Blue Twin

A friend recently asked me to clarify the name of my blog. What the heck is a blue twin? (Whisper) Was I somehow damaged because of a lack of oxygen??

No, nothing like THAT.

Essentially, I was and am just that- the blue twin. One of a set of carefully and chromatically coordinated identical beings, I was given a color of my very own so other people would know which one I was. Family-type people. People like my grandparents, my aunts and uncles, cousins. Seriously. Color-coding us made it easy for people and that's fine - some people hear "identical twin" and they assume that determining which name goes which face is enormously difficult. Ok, which it was when we were small. Honestly, there are photos of us where I have NO CLUE which one I am. I know I am one of those babies, but there aren't enough distinguishing features to be certain of my identity. It's a bizarre feeling, let me tell you. However, as we got older and ditched our red and blue everythings, people got annoyed when we weren't in our shorthand hues. "Which one are you?" is a question I would hear way too flippin' often. Do the work, people!! Figure it out!!

I loved all things blue when I was younger, rejected it strenuously when I wanted to establish my own, non-twin identity, and came back to it as an adult. I now drive a blue (hybrid) car, type in my blue study and drink tea out of my favorite blue mug. It started out as an imposed visual aid, but I am now blue by choice. And Red? She's still red. I guess it stuck.

As a twin, I beg of you to consider the following should you ever have your own set:

1. Do NOT name them things that rhyme, i.e. Shauna and Donna or Donald and Ronald. Come on, it's cruel!
2. If you must name them the same first initial, make the names sufficiently different, i.e. Stephanie and Samaire, Sigmund and Steve.
3. Color code 'em! I know twins who were brown and green, purple and yellow. It makes it easier on a lot of people. Just make people figure out how to tell their faces apart!
4. NEVER give them anything to share. Insta broken bits.
   
5. Remember they are individuals. In possibly identical bodies.
   

Anyone have a twin story to share?