“Isn’t being a twin weird?”
That is one of the most common questions me and my twin sister, Carli, get asked all the time. But no… Isn’t not having a twin weird? That is usually my response or at least what I think in my head whenever we get asked that. I mean for me and my twin, we grew up together and are obviously used to having each other. That is all we’ve known and honestly I couldn’t imagine not having a twin or even how different my life would be without Carli, andI know she would agree as well. And oh yeah, “Do you like being twins?” That’s another one we get a lot. They probably think to themselves, I don’t know if I would like having someone look like me or having to share most things or even just have that intense aspect of competition between your own sister. So when we get asked that question, I understand that people are just curious and I get where they are coming from, but some of those thoughts are just not true to my own experience in having a twin that looks so much like me. My opinion throughout the years if I like being a twin has definitely gone up and down, but if you ask me that now I can easily look back and say yes. Yes, I love it.
Having a twin has honestly been a blessing to me. Of course we fight. We probably fight and bicker more than anyone I have ever met, and the majority of the time it’s about the most pointless things such as keeping the bathroom light on or not answering the phone when the other calls. Even if you ask our friends, they would most definitely tell you about our arguments and how often they happen. They say how comical it is to watch us. My sister and I laugh at how stupid we can be, but that’s what makes us, us. For how bad me and my sister get into it, and believe me when I say it gets bad… we have the ability to make up just like that. Actually rephrase. We never apologize because I am always right, right? Or wait but she thinks she is too… So yeah my point is we’d rather just forget about it after 2 seconds than the rare occasion of us apologizing. It actually amazes me that we can be screaming our heads off and jabbing low bitchy comments at one another for a straight hour and then all of a sudden a switch flips and we are totally fine. But like I said, that is how we are… dysfunctional and ridiculous. Nonetheless, we look back and laugh and me and my sister kind of love it.
Carli and I have always followed in each others foot steps since Day 1. We played the same sports, had the same friends, liked the same hobbies and so on. Even now that we go to separate colleges, me at Kent State University and Carli at Ohio State University, we still pretty much carry on the same in our interests at our own schools. We both are majors in Fashion, we both are in a sorority, we both work at restaurants, we even both make sure to find the time to go to the gym everyday. Besides us basically doing and liking the same things, we do have different personalities.
Going to different colleges was weird at first, but now that we are Juniors, we are used to it and we still see each other all the time. With Kent being close to our home town, I see Carli often and of course I frequently visit OSU. There is actually an ongoing joke with my sister and her friends in Columbus that when they see me they’ll just say, “So transferring yet?” because I am there that much. Besides me and Carli seeing each other, we talk on the phone every single day and it can get up to as much as 5 times on some days. We always look forward to talking to each other: whether it’s seeing what gossip we have to tell each other after a night of going out, talking about boys, how are day is going, and even planning the next time we will see each other or should I say when the next time I should make yet another appearance in Columbus.
We fight, we bicker but we make up and always have each other to count on. Even though others may compare us, we never compare each other. It is important to see how both of us have grown up and that we continue to grow and plan our futures together. In Fashion, we hope to one day share a career in the industry. When we were little, we always dreamed of living with each other and being together as our lives unfold. We still continue to talk about interning and getting an apartment together whether it may be in NYC, Chicago, or LA. As for now, Carli and l continue in our college careers right by each others’ side physically and spiritually. So yes, I love being a twin and she is undoubtedly my best friend.