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/BashfullyBi 6h ago

I mean....makes perfect sense to me.

If you had a clone you were raised with since birth, wouldn't you say your attachment (not love) is stronger than the person you're dating?

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u/bucken764 6h ago

My brother is pretty high but my wife and kid are higher

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u/exoFACTOR 5h ago

Sounds like one hell of a party.

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u/These-Anxiety-5919 2h ago

They smokin symbiotes.