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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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 Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:44 pm Post subject: Twins |
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| I have noticed a lot of twins. And I mean a lot, and only in my city of 100000. I asked about it, and apparently my teachers (mostly married with children) said that Korean women don't really want to have children more than once, so they are using a lot of fertility drugs and artifical insemination. Any thoughts (or for RealReality, articles, I know you have some...) ??? |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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i've noticed twins, too!
personally, i'd probably jump on that bandwagon and only go through childbirth once as well. i'd rather they weren't identical, though. identical twins freak me out. |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: Twins |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| I have noticed a lot of twins. And I mean a lot, and only in my city of 100000. I asked about it, and apparently my teachers (mostly married with children) said that Korean women don't really want to have children more than once, so they are using a lot of fertility drugs and artifical insemination. Any thoughts (or for RealReality, articles, I know you have some...) ??? |
Isn' t that expensive, though? Also, I thought fertility drugs had some nasty side effects, but I'm not sure... |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: Twins |
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| periwinkle wrote: |
| laogaiguk wrote: |
| I have noticed a lot of twins. And I mean a lot, and only in my city of 100000. I asked about it, and apparently my teachers (mostly married with children) said that Korean women don't really want to have children more than once, so they are using a lot of fertility drugs and artifical insemination. Any thoughts (or for RealReality, articles, I know you have some...) ??? |
Isn' t that expensive, though? Also, I thought fertility drugs had some nasty side effects, but I'm not sure... |
Yeah, like octuplets. By which I mean, little octopus babies. |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I have two sets of identical twins in one class of 6... |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Twins |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
Yeah, like octuplets. By which I mean, little octopus babies. |
so triplets=three piglets? |
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casey's moon
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| It's expensive and risky... the chances of not being able to carry to full term increase with each additional fetus. |
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noelinkorea
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: Shinchon, Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| We actaully have twin teachers at my school - kyopos from the States...and it took me a couple of weeks to realise there were two of them...only once they were standing beside each other and literally said "Oh! There's two of you!"...classically stupid thing to say in front of twins by the way... |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| noelinkorea wrote: |
| We actaully have twin teachers at my school - kyopos from the States...and it took me a couple of weeks to realise there were two of them...only once they were standing beside each other and literally said "Oh! There's two of you!"...classically stupid thing to say in front of twins by the way... |
I have a twin sister and we would call you a twin bigot. As in someone who says stupid things or asks stupid questions when they see identical twins. Other examples include:
1. Do you have ESP?
2. If I hit your sister, will you feel it?
3. Do you get confused as to who you are?
Identical twins are freaky. It's weird to think that I have a genetic equal out there somewhere and to look at our lives and wonder how they ended up so different.
Me: wandering the world, hiking and studying and performing monkey-style at a hagwon.
Sister: married, living in Toronto, hoping to make partner at a chemical engineering firm.
Bizarre. |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| jlb wrote: |
| noelinkorea wrote: |
| We actaully have twin teachers at my school - kyopos from the States...and it took me a couple of weeks to realise there were two of them...only once they were standing beside each other and literally said "Oh! There's two of you!"...classically stupid thing to say in front of twins by the way... |
I have a twin sister and we would call you a twin bigot. As in someone who says stupid things or asks stupid questions when they see identical twins. Other examples include:
1. Do you have ESP?
2. If I hit your sister, will you feel it?
3. Do you get confused as to who you are?
Identical twins are freaky. It's weird to think that I have a genetic equal out there somewhere and to look at our lives and wonder how they ended up so different.
Me: wandering the world, hiking and studying and performing monkey-style at a hagwon.
Sister: married, living in Toronto, hoping to make partner at a chemical engineering firm.
Bizarre. |
Why would you call noelinkorea a bigot? Do you know what a bigot is? (One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.) Is noel intolerant of the twins because he didn't know they were twins? Sure, it might have been kind of dumb, (as he readily admitted), but in no way was it bigoted.
I'm sure you get lots of questions, and I'm sure they can get annoying, but at the same time, there is a lot of genuine curiosity from us lonely single births, especially considering the questions you posted are claims a lot of twins publicly make. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| jlb wrote: |
| noelinkorea wrote: |
| We actaully have twin teachers at my school - kyopos from the States...and it took me a couple of weeks to realise there were two of them...only once they were standing beside each other and literally said "Oh! There's two of you!"...classically stupid thing to say in front of twins by the way... |
I have a twin sister and we would call you a twin bigot. As in someone who says stupid things or asks stupid questions when they see identical twins. Other examples include:
1. Do you have ESP?
2. If I hit your sister, will you feel it?
3. Do you get confused as to who you are?
Identical twins are freaky. It's weird to think that I have a genetic equal out there somewhere and to look at our lives and wonder how they ended up so different.
Me: wandering the world, hiking and studying and performing monkey-style at a hagwon.
Sister: married, living in Toronto, hoping to make partner at a chemical engineering firm.
Bizarre. |
That's not a bigot. Look up the word instead of making one up to feel better about yourself than others.  You can say uninformed, or even ignorant if you want. But not a bigot.
Plus, I wonder what stupid things you have ever said or would say to a midget, black person, gay person, etc etc? I wouldn't have asked those things, but those people aren't bigots. |
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noelinkorea
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: Shinchon, Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Wow - over-reaction already!!
I honestly had no idea they were twins, and it was my first reaction without thought - I hadn't planned to say something so silly and I know it was silly...lay off already jlb!! I'm sure it's a natural reaction - you immediately think 'oh they're twins'...I'm not judging them at all...just an honest surprise! Twin teachers working at the same school and brought over from the States to Korea...not that common an occurence I'm sure... |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I know the poster isn't really a bigot and yes, I misused the word. Most people aren't twin bigots. It's just something my sister and I say for laughs. I should have put some smilies in my post so my tone would have been understood better. Sorry for the misunderstanding. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| jlb wrote: |
| I know the poster isn't really a bigot and yes, I misused the word. Most people aren't twin bigots. It's just something my sister and I say for laughs. I should have put some smilies in my post so my tone would have been understood better. Sorry for the misunderstanding. |
so do you feel it when someone hits your twin? i'm still waiting for the answer.
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't feel it but precisely 28.9 hours later, a bruise appears. |
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