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Twingle Defined
Ok, I’m a day late, but that’s because the guys who are putting in our sprinkler system hacked right through my internet cable line yesterday. For shame. I was like a fish out of water.
Twingles
A Twingle is a single child who is often mistaken for a twin, due to being close in age to a sibling with similar physical appearance. So a twingle is always part of a pair of twingles. My kids are indeed twingles. The are 17 months apart in age, and look more like one another than they look like their parents. We get asked all the time if they are twins (or people just assume) and have also been asked several times if we adopted our twins. This phenomenon seems to be getting worse as Callen is starting to catch up to Carina in size.
So, there you have it. Janet is the winner of the guess the definition contest. If you recall, the prize was a twingle for a day. So, Janet, which of my twingles would you like to have for the day? Hahaha! How about I just buy you a drink sometime?
I did want to add that my favorite guess for the definition of twingle came from Janice, who thought a twingle is a cross between a twinkie and a bagel. Very creative!
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I had the same problem with my two sons. They were 18 months apart and when they were about 3 or so people were always mistaking them for twins. Of course, I couldn’t see why because they looked so different to me. A number of years later I looked at a family with two boys that looked incredibly alike. My first look was, Twins, then I realized they weren’t. I then knew why people thought my boys were twins.
Ha! I just knew it! How about we just schedule a twingle playdate sometime before school starts (Aug 19). If my two cuties were closer in age, they’d be twingles, too. My kiddos love both of your twingles!
The Twingles are adorable! My boys are 2 yrs apart and people would ask me if they were twins when they were smaller. (Even though one was much bigger.) My son’s kids all look like mine so we get asked all the time if it’s 2 sets of twins! Wow, they say…
I think they’re also referred to as Irish twins, aren’t they? Because the Irish are famous for having kids one after the other?
Hah. Yes, Kim, I think you are right. Personally, I think twingle is more fun to say though. ; )
Fawn
I love this! My sister and I are definitely Twingles, and her two youngest munchkins are carrying on the tradition. My boys are definitely not Twingles–with Wyatt as Christian’s “mini-me” and Graham as my own.
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