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[08 Jul 2009|02:55pm] |
from here.
Dear Miss Manners,
I am writing to you to see if you have a suggestion for a response to a question I hear nearly every time I meet someone new. I have a twin brother who I am very close with, and he comes up in conversation quite often. Though we are not the same sex, people almost always ask if we are identical.
While I find this question vaguely insulting, most especially when he is accompanying me (I certainly hope I do not appear identical to a grown man), I also understand that many people are not familiar with what exactly makes identical twins identical. I generally just respond with a simple "no", but some are more curious as to why that is, and I worry that it sounds condescending (no matter how gracious I try and be) when I respond that it is impossible to be identical, seeing as first and foremost, we are not the same sex.
I always love your clever ways of addressing different awkward conversations, and am hoping you have something that would perhaps be a better response than simply "no" or a brief biology lesson.
Gentle Reader,
"Nobody can figure out how to tell us apart."
Miss Manners cautions you to say this with a straight face, and to allow a long silence for it to sink in.
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