It’s a fact that most mothers of twins are subjected to random strangers getting involved in her personal business. It’s as if people see a double stroller as a sign to freely ask the most personal of questions, and expect the most intimate of details.
Strangers seem infinitely curious about twin moms’ fertility issues; their weight gain; and other details of their life, that they may not feel so comfortable sharing, if the tables were turned.
“Having twins is so fascinating to people that they’ll forget to censor themselves and ask all kinds of personal questions, that they’d never ask any other time. So after a while, I kind of looked at it like a sociology experiment to see how “pregnant” and “twins” in the same sentence, could screw up a stranger’s filter.” writes Kristi Metzger, mom to six-year-old, Miles and Lucy. More
