The Twin Connection: Myth or Reality?
You've probably heard the stories. Twins "connecting" mentally,
seeing or feeling what their twin is feeling and doing other
unbelievable things.
So is there any truth to this mysterious twin connection?
Do these things really happen?
I'm here to tell you it's true and they really do happen.
As a fraternal twin, I've experienced it firsthand.
I can't explain it, but I can verify it's real. My twin sister
and I seem to have this connection that at times has been very
strong. I recall for a period of several years when I was in my
thirties, any time I would be thinking about my twin sister,
she'd call me.
A thought about her would cross my mind and suddenly the phone
would ring and she'd be on the other end.
It was wierd.
We were never that close growing up. In fact we had a
competitive relationship and we fought a lot. Not like some of
those twins who are inseparable.
Perhaps this is because from a young age our parents encouraged
our individuality. They didn't dress us alike, except for a few
times when we were very young. They encouraged us to pursue our
separate interests and become our own person.
But once we became adults we became good friends. Perhaps
because we were no longer living under the same roof, going to
the same school, and fighting for friends and attention from the
same group or people.
And that's when the connections began to surface.
For example, we grew up with one of those last names with a
capital letter smack dab in the middle: McKasson. Growing up
this always complicated matters. No one ever spelled or
pronounced our last name correctly and I dreamt of the day I'd
get married and finally get a "regular" last name.
But that was not to be, for me or my twin sister. We both
married men with "capital letter in the middle" last names!
Now that might not seem like a big deal, but that's just the
beginning of a connection that has manifested itself through our
marriages.
After a few years, my sister divorced and remarried (SHE finally
got the "regular" last name!) and another strange connection
began to unfold, once again through our husbands.
Turns out our husbands were born on the same day so they too
share the same birthday. Not only that, they're both left
handed, they both wear glasses and they both went to the same
high school.
Now, they don't look alike and they're not related (except
through their marriages to us) but it's almost like they too are
twins!
Pretty strange.
Yes, the twin connection is a reality. Even though my story is
pretty tame,I've collected and read stories from other twins
around the world and their amazing, unbelievable and
unexplainable bonds.
And when you think about it, we were created together and spent
nine months connected to each other and developing in our
mother's womb. It would be even more strange if that connection
simply disappeared once we were born.
(C) 2006 Debra LaChusa, Twin Connections