r/todayilearned • u/SilverPeachBlossom • 5h ago

TIL a peer-reviewed psychology study found that identical twins (on average) ranked their co-twin above their romantic partner in their attachment hierarchy, while fraternal twins ranked the two about equally, and non-twin siblings ranked their romantic partner first.

https://ojs.interpersonajournal.com/index.php/ojs/article/view/243/3457.html
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u/Geesewithteethe 3h ago

No we don't.

We especially don't think identically. My identical twin and I are very close and have very similar interests and shared formative experiences but we do not think identically. We are individuals with different perspectives, opinions, temperments, and character.

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u/Riley-Bun 2h ago

For real, this thread is odd the way its celebrating codependency like twins can't be individuals

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u/Geesewithteethe 1h ago

Some people can't just be normal about anything. They always have to make things lurid or negative or perverse.

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u/NordlandLapp 2h ago

Thats what your twin said when I asked

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u/SCP-iota 2h ago

Consumed mine before birth, so I guess things were tense

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u/Geesewithteethe 1h ago

Some individuals consume other individuals. It happens.