FGT: Twins born a year apart. (Not really)

[WOT?*]

www.today.com/parents/these-twins-were-born-different-years-over-new-year-s-t120697


Twins born 20 minutes apart, in the last minutes of 2017 for Big Brother, and Little Sister was born less than 20 minutes later as the first of 2018.

Yay for happy stories coming from the wastelands of the Central Valley. (I say that as someone who grew up less than an hour from Delano. lol.)

[sushi]

Poor little sister. You know big brother will regularly torment her bragging he's a year older.

[meshaliuknits]

Jan 2, 2018 15:01:42 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

Yay for happy stories coming from the wastelands of the Central Valley. (I say that as someone who grew up less than an hour from Delano. lol.)

My family got stranded in Delano once. Our car broke down and we were stuck there for two days before it was drivable again. The motel we stayed at had no AC. It was, of course, summer.

At least now I had a positive story about Delano.

[WOT?*]

Jan 2, 2018 15:41:15 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Jan 2, 2018 15:01:42 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

Yay for happy stories coming from the wastelands of the Central Valley. (I say that as someone who grew up less than an hour from Delano. lol.)

My family got stranded in Delano once. Our car broke down and we were stuck there for two days before it was drivable again. The motel we stayed at had no AC. It was, of course, summer.

At least now I had a positive story about Delano.

I am so sorry for you. I knew you'd have a story about the hell that is Delano for us.
There is little worse than the blue hotel room in Sheridan, WY during a snow storm, but being stranded in Delano for two days would come close.

[UMaineTeach]

One twin gets to be a dependent on taxes for 2017 and not the other. Probably a good way to get yourself on an audit list.

[smock]

Jan 2, 2018 16:11:08 GMT -5 UMaineTeach said:

One twin gets to be a dependent on taxes for 2017 and not the other. Probably a good way to get yourself on an audit list.

I'd probably be in the delivery room yelling "Hurry, push harder! Think of the tax implications!" 

[kimibrighteyes]

Jan 2, 2018 15:36:04 GMT -5 sushi said:

Poor little sister. You know big brother will regularly torment her bragging he's a year older.

My son brags to his twin that he's a minute older

[meshaliuknits]

Jan 2, 2018 16:14:53 GMT -5 smock said:

Jan 2, 2018 16:11:08 GMT -5 UMaineTeach said:

One twin gets to be a dependent on taxes for 2017 and not the other. Probably a good way to get yourself on an audit list.

I'd probably be in the delivery room yelling "Hurry, push harder! Think of the tax implications!" 

I wanna say that on twitter someone said something like "the first child is a tax write off, the second is... a blessing."

[isabel]

Jan 2, 2018 16:11:08 GMT -5 UMaineTeach said:

One twin gets to be a dependent on taxes for 2017 and not the other. Probably a good way to get yourself on an audit list.

Ha. This was my first thought too. 

[mccallister84]

In a semi related note, what happens when twins are born when the clocks fall back? Say twin a is born at 1:59 am daylight savings time. The clocks change at 2 am - so if twin b is born 10 minutes later, technically it’s 1:09 am - so twin b is born second but has an earlier birth time?

[meshaliuknits]

Jan 2, 2018 18:21:03 GMT -5 mccallister84 said:

In a semi related note, what happens when twins are born when the clocks fall back? Say twin a is born at 1:59 am daylight savings time. The clocks change at 2 am - so if twin b is born 10 minutes later, technically it’s 1:09 am - so twin b is born second but has an earlier birth time?

This feels like a time travel question.

[mccallister84]

Jan 2, 2018 18:27:14 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Jan 2, 2018 18:21:03 GMT -5 mccallister84 said:

In a semi related note, what happens when twins are born when the clocks fall back? Say twin a is born at 1:59 am daylight savings time. The clocks change at 2 am - so if twin b is born 10 minutes later, technically it’s 1:09 am - so twin b is born second but has an earlier birth time?

This feels like a time travel question.

Haha. A large part of me assumes they just ignore the clock falling back on the birth certificate (assuming the baby is healthy). I mean once you’re out of the hospital is an hour really a big deal? My DD was born the weekend the clocks changed so getting meds was more challenging - the nurses did a lot of counting on their fingers to figure out how long it had been between doses.

[fryjack2]

breezy8407. Has twins born on different days not quite Years, but still unique.

[4speedy]

I’ve got twin cousins like that but one was born in the 70’s and one was born in the 80’s.

[shananagins]

i wonder what would happen if you had twins born on either side of the school cutoff day.

[msmerymac]

Jan 2, 2018 20:56:46 GMT -5 shananagins said:

i wonder what would happen if you had twins born on either side of the school cutoff day.

Probably flamable, but I'd red shirt the older one. I'm not sorry!

I'd be in favor of putting them in different classrooms, though, I think. 

[breezy8407]

Jan 2, 2018 19:31:08 GMT -5 fryjack2 said:

breezy8407. Has twins born on different days not quite Years, but still unique.

Yep. Still causes much confusion at school and with doctors appointments. I think there was a story of different year twin births last year, too!

[kershnic]

Jan 2, 2018 18:21:03 GMT -5 mccallister84 said:

In a semi related note, what happens when twins are born when the clocks fall back? Say twin a is born at 1:59 am daylight savings time. The clocks change at 2 am - so if twin b is born 10 minutes later, technically it’s 1:09 am - so twin b is born second but has an earlier birth time?

abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/twins-daylight-saving-time-birth-results-bizarre-age/story?id=43468433

[mccallister84]

Jan 2, 2018 22:30:14 GMT -5 kershnic said:

Jan 2, 2018 18:21:03 GMT -5 mccallister84 said:

In a semi related note, what happens when twins are born when the clocks fall back? Say twin a is born at 1:59 am daylight savings time. The clocks change at 2 am - so if twin b is born 10 minutes later, technically it’s 1:09 am - so twin b is born second but has an earlier birth time?

abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/twins-daylight-saving-time-birth-results-bizarre-age/story?id=43468433

Thanks!

[wise_rita]

Jan 2, 2018 20:14:18 GMT -5 4speedy said:

I’ve got twin cousins like that but one was born in the 70’s and one was born in the 80’s.

That's cool as shit.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Jan 2, 2018 18:21:03 GMT -5 mccallister84 said:

In a semi related note, what happens when twins are born when the clocks fall back? Say twin a is born at 1:59 am daylight savings time. The clocks change at 2 am - so if twin b is born 10 minutes later, technically it’s 1:09 am - so twin b is born second but has an earlier birth time?

This feels like a bar exam tax question. If daylight savings we're on New Year's.