Teen Finds Out About Her Twin After Years Of Being Apart, Parents Get Upset That She's Moving Too Fast With Bonding

"How do I keep the peace while seeing my brother?"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• October 14, 2023

Like anything in life, there are benefits and drawbacks to having twins. Although most people adore their children and wouldn't trade them for anything, let's face it: carrying twins and raising twins are really challenging.

Therefore, to all of the folks who are always saying things like, "I wish I could get pregnant with twins" or "Lucky you because you have twins," be careful what you wish for. But still, having twins is a beautiful thing.

The OP is a twin, and she reconnected with his twin brother, whom she didn't even know existed. You see, their biological parents died when they were about a year old.

They both went into foster care, where they were adopted separately. OP's parents never told her she had a brother and never attempted for them to spend time together.

Now, the OP is sixteen, and her twin approaches her, which leads to her getting the truth out of her parents. OP has been spending a lot of time with her twin, and they have been bonding very well, which didn't please her parents.

They also don’t like it that the OP has developed an attachment to her birth name, as her twin calls her by that name, and she likes it. OP's grandparents also had a problem with the whole arrangement and gave her three rules that she had to abide by.

These rules didn't make sense to the OP, and her full story is below. So keep scrolling and checking it out.

Here's the headline

OP's parents never told her that she had a brother and never attempted for them to spend time together

OP's parents and grandma accused her of forgetting about her real family and losing her soul

The OP provided a summary just in case the story was too long for you to read

Parents didn’t tell me I have a twin brother and didn’t let us grow up knowing each other. Now they’re upset that we’re bonding and want me to follow stupid rules. Grandma is delusional and worried about my brother seeing too much of my skin.

The Reddit post got hundreds of comments and we've gathered a bunch of them for you to read through

Grasping that they might loose the OP is hard

This Redditor pens down what the OP can tell her parents

Why are they so jealous of him though?

Staying in contact with him as much as possible

The OP can go by whatever name she so pleases

From a girl Redditor who has a twin brother

The OP and her brother will have a strong attachment

Siblings should be adopted as a pack

Although OP was selected by her adoptive parents, her biological brother was undoubtedly also a victim and had no say in the situation. That OP's parents chose to keep him away from OP is really regrettable.

Since they are siblings and want to be in each other's lives, many Redditors believe they both deserve to bond. Let us know what you think about this story by dropping your thoughts in the comments section below.

Maryjane