I am posting this because I am just interested in how many people here at EC have a twin. I currently have not come out to him though sine I know him so well I doubt he would care. In fact I have a high suspicion that he too might be gay however since he is as introverted as me, it is impossible for me to he is with certainty. I'm wondering who else had this issue and how they delt with it.
Unfortunately I do not have a twin, which would have its ups and downs. However, I wanted to respond and say it would be interesting if your twin were gay, too. Haha.
Thanks for the reply. I suppose this question might fare a bit better if I moved it into the support forum.
Twins often have a prevalent rate of both being gay. Not always, but there are studies showing there is a higher rate.
I was dancing with some twins at a nightclub, both were gay. If that is any help... Fun time, fun time.
I'm jelly. I wish I had a twin. Though Joey would probably think it would be a nightmare if there were two of me...
I wish I had a twin as well, but according to my parents and this guy that wants to date me it would mean the apocalypse... High maintenance and all that...
urmmm... to ok455, that's not really a good thing to say... That's buying in to the thought that one twin is the "nice one". Both are separate individuals with different temperaments, experiences, thoughts and feelings. If one of them is feeling nice one day, it will show. Perhaps that association and label merely accentuated his bitterness. I know I get bitter when people label me. It hurts. In response to the OP: I have a twin. He's not gay. But when he was asked by someone he said: If I was it doesn't matter, and I wouldn't tell you anyway. So maybe he's coming to terms with it? But I know that he does like girls for certain. In any case, statistics are just statistics. I'm surprised you aren't out to your twin though. He was the first person I told in fact, though I planned to tell him after I had told some friends, but it didn't work out the way I planned. Are you close with your twin? He would be a good person to tell. If not first, tell some friends first, then tell him in case he takes it badly. I can guarantee you that he will be okay with it no matter what. He may at first be against it, if he's homophobic, but when homophobes are confronted with close people who are gay, it challenges their beliefs. Because twins are so close, I'm like 100% that he will be ok with it.
Yeah, and that lends potential evidence to homosexuality being at least partly affected by genetics. I consider homosexuality "half nature, half nurture." Haha. Or were you drunk and seeing double? Just kidding. I want to dance with gay twins. =P He probably didn't mean anything by it. He was just saying he knew twins who were radically different. Thus he was basically supporting the same idea as you said.
I have a twin. I'm gay, he's not. He's married and has two kids with another on the way. He's also my best friend so I decided I had to come out to him first. It was the best choice because he's been so supportive. Not sure how your relationship is with your twin but if it's even remotely similar to the relationship I have with my twin you'll be fine telling him. You mentioned you know him well enough to know he will be cool with it. So my advice is trust tour instinct and take the leap. You won't regret it.
Thanks for the response from an actual twin!:icon_bigg My twin is not homophobic, but the reason I haven't told him is that I am holding out aginst hope that he is not gay. He often imitates what I do and I would not want to influence him by coming out to him first. He might be questioning himself and I would not want him to rush to any conlcusions based on what I say. While I would want him to be straight to continue the family line and all that I'm fine if he turns out to be gay. Perhaps I could tell him first, but I feel more comftorable telling my whole family at once, along with my adult lesbian friend.
i have a twin brother, he's straight. i haven't officially come out to my brother but he probably knows or suspects, we're not very close anymore. i doubt he'd care as he has a few gay friends and isn't homophobic at all.
I have a twin brother too and he's straight. He was the only one of my family who had any sort of issue about me being gay but he's fine now.