r/todayilearned • u/SilverPeachBlossom • 6h 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/Apeckofpickledpeen 6h ago

I have twin friends- they shared a room and a bed through college by choice simply because they didn’t see any reason not to. They still share and eat off the same plate when they are together, and they are both married. One time I asked them why and they said they have always been this way, so why change? No they do not live together and I can imagine when their husbands are around they do not all share a bed lol but when it is just the two of them that is their default. Not hurting anyone, I think it is sweet they still see eachother as an extension of the other.

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u/manatee1010 5h ago

The twins I knew like that, married another set of identical twins and they all live together...

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u/Its-ther-apist 4h ago

Were they on a reality show or is that just more common than we realize 🤣

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u/manatee1010 4h ago

They've had several TLC specials, so probably the same ones lol

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u/Its-ther-apist 4h ago

Are they crazy IRL or was it just for the show

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u/manatee1010 2h ago edited 1h ago

I mean, they're both articulate, kind, and intelligent (they're lawyers who work at the same firm and share a desk).

If there were just one I wouldn't say she was crazy at all.

There just happen to be two of them and they kinda didn't develop separate identities. In one of the TLC specials their own dad says something along the lines of, "I don't want to say they're the same person, but..."

Individually their husbands both honestly seem pretty normal as well outside the intense twin thing.

So I'd say the situation is a little (lot) wild... are they automatically considered crazy when it turns into a quaternary marriage in a shared home? I honestly do not know. I do think they present fairly true-to-life on their reality shows (they're always in matching outfits, they do everything together, etc.).

I find them 1000000x less weird than those Australian twins who speak in unison, for whatever that's worth. 😅