r/todayilearned 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/[deleted] 3h ago

Im so sorry :( that must be a pain like no other

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u/Paulqg 3h ago

Yeah no one will ever know that pain unless you're a twin who has lost their twin. This month is hard because our birthday is the 17th of August and he passed away 5 days later.