Friday, April 9, 2021

Seeing Someone Else's Double

I recently took my 3 kiddos to an empty park for about an hour. As we were driving out of the parking lot, I saw a dad with 2 older girls and a double stroller with pink blankets. I legit rolled down my window and called out, "HI! Do you have twins TOO? ME TOO! I have two baby boys, 8 months old! How old are your girls? Do you live nearby? Do you come here often?" 

I think I caught him off guard.

I wonder if other twin parents feel this way. Like if they see another twin parent do they think:
OH MY GOODNESS YOU ARE A TWIN PARENT TOO CAN I HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND YOUR ADDRESS BECAUSE WE ARE DESTINED TO BE BEST FRIENDS FOREVER LET'S TAKE A SELFIE ?

Because that's approximately what I thought at the time about that random dad.

I think the pandemic may have upped my crazy a little bit...

At a basic level, I understand why I feel drawn to other parents of multiples; they have something big in common with me and it's something a lot of people can't understand. (Not in a bad way, but just because they don't live it.) It's easy to swap stories and tips and commiserate and laugh about life with multiples. So the connection makes sense. But I wonder why the draw is SO strong!

Because seriously, seeing another set of twins is like the most exciting thing ever to me right now.

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