Valentine Parents of Twins - petty vent thread

And I'm sure she would be the first one to pitch a fit if her twins got one with both of their names on it because they are individuals and should be treated as such! Oh brother!

Mine - yes it snows in Ohio, yes we still have to go to work when that happens, so why, every time do you complain! Some co-workers just irk me!

I have twins, though, and it is actually pretty frequent that they will get one gift (from friends or relatives), one card, even one treat at an event. To be clear, I just deal with that, and my kids who are also in the same class are each buying their own valentine, but it has been a common experience for me that my twins are treated like one person (never by teachers—I am really thankful for that, because they thrive on being in the same class).

My petty vent is that I had something for sale locally and someone came to get it yesterday. She and her husband were here for quite a while because he needed to disassemble it to get it in his vehicle (I didn't anticipate this but he had a really small car). Anyway, as they get ready to leave, she tells me that she's a nurse and had to leave work early that day because she has the flu and probably got it from all the patients coming in with it. WTF lady - the flu? You are a nurse and you are bringing the flu to my house - in a retirement community? There was absolutely no reason for her to come with her husband - he could have picked it up on his own because all she did was stand there and chat it up with me while we were waiting for him to take it apart.

@skellinton, I can’t believe that mom is actually doing that to her kids classmates. I wonder how her kids are going to feel? 🤔

burningfeather , seriously??? 😡 I would be beyond mad! 

Ugh. As a parent of twins, I always signed up twice for snacks and did whatever was needed so each of them felt different. Hopefully that mom was just venting and doesn't do that.

burningfeather - unbelievable!! I'd be tempted to report her to her hospital. That's dangerous!! She doesn't sound too bright so may she doesn't have the flu!

My petty vent is my old manager. I still sit right outside her office. I have zero respect for her. She is not smart. She's where she is because she's outlasted everyone. 37 years!! In any case, she does know a lot of stuff, but mostly it is useless. This afternoon she had a party in her office. I think it was supposed to be a meeting, but it sounded like a party. I could't work because even my Bose noise-cancelling headphones couldn't cancel out the noise she and her cronies were making. I just wanted to say WTF!!! This is WORK. It's not a 10 minute conversation; it's been an hour-long party! As it is, I left and now have to finish my work tonight.

I am beyond grateful for my fabulous new manager.

This is awful!

Ugh. That irritates me. I am a twin, and more times than not my brother & I would get 'combined' cards, gifts, etc. I hated it. We were 'the twins' vs, Michael & Melissa. SaveSave

THAT would have made me livid!!  I'm doing everything I can to NOT get exposed to the flu, even to the extreme of picking up my milk from the drive thru dairy so I don't have to go into a store!!  That was SO inconsiderate!!

I know this is veering away from the original vent, but I'm not even a twin and got lumped with my sister who is 18 months younger than me.  I have an older sister and then an older brother and they were both called by their names while my younger sister and I were always "the girls".  R, D, and the girls.  Drove me crazy.  I wanted to be an individual person like my older sister got to be.  

I have twins and I would have banned valentines in the classroom all together. one would write them out for all classmates and the other one with autism just couldn't do it. and so would not pass out any valentines I felt bad but I really disliked the whole thing.

my kids didn't really care if they got one or not.

I think I’d be very irritated at this. One card and gift? I’d blast my family for that.

I wasn't a twin, and every once in awhile, my sister (4.5 years older than I) and I would receive a joint gift. I don't actually remember being upset by it at all. (I THINK one of the presents was a Monopoly game!) As it turned out, my sister didn't like playing Monopoly, so "in reality" it became MY game! Another joint present was a chest of drawers from my grandmother. She gave it to us for Christmas. Then, because my birthday was in soon afterward, it also became my birthday present. (My sister had a birthday in September, so she'd already gotten her present.) Well, a few years later, my sister got married, and my grandmother bought her a dining room set. A few years after that, I got married and she told me I could have the chest of drawers for my wedding present. So it was 3 presents for me, and 1 present for my sister!! I still have the chest of drawers--and I've been married over 50 years!! I love that chest of drawers, and I loved my grandma for thinking about me!

I taught twins many years. I have never had that happen. Weird. I will say that teaching twins was one of my favorite things though. Most of them were so very different and they all had a pretty special relationship with each other.

The little girl is most like a Jehovah's Witness and in their beliefs "God doesn't like celebrations", so that poor child will not be allowed to participate in any event that involves something special. It's the saddest religion I know of.