The Social Scene of Teenage Twins

Adaeze & Adaobi hanging out with friends

Making friends and meeting new people has never been a difficult task for identical twins, Adaeze and Adaobi Opene. Breaking the boundaries with their keen sense of humor, it all started when they met their closest friend Ashley, at a very young age. “I began by introducing my sister & I, in British accents,” said Adaeze. “To get away from an awkward situation, I decided to paint Ashley’s arm. She laughed and ran after my sister with a paint brush. At the end, we were covered in red paint!”

What Happens When One Twin is Excluded?

Written By: Fran Pitre 

Twins arrive as a set, a pair, a side-by-side little couple of womb-mates turned room-mates. Some of us often refer to them “the twins”, especially when they arrive after or before a singleton or two. For those of us who have more than one set of twins, calling each them “the twins” may be confusing, but that’s beside the subject!

What happens to our twin duos when they get older and begin to socialize and become involved in sports and other activities? What happens when one twin girl is asked by a friend at school to be her best friend? How does the other twin feel? Is this other twin automatically invited in activities that involve the other two girls simply by virtue of her twin status? Are the twins assumed to be an inseparable set … or, is one excluded and treated simply as a sibling of this classmate’s best friend? What would happen if one twin was invited to a birthday party and not was other?

Another example would be a set of 10-year-old set of boy twins who are both interested in a spot on the school soccer team. If one twin is a stronger player than the other, is it assumed that both will make the team regardless of the fact that one is not as strong a player as the other?