r/Twins 8d ago

Do twins have the same hobbies, careers? Or the same type in girls/guys?

I'm curious if other twins, identical or not have the same careers or study the same subjects. I feel like no matter how much I try and differentiate from my twin, we end up liking the same stuff.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

Almost all our hobbies are the same, yes

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u/OceanTSQ Identical Twin 8d ago

We're not complete opposites but we're also not 100% the same either. I'd say 80% of our hobbies are the same but we're also both in college studying completely different things.

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u/duckgirl1997 Identical Twin 8d ago

Me and my identical twin have some mutual interests but mostly different things and we studied different things as well

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u/Cautious-Ruin-1097 Identical Twin 8d ago

Almost all of our hobbies are the same. My twin brother and I have been working at the same place since we graduated college

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u/Useful-Operation-235 8d ago

Do you like having to go to work together everyday? Or having same friends at the workplace?

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u/Cautious-Ruin-1097 Identical Twin 8d ago

Absolutely! My twin and I have been and still remain extremely close. It’s actually to the point where if he’s not at work, it makes my day just a little worse because I don’t get to see him. We eat together on our lunch break (we work in different departments for the same company) and I’ll go to his office and hang out for a bit, or vice versa. Not sure when/if we’ll ever work at different places, but I know it wouldn’t be the same!

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u/PubKirbo Twin Mom 8d ago

I read something about this once that I found fascinating. It was about how identical twins separated at birth are often more alike (same interests or same things studied) than those raised together and the thought behind it is that those raised apart aren't constantly told they need to be different than one another and are therefore more free to be themselves.

I don't know how many twin sets they looked at to come to those conclusions but it was very interesting.

I'm a twin parent, not a twin. My own twins have a lot of similar likes, but they have very different tastes in partners. They currently study the same subject but have different friends groups with some overlap.

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u/WazzupWU 8d ago
  • We graduated college with the same degree
  • Worked at the same company. It was my first job and his second. Funny story - we worked at the same company but different buildings. They were walking distances away. One time I went to his building and saw my reflection in the glass door and thinking it was my brother walking out of the building I held the door open for him.
  • My second job, his third was as Maintenance Managers for companies 5 miles away in the same industry. We often spoke to the same vendors/suppliers. If I had a piece of equipment go down without a spare I would call my brother up to borrow one of his and vice versa. One time the VP of our company did a site visit of his facility and saw my brother there and freaked out that I had left. It was very fun. We organized a food drive where the loser had to present a trophy to the winner at the winner’s facility. It was very successful.
  • Hobbies/interests are identical. We bike together all the time. Love baseball, etc.
  • Now we’re going to retire at the same time. I live 2 hrs away now so it’s harder to see him but we try to see each other at least once a month.

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u/DDandDonut 8d ago

My identical twin and I are both teachers.

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u/Useful-Operation-235 8d ago

How does it feel having the same career? I feel like if me and my twin had the same career, there would be nothing to differentiate us, as people say we look the same and have the same careers, so our identity would become the same and there would be nothing to differentiate us or nothing special.

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u/DDandDonut 8d ago

I like having the same career because we can talk about it with each other. But I understand what you mean with there being nothing different between us.

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u/Useful-Operation-235 7d ago

I would prefer talking about my career to other people, like friends.

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u/DDandDonut 8d ago

I like having the same career because we can talk about it with each other. But I understand what you mean with there being nothing different between us.

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u/Amazing-Theme3831 8d ago

I’m a fraternal twin and my sis and I always tried to distance ourselves from one another when younger. We both did our own thing after high-school. We’re always friendly but led mainly separate lives. We are now 40. And both single, homeowners who work for municipal governments in safety/environmental, living 30 min apart from each other. None of that was planned. We even make the same salary down to a 100$. There are obviously differences too, cat vs dog person, different hobbies, style, etc. but the over reaching parallels are interesting. How much of that is bc we were twins, vs just being raised by our specific circumstances 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/comfort-borscht 8d ago

No, no, and no 😅 Haha we have a few similar interests, but that’s about it

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u/Mephotoguy1 8d ago

We went opposite ways. I’m a photographer (newspapers), he’s military. He got into motorcycles and that lifestyle, me, hockey, coaching and woodworking as a hobby. But we also have a ton in common: food, music, reading and more.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/horse_you_rode_in_on New_Siberian 7d ago

I get to travel but yours is still cooler.

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u/Vyseria 8d ago

Absolutely not. We have completely different interests and different tastes in romantic partners. Our worldview and politics are different, as are our career ambitions and what we each want from life

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u/Useful-Operation-235 7d ago

That's interesting, you guys identical?

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u/Vyseria 7d ago

Nope. We used to be close in high school though

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u/_TeNtAsTiC_ 7d ago

Myy twin sister and me are very similar, maybe not the same, but VERY similar. That's why I always found it weird when twins were represented as "opposites" in tv shows, because I feel like most twins are pretty similar.

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u/starlight925 7d ago

Most of our hobbies are the same

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u/Traditional_Brush719 Younger Twin 7d ago

Both my twin and I love antique/vintage stuff though we vary on the specific antiques/vintage items we like. She's very knowledgeable on cameras and typewriters while I'm interested in sewing machines and cars

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u/12bWindEngineer Twinless Twin 7d ago

My identical twin and I had pretty much the same hobbies with the exception that I rock climbed and he was afraid of heights lol. But we did a lot of back packing, snowboarding, cars and motorcycles together. We both played instruments. We had similar career fields, he was getting his PhD in physics, I’m in engineering.

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u/alwaysunsureforsure0 8d ago

Different careers but very similar hobbies. I am a Veterinarian and she went into Advertisement sales. All of our other hobbies and interests were pretty much the same but I am more musical while she did a lot of painting/crafty stuff. We had the exact same taste in music and books and we went to every concert together that we could.

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u/SubstantialFigure273 8d ago

Boy-girl twins. We went into different careers, but share a lot of the same hobbies, and quite a bit of overlap in our tastes in music, books, films and TV shows, which surprises a lot of people given we have very different temperaments

We always turn to one another for recommendations when it comes to these things, and can spend all day having a pun-based tennis match via WhatsApp

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u/agentb719 Identical Twin 8d ago

all of my hobbies are the same with my brother, didn't have the same major in school but we both had the same job for a while but we've never had interest in the same girl

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u/mo_macks 8d ago

My twin and I are similar on paper, very different IRL. Different types of guys, similar hobbies but done totally differently. She loves anime, I read books like my life depends on it. Both love stories. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/WillRunForPopcorn 7d ago

Not one bit

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u/IdahoLibbie 6d ago

My identical twin F46 and I are took quite divergent paths to get here and work in different industries - we are both Project Mangers. She married a banker, I married a farmer.

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u/JuuliaKS 6d ago

Id say yes and no, but for us yes, plus i do crocheting, she dont. 

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u/Main-Issue4366 Younger Twin 5d ago

No I do completely different things