A guest entry by my comrade and friend, Sharon, who is in a not too dissimilar position to myself.  An older daughter, followed by two boys, who aren't identical, but just as lovely as each other. 

The following list was compiled following a rather amusing exchange on that good old social networking site we all love to hate; facebook.  Her list did make me laugh, so I wanted to share it (with Sharon's permission) here. 

"I know people don't mean to be rude but this is my top ten annoying things that people say.. And in the early first sleep deprived weeks of twin motherhood you gets these A LOT!

1. "Are they twins?" To me it is stating the bleeding obvious.. And it is usually followed by some long protracted story about their second cousin's neighbour's aunt who might have had twins, but they can't remember...

2. "Are they natural?" No.. they are those little reborn dolls... And yes the screaming noise is very realistic.

3. "Are they IVF?" Yes, I'm infertile, thank you for that! And then the story about the friend who it didn't work for.

4. "Are they in a routine?" Yes, perfect routine, when one is asleep the other is screaming his head off and vice versa.

5. " You must have had a c-section?" No actually, I have a fanny like the Channel Tunnel, but let's discuss your bits and pieces shall we??

6. "It's a shame you can't breast feed". I did actually, not as long as I had hoped, but I did.

7. "I bet you're tired". No sh*t, Sherlock.

8. "Is one the evil twin?" Yes. The one you just touched, and he's put a curse on you.

9. "Oooh double trouble". Twice the joy

10. "Ooooh twinnies!" FECK. OFF.

But the nicest thing I ever heard was when a man came up to my husband and I and said he had 7 year old twins. One day he came home and found his wife sobbing in the dog basket. And that the day I felt like that, I wouldn't be the first, or the last mum to feel that way. And that the journey was ALL worth it!

And all twin mums really want to know is, "What buggy have you got??"... along with "You do survive, don't you?"!!"


Thank you Sharon for sharing this with me... and allowing me to share it with everyone else.