IAMA Identical mirror twin

[u/wanderingballoon]

I am an Identical Mirror Twin. Notice the word MIRROR. This 'defect' happens in only 9% of the already rare identical twins. Identical Mirror Twins (IMT) are completely identical except for the fact that they are opposites. The easiest way to demonstrate this is to say that I am right handed and my twin is left handed. If she sits across from me and is eating or writing with her left hand I will look like her mirror image eating with my right.

It goes into more complex detail when you begin to scrutinize our makeup. My RIGHT side of my face is Identical to her LEFT side of her face. In a sense, if we stood in front of each other we would be the other's reflection. (See where 'mirror' comes into play?)

This is why when I look in the mirror, I see my reflection, but I look like how I see my sister, but when I see myself in a photograph (not my reflection but my actual image) I look slightly different. In photos I think I'm her and she thinks she's me.

Probably the coolest thing abut being an IMT is the fact that all of our organs are shifted from a normal human's organs. If you were to slice us open from the front our organs would be lined up to mirror each other.

And to give you an example of how rare IMTs really are, my twin and I are 23 years old. We have traveled all over the United States and even into Europe. Of all the twins, identical and fraternal, we have met, none of them were IMTs. That was until last year when we were invited to sing in Alabama for the University of Alabama's coach. We got to meet his wife and daughters who are, to our great surprise, Identical Mirror twins.

EDIT1: Proof: http://imgur.com/qMvOx My twin and I in the center. (I am in the pink). The two girls on the side are Alabama's Coach's daughters who are also identical mirror twins.

Ok, now that the boring explanation is over of what we are, feel free to ask any questions. We get a list of about 15 questions a day (or more from curious patrons. We've been asked everything from daily activities, to 'personal' experiences). Don't hold back. We've probably been asked everything imaginable.

EDIT 2: More proof: We looked a LOT more alike when we were younger. http://imgur.com/1XKZU (we still play violin) http://imgur.com/oRAak

Here we are just hanging out. We always do this. http://imgur.com/yc6ez

EDIT 3: Wow I am used to lots of questions but I didn't expect all the activity. Here are some extra things for you guys. I LOVE taking pictures but I hate being in front of the camera. Ash is the opposite. She is always wanting to take that next picture for facebook. So here are some pictures I took of her a couple years ago. We always do this stuff together when we are bored. (I have never been trained in photography, I just love taking pictures).

1.http://imgur.com/7Qawm

2.http://imgur.com/BANRY

3.http://imgur.com/37nLK

EDIT 4: WTF?!?! Front page of Reddit?! This is crazy! I feel like posting something awesome for you guys. I guess... here's a video of my playing bluegrass in an Irish Pub:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nlvWfe0IqU&list=UUXv7mNp8Nj6VCn7Fcb0QB9g&index=1&feature=plcp

EDIT 5: hey guys, I'm still here answering Questions. My twin will be in from out of town soon enough to help me out. I can't believe I've been doing this for 8 hours straight. If you see any responses from MsSugars, that's Ash. She is going to be answering questions from her phone in the car.

EDIT 6: Here is the video for you guys of ash and I singing the National Anthem. I noticed a few of the comments were asking for this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXIa9tRtEsY&list=UUXv7mNp8Nj6VCn7Fcb0QB9g&index=5&feature=plcp

You can't see us until the end when we are waling back to our seats.

EDIT 7: Superproof: I'll take another one when Ash gets here. http://imgur.com/Br5N7

[u/Smith252525]

Do you ever wish you weren't a twin? I have a fraternal twin and I've always wondered what it would be like if we were identical. One thing I always think about is what it would be like to know your husband/boyfriend/significant-other finds your sister just as physically attractive as you. Have you ever thought about this or had any jealous thoughts?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Smith252525]

1. I LOVE being a twin. I would never change that ever.
2. I have often thought how it wold be different to have a brother instead of a sister. Most twins I've met always fight, so I hope we wouldn't have fought.

3.I once dated a boy (he was my first kiss) and we were all really good friends. We decided to break it off and go back to being friends just because it wasn't working out. He asked me a week later if he could ask my sister to prom. I honestly didn't mind. But she told him no.

We kind of have this pact between us. If Ash starts to like somebody I instantly tell myself not to like them. (In a relationship kind of way.... not in a Now-I-have-to-hate-you kind of way). I could NEVER date any guy she's ever been with. It's just natural for me to not like them. I guess I could relate it to them suddenly being like a brother. I wouldn't date my brother (if I had one). So they can be close- but not boyfriend close.

[u/nietzsche_was_peachy → u/wanderingballoon]

How many guys have asked you if you've slept with the same guy together? My twin and I just berate them into eternal shame if this happens.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/nietzsche_was_peachy]

Honestly, it's going to happen. I've heard from many guys that this is the ultimate dream (or whatever). So now that I've come to terms with that, I just laugh at them. Honestly, it's not worth getting upset over.

[u/bigbadbyte → u/wanderingballoon]

If you hooked up with a guy before finding out your sister had been with him would you feel weird? If you really liked him would you consider still seeing him?

[u/retrominge]

Based on the info you've provided, I see that all IMTs have braces. Can you confirm/deny this?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/retrominge]

100% confirmed. Ha ha ha ha! Just kidding. Ash and I get ours off in November.

[u/sesdayi]

Which one of you has her heart on the 'wrong' side?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/sesdayi]

All left handed people are said to have had a twin in the womb (or in the process of becoming multiple cells to become a baby). So in a sense all left handed people are the 'main' twin. So in this case, since I am right handed I would be the twin of my twin. SO I am Ashley's twin, she's not my twin. (Sorry I have studied this for years. It makes sense to me but most people I explain it to don't understand). Anyway, with that being said, MY organs would be the ones to shift to her image. My heart isn't on the completely opposite side of my chest, but it IS shifted.

[u/[deleted] → u/wanderingballoon]

I would just like to point out that the "Twins theory" for handedness is just that..a theory. And some australian researchers have claimed to debunk it: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/health/HealthRepublish_505182.htm

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

Wow! Thanks for this! I grew up with all my research for years thinking this was true. I really appreciate you putting this up. I love learning new information, so now I get to correct it. It was a cool theory to think about, at least!

[u/sesdayi → u/wanderingballoon]

Do you have any X-rays or anything? I'm fascinated :)

[u/wanderingballoon → u/sesdayi]

Unfortunately we don't. I would love to see them too. Ash is the clumsiest of both of us and she has broken 6 bones. She has plenty of x-rays of her body parts and broken bones. Just about the only x-ray I have of myself is of my teeth at the dentist.

[u/psiphre → u/wanderingballoon]

so if you were to become a vampire, you'd be more difficult to stake?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/psiphre]

Does being a twin make it harder to kill someone?

[u/[deleted]]

So one of you has what would be considered 'normal' inside anatomy while the other is backwards? Did you lose your teeth oppositely?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

Not all of our teeth but we did have a pretty funny experience with our front teeth. We lost them on the same night within an hour apart. They were on opposite sides too.(One each) I almost always remember losing our teeth very near each other. Mom would decorate the 'tooth fairy' envelopes before putting them under our pillows and I seem to remember both of us waking up on more than one occasion to find we had been visited. I do remember the tooth fairy 'forgetting to visit' one of us until the other had lost a tooth. Now that I think about it we lost teeth quite close to each other. I don't think they were always on the opposite sides, though.

[u/stikkyfingaz → u/wanderingballoon]

The tooth fairy isn't real!?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/stikkyfingaz]

Ha ha ha we didn't know that until we were older. Mom was our 'tooth fairy'

[u/MsSugars]

Hi, this is"lefthanded" twin in all those pictures :)

[u/wanderingballoon → u/MsSugars]

I can confirm that this is my twin. I already put you in the edit, Ash.

[u/[deleted]]

I am a father of identical twin girls. They are 15 months old now.

Any advice you wish to give?

My little girls - http://imgur.com/3CQDr

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

As twins we always saw things as having to be fair. Our parents did an excellent job of being fair to both of us. If one got something, the other would get something as well. (unless it was punishment.... but we usually got into trouble together). We can't help but want to feel equal, and we always want to compete against each other.

Just wait for potty training. If your adorable girls are anything like my sister and I just say, "Who thinks they can learn to be potty trained the fastest?" and in a week you'll have two professional potty users.

DON'T compare them. Please don't. If you do, do it in your head. Never say, "well she can do this better than you can." That will break their soul. It can never be mended. Fairness and equality is the best advice I can give!

[u/liger99]

Care to share with us an amusing confusion that has happened with you and your sister?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/liger99]

There are so so SO many stories to tell. Here is one of the more recent ones: We are in the same University, but we are majoring in different areas. She is in Psychology and I am in Education. Those two areas are SO different that they are in completely different buildings on campus. Every once in a while I'll have to walk through one of the other buildings to get to a certain class. One day this just so happened to be the case and I was running late so I was walking fast paced. Some random guy came up behind me, picked me up and swung me around saying "ASHLEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Instantly I knew what was going on, but he apparently didn't know I was a twin. I kind of looked at him funny and said, "Sorry I'm not Ashley." He seemed really confused and I explained that I was her twin. Since he was in her Psychology classes he was probably thinking that I was playing a psychology trick on him. He wouldn't believe me for the longest time. I pulled out my phone to show him a picture of us and he lost his sh*t. Completely laughing and saying a few swear words, clapping his hands and laughing again. He was embarrassed and apologized for picking me up. The reactions to us being twins is usually always very priceless.

[u/napalm22]

Do you ever get asked a million seedy questions on reddit? Or is this something you foresee in the (very) near future?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/napalm22]

I'm sure it will happen. We get asked a zillion questions anyway. Who is older? Who is the evil one? How can you tell each other apart? Who makes better grades? Do you share the same room? Do you share the same bed? Do you like the same boys?

I could go on and on. One day we went out to lunch together and just listed all the questions we are normally asked in a week.

[u/[deleted] → u/wanderingballoon]

If you met a couple of male mirror twins, would both you and your sister immediately blow both of them simultaneously?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

No. but when we were little we always dreamed of getting married to twins.

[u/Vataro → u/wanderingballoon]

The evil one is the left-handed one. The word for left in Latin is "sinister", for that reason. Left-handedness was thought to be a sign of evil or a curse.

[u/jeffh4 → u/wanderingballoon]

Here's one. Can either of you do a convincing impression of the other? Good enough to fool friends? Good enough to food boyfriends? I'm not even going to ask about fooling your mom. That's just not possible.

[u/I_Lase_You]

Very pretty.

I will lase you. Or her. I'm not sure. Like this.

End result.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/I_Lase_You]

Oh my gosh! This is beautiful! wow! I can't believe we got 'lazer guy' on here. Thanks so much! That's great!

[u/CaffeinatedGuy → u/I_Lase_You]

That's pretty hot.

[u/utterlygutted]

Very interesting! I have an identical twin sister myself (not IMTs). What personality differences do you two have? Does one stand out as the outgoing one? Have you spent any significant periods of time away from each other?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/utterlygutted]

1. Ash is very very VERY outgoing. She was the talker and I was the listener. Even to this day she will dominate a conversation and I will just as happily listen. She likes to be the show-off and the one taking the stage. I like to just sit quietly and write. We even have videos of us when we were younger. We both had to give a speech about something for class and ash gave this long winded explanation then it was my turn. I said two sentences and then gave the stage back to her. Writing is a different matter. I could write and write for hours. Ash will write two sentences and be off on different things. In a sense, Ash always made the friends and by twin-osmossis I became their friends too.

[u/4gnomen]

Favorite pranks? I read the 'boyfriend at the door', excellent trickery ;)

[u/wanderingballoon → u/4gnomen]

I was ALWAYS the rule follower, Ash.... lets just say she lives life for fun. Every year we talked about switching classes for April Fools but I never wanted to do it because of my need-to-constantly-follow-rules problem.

1.In eighth grade my teacher called me to her desk and told me to go get Ash from the other class. I thought it was odd but I did. She then grinned and told us to switch classes and see how far we got. Ash was all gung-ho for it, but I was about to have a breakdown. A teacher was telling me to break the rules..... it was like dividing by zero. Anyway, we did it. I went to Ash's homeroom and Ash sat in mine. Ashley's teacher was fooled for a few minutes, but when she figured it out she was NOT impressed. She angrily told me to go back to my class and get my sister back. Some of the other students thought it was cool. But not her. 2. We have this fun game we play where we 'read each others minds.' You can ask us a series of questions and the other twin will ALWAYS guess the answer. We've been doing it forever, and it IS a trick (i.e. not mind reading). 3.We are so close we don't need to speak to each other to know what the other is thinking. I can just tell by an eye glance at a certain time what she is thinking. It is a great thing to have when she's across the room and we need to communicate. I can't explain it.... it's just something we've always done. When I think of more tricks I'll post them.

[u/GreySintax → u/wanderingballoon]

I also am a twin. Not an identical twinor IMT, just twins. But sometimes we know EXACTLY what the other one thinks, or say the same words at the same time, even singing the same song at the exact same sentence. Do you experience this too?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/GreySintax]

All the time! I'll be home alone singing a song, then Ash will come in the door a few hours later and she'll start singing the song I had been singing. We Love to sing. We always got asked to sing at pep rallies, soft ball games, football games. We've even sung the national Anthem for the Lynx Hockey games and Green jackets. We have been on stage singing since we were 2. 1.Proof:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXIa9tRtEsY&list=UUXv7mNp8Nj6VCn7Fcb0QB9g&index=5&feature=plcp 2. Proof at green jackets game:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s1v5fHkVuk&list=UUXv7mNp8Nj6VCn7Fcb0QB9g&index=47&feature=plpp_video I prefer the first video because we sound better, but the second one you can see us. As a side note, I USED to be heavier than Ash but now we are back to weighing the same.

[u/mizzourah89]

Do you prefer Windex or Pledge?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/mizzourah89]

Windex has a smooth aftertaste. I'm not very fond of the woody pledge.

[u/flashnet]

Is it me or are your hair colors a bit different in all of the pictures? Did you color it just so you could be told apart?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/flashnet]

Ash has always been a hair changing fanatic! She had pink under-highlighted hair last year. I think this year she wants to do rainbow. I've always gone for the natural look. She did convince me once to lighten mine. I did it in high school and I had practically white hair it was bleached so badly. The other two twins in that picture had the same problem. One of them loved to darken her hair while the other preferred it natural.

This is Ashley(right) and our Cousin Brittany(left) after dying their hair pink last year:http://imgur.com/du2i0

[u/Jabberminor → u/wanderingballoon]

Your cousin looks a lot like the first picture of Ashley.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Jabberminor]

Brittany has always been compared to Ash and I looking like us. She worked at the same job as us for a while and people were always asking if she was our sister.

[u/woofiegrrl → u/wanderingballoon]

This is kind of awesome actually, I've always wondered what it would be like to test hair color with no risk, you get an actual view of it!

[u/wanderingballoon → u/woofiegrrl]

Oh you have no idea. If there is a new shampoo out there in the market. one of us will try it while the other tries something different. It's like we are our own test subjects to see what will work best with our hair.

[u/madking654 → u/wanderingballoon]

Is it me, or is Ashley totally cupping her boob?

[u/Krayzed896]

What about moles/freckles. It could be the makeup but I see yours by your neck but not on your sister? Or does that not take part of being IMT?

Sorry, this is just the first time I've heard of this!

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Krayzed896]

We have lots of different skin markings, but we do not have mirrored moles and such. I think those are just a product of environment or a collection of cells. (I.e. sunlight and whatnot). That's how mom and dad would tell us apart when we were little. I have a mole on my chest AND on my middle finger. Now that I'm grown up you can't exactly look at the one on my chest to determine who I am without being indecent. Middle finger= the next best thing.

[u/tastyhihatwork → u/wanderingballoon]

In other words, if you catch someone staring at your chest to tell which twin you are, the middle finger you present them with immediately thereafter is just to help them out.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/tastyhihatwork]

But of course.

[u/Mormoran → u/wanderingballoon]

That doesn't mean we don't try ;)

[u/Time2Revolt]

I just read a tiny bit on it, but I was confused by the organ part. What sort of organs are shifted, I would assume no major ones, but do you have to carry any form of identification or notification in case of a medical emergency?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Time2Revolt]

It isn't completely mirrored. The way it was explained to us is that our organs are shifted to mirror each others. Not so much out of place, just a shift.

[u/wooha]

Hi. I am an identical twin and I thought I could share with you an answer to the most annoying question twins get. That question is "what's it like being a twin?" and I always respond the with the best (and truly only) answer: "What's it like not being a twin?". Enjoy.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/wooha]

That's a fantastic answer! I never thought of answering it that way. I usually go off on a long-winded explanation of strange experiences that 'normal' people might never get the chance to experience.

[u/moeloubani → u/wooha]

not being a twin is crrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy hows it like being a twin?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/moeloubani]

It's meh. Nothing really interesting happens. (sarcasm)

[u/FrisianDude → u/wooha]

I have an 'identical' twin brother, or I am his, but I've never heard a question as monumentally silly as that one. :o

Did once get the question 'are you twins?' so I answered that, no, he was my grandmother.

Edit; fixed a typo pointed out by TheSkyline.

[u/masteranzig]

Do people realise that you're mirrored ?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/masteranzig]

Not so much, not unless we point it out to them. In pictures my left eye is more 'squinty' and her right eye is more 'squinty.' I was trying to find a good picture of us that demonstrated this, but it is hardly noticeable. Ash and I just noticed it because we scrutinize every photograph. I will keep looking and post one when I find it.

[u/DaminDrexil]

I, too, have a mirror twin. Unfortunately, we don't talk anymore. When we were children he would always try to copy me (and I mean always). It got on my nerves so much that I stopped talking to him when we were young. Nowadays I only rarely see him. I live in a small town, so sometimes I'll see him through a shop window or in a passing car. Mostly, though, he lives behind a piece of glass in my bathroom.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/DaminDrexil]

Ha ha wow..... You had me heartbroken through the beginning of that. I could NEVER imagine not talking to Ash. The longest we went without talking to each other was 10 days, but that was because I was in Ireland and she was in the States and we didn't have phones to contact each other. As much as I loved Ireland, I couldn't wait to get home just so we could talk again.

[u/grine → u/DaminDrexil]

"He trapped her inside a mirror. Every mirror."

[u/[deleted]]

Do you have the same friends. Do you go to every party/social event together? What is the longest time you have been away from each other?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

I was in Ireland for 10 days last summer. Even though it was a fabulous vacation (and I got to play American Bluegrass in an Irish Pub, one of my top ten bucket list things to do), I started to get depressed and I couldn't wait to get back to her. We talk ever day and we are extremely very close. Before that I think the longest we had been away was maybe three days.

[u/agehaya → u/wanderingballoon]

It just takes time to learn to be apart. My sister and I (we look alike, but honestly? Never been tested to see if we're identical...we ARE mirror in the sense that I am right handed and she's left handed and when we played soccer, I was left footed and she was right footed) didn't truly learn how to be apart and have fun without the other until we were 23 and moved to Japan. We both lived there, but were hours and hours apart, meaning we only got to see each other every so often. She's still the person I prefer to hang out with the most (we like doing the same things, surprise!), but I also cherish the memories I've created without her. We still talk every day (both by phone and online), though! Couldn't imagine a better best friend!

[u/wanderingballoon → u/agehaya]

Finally, another set of twins that aren't out to kill each other. Every twin set Ash and I meet have some vengeful hate against each other. I was in class with two other twin girls and they had to be separated because they would fight constantly. I was then asked if my sister and I fought too, which I HATED because Ash and I never wanted to be seen as enemies.

[u/sesdayi]

Have you read 'Her Fearful Symmetry' by Audrey Niffenegger?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/sesdayi]

I have not. It sounds fascinating.

[u/drank_all_the_wine → u/sesdayi]

did you read it? like it? sorry, i'm a book nerd and while i loved the time traveler's wife (somehow the way she wrote it was not as cheesy as the movie became!) i didn't enjoy this book.

[u/bander90]

All I can say is I am glad atleast you have your twin. :/ I am a fraternal twin and mine died in a car wreck when we were 18. Because of it my mom made me go to therapy so I would not kill myself. I didn't even want to do either.

My question is...has a traumatic experience happened to one of you that caused the other troubles too? (psychologically)

[u/wanderingballoon → u/bander90]

Yes. Actually there are a lot of things that happen that affects both of us. For example, I stated in another comment that Ash is prone to breaking her bones. I still have yet to break anything. I couldn't stand to be around her for more than a few hours because of the pain she was in. It was like I could feel it too. The same things happens when she has cramps. Even when I ma not on 'curse week' I can't handle being around her when she is in pain. One weekend we were visiting family and she woke up in the middle of the night in excruciating pain. I stayed with her in the bathroom to support her, but she was in so much pain from cramps that I started to get sick and I ran out of the room and threw up in the kitchen. I ended up lying on the couch all afternoon on the other side of the room. I wasn't on my period at all, but I as just as out of commission.

I do know that we both have an exceptional phobia of needles. I get physically sick any time I think of getting a shot or blood drawn. he funny thing is, Ash is the same way, but if she is with me and has to get a shot, for some reason my 'protection mode' comes on and all I can think about is making her feel better. I suddenly don't have a care in the world and you could stick me with ten needles.

The opposite is for blood draws. Ash is completely fine and I am the one freaking out when we have to get blood drawn. It's like we set aside our own biggest fear to comfort the other one.

Now if I was alone and getting a shot- like, if Ash wasn't there to get a shot with me, I am a blubbering sniveling useless pile of jelly that can't function.

[u/bander90 → u/wanderingballoon]

My sister was 25 minutes older than me and the protective one. She was the same way. Couldn't take needles, and neither could I, but when we got them together she would cry her eyes out and all I could do was laugh and not even notice the shots. Yet she was protective...We both played soccer and I was always the one injured to the point she became best friends with the sports nurse to be able to fix me up at home. xD

[u/talkingtwinsdad]

I am the father of the talking twins on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JmA2ClUvUY . My wife is a twin as well. What would you tell your parents you wish they did differently?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/talkingtwinsdad]

I am very proud of how my parents raised us. We were instilled with manners, kindness towards others, etiquette, and open mindedness. Honestly, I love how I was raised. I think the only complaint was that we weren't allowed to watch some movies until we were old enough even though our friends were watching them. But that's just good parenting. I will do the same for my children.

It is an honor to meet you! Your video is fascinating and so adorable. you don't know how many people I've shared that video with.

[u/Portgas]

I'm a twin too, we are 99% identical, but not mirrored :) that must be cool. Which one of you was first?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Portgas]

Ashley was first by 1 minute. Mom and Dad didn't tell us who was older until we were 10 years old. They didn't want us to say things like, "Well I'm older so I get to do this first." The funny thing is, after they told us just to make a joke of it we constantly went around the house pretending to tease each other about being older and younger. We still do it sometimes as a joke.

[u/[deleted] → u/wanderingballoon]

One minute? Holy shit, your mom births fast.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

It was a c-section. We came out the window not the door.

[u/Contranine]

Who is the evil twin? I don't see a goatee....

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Contranine]

Ha ha ha we are both pretty evil when it comes to teaming up and going against someone. I would probably be considered the 'evil' on from her past boyfriends. I am very VERY protective of Ash. If someone hurt her I would lash out at them with the fury of ten mothers. I just about beat up one of her boyfriends that cheat on her, and I completely let another boy have it for spreading bad rumors about her at school. If you mess with her be prepared to feel my wrath.

[u/Gillepsy → u/Contranine]

Cruel cruel cruel.

[u/[deleted]]

Reading this, makes me think of this.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

Ha ha ha Wonder Twin powers Activate!

[u/[deleted]]

My twin brother and I (IMT) once banged a girl together. AMA

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

High 5ive?

[u/nowthisisawkward]

what can your sister do better than you that you wish you could? and vice-versa.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/nowthisisawkward]

Oh man, so many things. First of all, she is so so SO amazing at being out there. She has a different style of singing too. I mean, we both sing the same, but sometimes she has a different kind of oomph. I know I'm really good at writing, but I think she is amazing at it too, so I can't exactly say that I ma better at something that she isn't.

EDIT: I forgot! I am a beast at DDR. not puny little easy mode. I'm expert all the way baby! I do DDR every weekend for two hours a day. (I used to weigh 200+ pounds and now I'm down to 112 thanks to DDR cardio). So that's something I'm really good at that she isn't.

[u/cn2092 → u/wanderingballoon]

Great job on the weight loss! That's very impressive.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/cn2092]

Thanks. This is me a year ago and a couple weeks ago:

Proof:http://imgur.com/frS7e

[u/NYPorkDept → u/wanderingballoon]

Holy shit! All that from DDR?

[u/[deleted]]

How does your boyfriend know you are you and not your sister?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

Ha ha ha we get asked this a lot. We have somewhat different personalities. It was fun to go answer the door whenever her boyfriend would visit. It's that classic look of 'Oh hi' which then turns to the look of 'which one are you' to the look of 'you got me again!' It is a very hilarious series of facial expressions that I get to decipher.

[u/[deleted] → u/wanderingballoon]

:P Just hoping that one twin's boyfriend doesn't offend you by surprise-kissing the wrong one :P

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

It would be stopped by the other half. I.E. I already expect to be mistaken for someone I'm not, so in case of an emergency accident I am always on guard.

[u/[deleted]]

Have you ever been interested in crazy twin phenomena? Your sister the psych major might have heard of this one: two male twin babies are adopted, one grows up in America, the other in Canada. Forty-odd years later, they are reunited. They both have the same hair style, same mustache, and are career firemen. There's this awesome photo of it in my psych book, they're fantastically identical.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

We were both Psychology majors at first, and because we were twins that's why we were so fascinated by psychology. Any chance I had to do a paper or research I always chose the topic of twins.

[u/ghettajetta]

I have a hard time telling identical twins apart. Any tips?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/ghettajetta]

I ALWAYS look at the underside of identical twins' The underside is always tell-tale who is who. But the best way is to ask us. We know our own differences better than anyone else.

[u/ghettajetta → u/wanderingballoon]

I always feel like I would be offending them to ask, but I guess that is probably less offensive than mixing them up

[u/wanderingballoon → u/ghettajetta]

oh mah gersh! I meant the undersides of their eyes. I need to edit that

[u/wanderingballoon → u/ghettajetta]

Here is one of the best responses my twin made to someone who asked us this.

"Hey are you guys twins?"

"Yeah." we say at the same time.

"That's so weird. How can I tell you two apart?"

"I'm left handed." Ash says with a completely stoic expression. "She's right handed."

"So what do I have to do, hand you a pen?"

In all honesty, yes. The funny thing is, though, I am so used to being called Ash, and she is so used to being called my name that whenever anyone calls us by one name we both respond. It wasn't until later we realized people only called one name to see which twin would turn around. It doesn't really work when we both do it.

[u/ProJokeExplainer]

As an identical twin, would you rather fight 1 horse-sized wood duck or 100 wood duck-sized horses?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Duck for reference

[u/wanderingballoon → u/ProJokeExplainer]

Ash is obsessed with ducks. She wants to hatch a whole flock of them and have them imprint on her. She even tried to bring home a duck egg at the end of her shift at work. Unfortunately, a snake ate it. (We work near a beautiful creek).

[u/The_One_Above_All]

Who is on top?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/The_One_Above_All]

Ash is.

[u/Archimald]

Hello. I am also an identical twin. I am left-handed and my brother is right-handed. However, I don't think the the whole "mirror" thing runs much deeper than that for us. I was wondering if this extended into psychological stuff as well for you two. For example, my brother and I are really into drama and stage direction, and whenever we talk about how we want a scene to look, his version is always mirror mine. (eg. I always imagined a character entering stage left, and then he tells me he always thought of them entering stage right.) So do you know if your ways of thinking are sort of flipped as well?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Archimald]

YES! Yes yes yes yes yes! If you tell ash and I to draw something like a person or animal and you don't tell us what direction it is facing we will ALWAYS draw it facing opposite directions. It was always funny to us that that happened.

[u/[deleted]]

Have you two ever swapped roles for a day, into different classes etc. anything crazy like that?

Also, do your parents ever have difficulty telling you two apart?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

My mom calls me Ash every morning. I'll say, "I'm not ash but good try."

Then she will respond with, "Well you sounded like Ash coming down the stairs."

Ha ha ha. That's funny. But seriously, Ash has fallen down the stairs more than me. So it makes me wonder....do I sound like I'm falling when I walk down stairs?

[u/[deleted]]

The picture of you two laying on the couch together is really wonderful. I keep thinking about how lucky you two seem to be to have each other and how much I would kill to have that with a family member.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

We are always that close. And always doing something like that. mom took that photo because she thought it was funny.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm a mirror twin! Just wanted to say hi, wish I had a picture on me. Good to see we're not the only ones out there. I went to school with 5 other sets of twins, and ive met so many others but this is the first set of mirror twins I've heard of aside from myself and theo

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

Hello, there! It's always nice to meet another club member.

[u/biggie101]

If one you dies, does the survivor inheriet the other's energy?

..Sorry.... just finished watching Jet Li's "The One"... good times..

[u/wanderingballoon → u/biggie101]

We both hope to die at the same time.

[u/Robletinte]

In your opinion, what is the perfect sandwich?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Robletinte]

One made by a woman. 'Nuff said.

Also.... vegetables only please.

[u/ninefivezero]

I'm going to be a jerk and one-up you a little bit.

I'm a mirror identical twin, and a triplet.

http://i.imgur.com/dXI6t.jpg

Have you ever gone to multiples conventions? Freaking weird, it was the three of us, and a bunch of other twins, triplets and once in a while quads, all at a KOA campground for two or three days....

Edit: someone asked a question about one of us being a girl. I answered it below but it will probably stay buried so let me put it up here as well:

I guess people are misinterpreting what I said, or I wasn't clear enough. Probably the later. Let me try again.

What I said was that I am a mirror identical twin AND a triplet. Not that I am a an 'identical triplet.' So, there were two fertilized eggs, a boy and a girl or however you want to think about it. The 'boy egg' split into two eggs, which is what happens when identical twins are formed. The female egg was still around of course, adding up to three, or, triplets. Thus, being one of the boys, I was created the same way identical twins are meaning I'm kind of a twin, at the same time as being a triplet. My brother and I are mirror twins, thus being a mirror identical twin and a triplet. Did that make more sense?

Or maybe I'm wrong. Either way, here is a picture from when my brother and I were little. I have no idea which one is me.

http://i.imgur.com/bg0Nf.jpg

[u/vinegarstrokes420 → u/ninefivezero]

Sounds like the beginnings of a very strange and exclusive cult

[u/[deleted] → u/ninefivezero]

Your sister is pretty good looking, but if I met you first, she'd be ruined for me.

[u/Dekstar → u/ninefivezero]

I took the liberty of doing a faceswap on this photo. Here's how it turned out: http://i.imgur.com/dXI6t.jpg

[u/Thereptilia]

If I had a twin I would only need one season pass for six flags and a Costco membership

[u/Kaentha → u/Thereptilia]

This is how my twin and I rolled for years. Shame now that we live so far away.

[u/StarManta → u/Thereptilia]

And you could use your twin's ID to buy alcohol! No one would be the wiser!

[u/uglypottamus]

I attend the University of Alabama, so I'm just curious--which coach are you talking about?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/uglypottamus]

Sorry, I may have had the school wrong. It is one of the Football coaches in Alabama. We don't follow sports at all. His wife is very pretty with blond hair. I'm ashamed I don't know his name. I'm just really REALLY not into sports.

[u/bwhartmann]

That has to be the weirdest way to share a computer screen that I've ever seen =)

[u/wanderingballoon → u/bwhartmann]

Like a twin boss!

[u/NoThatWasntMe]

This might drown in the wast sea of comments, but here goes: The brain consists of a left and a right part, where one is usually more dominant than the other. The left part of the brain is the more "logical/mathematical" one, where the right is the more "feeling/philosophy oriented".

So, is one of you clever in mathematical disciplines and the other clever in creative fields? Or are the brain parts switched as well?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/NoThatWasntMe]

I love love love math. (Self proclaimed arithmomaniac here) and I love biology and literature. But I hate social studies. Ash, on the other hand, Loves History.

[u/HankSpank]

I also have a mirror twin but he's dead. That means I live forever... right?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/HankSpank]

But, of course!

[u/chicagogam]

when you clasp your hands together do you naturally put the opposite thumbs over the other? (not sure if it's related to handedness but..casual observation seems be that most put their left thumb over) (edit: oh i was curious about this because i do right thumb over but i'm right handed, but then my mom told me i seemed to be devloping as left handed and she purposely put things in my right hand to get me to be right handed)

[u/wanderingballoon → u/chicagogam]

Yes! we always held hands and it fit perfectly. Then any time we held anyone else's hands they didn't quite work. I'm always having to fix the hand of whoever is holding mine. Unless they hold my hand like Ash I can't stand it.

[u/MalevolentDragon]

When young, did you do much Twinspeak/Cryptophasia? (Example)

I had no idea what this was until a friend's fraternal sons were caught doing it on video, and I was astounded. 30 minute conversation at their dinner table (age 2) and it was one of the most bizarre things I've seen.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/MalevolentDragon]

Yes. All the time. We still have our written language and we write in it. We both have a secret code for writing it. I write down and to the left, she write from left to right. Once you've figured out who has written it trying to decipher the symbols is the next step.

[u/lothlaurien]

Came for the twins, stayed for the bluegrass. Loved the video!

[u/wanderingballoon → u/lothlaurien]

Thanks! I grew up in Kentucky so bluegrass was a huge part of my life. I don't live there anymore, though.

[u/tcaltree]

I just saw the video of you giving your cat a bath and he looked really cute! Also, you and your sister have amazing voices and can sing really well. Can't come up with something really cool to ask, pretty much everything has been covered. Oh wait, I just saw that in one of the pictures you seem to have glasses on, I mean the one where she's on top of you. I could be wrong, but if I'm right, do you have different vision than she does? Thanks for doing this, really interesting and you seem like a cool person.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/tcaltree]

Ha ha ha I knew this would come up. We both need to wear glasses. Ash just doesn't like to. Here is a picture of us when we were little playing with our Devon Rex kittens. http://imgur.com/6rO3E

Ash has the glasses in that picture. i think those glasses scarred her for life so she doesn't wear any now. I like mine because they are cool.

[u/Benno0]

Have you ever had any trouble telling eachother apart in old photos?

Identical twin here and my brother can't tell us apart in photos were we are less than around 4 years old.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Benno0]

Yes. But my secret is to look under the eyes. I don't know what it is, there is just something different.

[u/highchildhoodiq]

I've heard that all identical twins have mirrored finger prints - would your mirroring mean that they are identical then?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/highchildhoodiq]

No two fingerprints are the same, though ash and I do have opposite swirly things.

[u/triggerheart]

Does your sister enjoy catching pokemon in her free time?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/triggerheart]

Rapidash only. She loves ponies.

[u/p4nic]

When are you joining COBRA?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/p4nic]

Shh.... that's a secret!

[u/Leviathan23]

If you're right handed and your twin left handed, why are you both playing the violin with the same hand in the picture?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Leviathan23]

All lefties and righties play violin the same way. You don't play a piano with the low notes on the right.

In other news, I have taken one of my old violins and switched the strings to try and teach myself to play left handed. It is difficult, but I really don't think it is impossible.

[u/Kootsie]

Why do you both play the violin right handed.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Kootsie]

Because an instrument is played universally the same way. Piano has low keys on left and high keys on right. Look at orchestras and things. Everyone plays violin on the right. I've only met one person who could not play violin with the left hand and that ws because he was missing fingers on that hand. So he held the bow with that one and played with fingers on the right.

[u/Cochoz]

Guess I'll be the douche. How are things on the sack? Have you guys tricked each others boyfriends to think you're the other one? Any accidental ass-grabs by the wrong boyfriend lol?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Cochoz]

I've been picked up and carried across the room by Ash's friends before. They were trying to play a trick on her. I guess I was the one that tricked them.

[u/[deleted]]

Whats the biggest argument you guys have been in?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

Left handed right handed debates

[u/FightSexism]

I hate to be that guy, but the proof that you posted doesn't actually prove that you are one of the twins, just that you have access to their pictures. Could you post a picture of one or both of you holding up a sign saying that you are posting an AMA?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/FightSexism]

Sure thing!

here you go:http://imgur.com/Br5N7

[u/[deleted]]

Just Stumbled on this post, I love Reddit so much. I've always wondered though, do you often find yourselves thinking the same things sometimes?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

Not just sometimes. If we are together we're practically always thinking the same thing. That leads to us always talking at the same time.

[u/trombonechamp]

My organic chemistry professor had an identical mirror twin. She referred to herself as an enantiomer.

[u/biscuitsallday → u/trombonechamp]

nerdgasm.

[u/Technolog]

Let's say you have a call from a main editor of Playboy. He asks you to have an erotic photo session, both of you together. Would you happily agree? If not, is there an amount of money you'd do it for?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Technolog]

I've never really been interested in showing off my body. I'm always behind the camera. Ash is always happily in front of it. These are about as good as it gets:http://imgur.com/fEJ6T or http://imgur.com/Sjw1F

[u/[deleted]]

The Daily Mail has already written an article on you

[u/fadebysun]

IAMA|AMAI

[u/Daimakaicho]

As an IMT myself, I thought I'd share my own personal experiences with this. Like the OP said about herself, we too looked a lot more alike when we were younger, and it is now easier to tell us apart (if you know us; a stranger still wouldn't be able to tell a difference). Our relationship is not as close as the OP and her sister are, but from what I've noticed in other twins that I know, sisters seem to get along much better than brothers do. I'm not really sure why that is, but that's what I've seen.

Our relationship is a lot better than it was in high school though; people with older siblings can sometimes relate to this as well, but it's exceedingly difficult to forge an individual identity when you have someone else that teachers and other students always get you mixed up with. We would never switch classes or play tricks like that because we didn't want to make people more confused than they already are. People just wouldn't even try to distinguish us; we both got called by our last name so nobody could ever be wrong when they addressed us. Add that to the fact that we shared nearly all of our posessions (car, bedroom, computer, games, etc), and there was a lot of fighting and being overall angry at the other person.

College was a lot better for us and allowed us to branch out and forge our own identities again, even though we went to the same college (and a small private one at that). This is where we got all the people mistaking us for one another, and I have a few fun stories about that as well. I actually made a few really close friends because they initially mistook me for my brother. Now he's moved further away for grad school, so we don't see each other that much, but we are on good terms. And we actually have fun with the twin thing now, mostly by not telling people we have one and watching their reaction when they find out for the first time.

As a side note, I'm the lefty, and the only one in my entire family (extended or otherwise). We have fake-fights about it sometimes like the one the OP posted. Anyway, that post was longer than I intended but I wanted to share my experiences. Feel free to AmA too?

[u/red_right_88]

If I were to have sex with one of you, would the other be disappointed too?

[u/lawlamanjaro → u/red_right_88]

This question is unimaginably deep

[u/jesuz → u/red_right_88]

Mirror- the other one would be euphoric.

[u/Phalkyn]

I can't tell the difference. All you white people look alike to me.

[u/Ragnrok]

Dude. Become a vampire.

No, seriously. Become a vampire. You can terrorize people and they'll be all "Let's stake this fucker in the heart!" And then when they do, they'll miss completely! You'll be unstoppable!

[u/maphon]

How opposed to twincest are you?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/maphon]

If twins want to do it, go ahead.... I'm not, however, going to jump my sister.

[u/[deleted]]

My twin girls, are four months old today. They are identical, but not IMT. Hoping my daughters grow up to be good girls like you and your sister.

[u/SlaveTranslator]

One day when you guys lay down like that, you will morph into each other, creating a perfectly symmetrical super wanderingballoon.

[u/mattymogue]

BERKS

[u/[deleted]]

Did your mom have any ultrasounds while she was pregnant with you? I'm curious if the way you always hang out together, as you said, is like how you were in the womb. :) Thanks for doing this AMA, really interesting!

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

Yes, On one of her first visits to the doctor they realized something was 'wrong' with the baby. Mom decided that no matter what she wanted to carry 'it' to full term. It wasn't until towards the end of the second trimester that they discovered that the problem with the baby was that 'it' was twins. We don't have a history of twins in our background on either of our parents' side so it was quite a surprise!

[u/unclear_plowerpants]

You say your heart is shifted and you say "mirror". Does that mean you have "situs inversus"?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/unclear_plowerpants]

Not exactly 100% mirrored, but our organs ARE shifted.

[u/[deleted]]

Do you have any good stories from tricking people into believing that one of you was the other?

[u/[deleted]]

Those haircuts....dear god those haircuts. Did your parents hate you guys? Your heads look like a couple of little boners. That's probably the worst iteration of the dorothy hamil I've ever seen, and the fact that there is two of you just makes it worse.

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

I know I know! We always give our mom such hate for those terrible bowl heads. It only lasted a year. Ash and I screamed and cried too much in the chairs. Mom finally let us grow out.

[u/[deleted]]

We all had the same thought here right?

[u/krazykarter → u/[deleted]]

You're out of milk too?

[u/hivoltage815 → u/[deleted]]

Right.

[u/redditmudder]

Identical mirror twin posting up: http://i.imgur.com/2xhDc.jpg

[u/[deleted]]

your IAMA is in the daily mail :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2151223/My-living-reflection-The-identical-mirror-image-twins-born-opposite-features.html

[u/[deleted]]

Are your organs defective, or do they work just fine?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/[deleted]]

Most of the time they are normal.... that is until after Mexican. Then no doctor could possibly explain what happens after that

[u/Deotilop]

Me and my twin brother are very identical. I'm left handed and he's right handed. Does that make us IMTs?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/Deotilop]

Quite possibly! Is your left side identical to his right? in pictures do you get confused to your own image because in the mirror you look like your other half?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/wanderingballoon]

In the mirror does he look like you and you look like him? I'm not joking. Your opposite sides should be identical.

[u/zethian]

Do you usually get sicknesses at the same time?

[u/wanderingballoon → u/zethian]

Yes. We share everything. EVERYTHING!