in Bowlopolis. He wanted to know what size he should order for her.
They only had youth sizes XS-L. I told him that she would probably take an XS.
He explained that he was getting a lot of requests for XS and if she could just wear a M so he wouldn’t have to place another order.
I told him that would be fine, but wondered….”So, why did you bother calling??”
Anyway, I told him that I was MC’s mom too and that she would take the same size since they were twins.
And he says, “So, an egg split in half.”
What?????
Please tell me, who asks that????
And in case you’re wondering, no, an egg did not split in half. They are fraternal twins….there were two eggs.
Do you ever receive odd comments about your children? How do you handle them?
Kara-Noel says
Awe… he was probably just trying to learn something. I’m assuming that he isn’t too bright because of the shirt size thing…LOL!
My son, Eli, has those same Old Navy PJs… wearing them tonight…
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Suzanne says
When we had Blaire everyone kept telling us we could stop having kids since we had the ‘perfect’ family! (One boy and one girl.) So, it wouldn’t have been perfect if we had another boy instead of a girl? Up to that point we had been done having kids, but we eventually decided to have a 3rd – wonder if subconsciously it was b/c of all those comments?
Shanna says
Oh my! That is a weird one! I have never had that question myself – LOL. Reminds me of the guy in Cracker Barrel (the girls were 9 months) who kept insisting that Olivia was the older one just by “looks”. After insisting three times that she looked the oldest, he finally walked off. How anyone could be so certain they knew who was born first by one minute is beyond me. And ironically, Olivia is definitely the smallest of the two by far. Oh well, people are fascinated by twins, and you get some crazy comments and questions, but it’s fun.
Happy Mama says
Right after Lady Bug was born we were in the chrck out line at the grocery store when A lady came up and said it’s a boy right What a cute babay…I was really taken aback by this because
A. She was wrapped in a pink Blanket.
B Had on a pink sleeper and
C. Had on a very frilly hair band.
I was shocked I said no it’s a girl and that I would NEVER dress my son in pink…To which she replied well you never know these days….
However I think yours takes the cake!!!!
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LifeAtTheCircus says
That is crazy! I would have been speechless. People never cease to surprise me. I was out with my infant daughter once, with a pink blanket on her and someone said, “What a sweet boy.” I corrected her and she then said, “I saw the pink, but I just knew it was a boy.”
ummm…… no
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Stephanie says
You win! The “worst” I keep getting is folks asking who is older (we don’t use that terminology), and insiting that it is Miss M because she is bigger, then arguing with me about them being twins. As if I don’t know whether or not I had 2 children in me at once!
Kristi_runwatch says
People never cease to amaze me! When my daughter was 9 mo she got a helmet that she had to wear for 6 mo for plagiocephaly (ie: her head was flat as a pancake.) Usually people were ok with it, but once I had an older lady come up to us in the grocery store and (with that squeaky baby voice people use) say, “Oooh, did your mama drop you on your head?” Nice.
My niece has a cochlear implant and it has a little disc that magnets to the back of her head. They once had someone at a store ask if she was wearing a wire tap! What in the world??
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homegrownstrawberries says
Most people say that The Girl really looks like her father and I agree. We were out one night shortly before The Boy was born and I was very Pregnant and I started getting the usual questions form strangers. I was constantly being interrupted by The Girl doing normal bores preschooler things like jumping on the benches or trying to climb on the potted plants. Eventually The Husband grabbed her and held her on his lap so I was pretty sure it was clear the three of us were together… The woman who was asking me the usual baby questions stops and asks if I was “on good terms with the father.” I said, “yes… my husband and I quite happy with each other.” She gives me an unconvinced look and said “your husband…”
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Jennifer Scruggs says
Since Nathan and Rachel are 12 mos. apart, I get the Twin question EVERYTIME we are out in public. Esp. now that Rachel (the younger one) is bigger than Nathan. However, no one has yet to comment on my eggs or my marital status. 🙂 People are STRANGE sometimes, aren’t they????
Sarah says
that’s pretty good though for a man to ask that – at least he knew how one type of twins is formed. I got the “are they maternal or fraternal?” question once. The one I hate the most is who was born first or who is older. I don’t want anyone to treat them differently because of a perception. So I’ve taken to answering “they are identical twins so they are exactly the same age (conception occurred at only one moment in time)” If nothing else, they don’t understand what my subtle point is and it stops the questions.