i'm a triplet and i've found that no one really cares about who i am as a person. when people meet me, all they want to know is what its like to be a triplet, if we all have the same birthday, what my sisters are like, and whats it like being the youngest of 5 kids (i have 2 older brothers as well).

people have stopped calling me by my name, but instead just call me "that triplet", "one of those triplets", "one of those", or "the last one in the group" they dont seem to care if they accidentally call me by my sisters name, they just say "oh well, i knew it was one of you" people dont even care what my name is.

does anyone know how that feels? to have no identity but just be grouped together. people dont bother trying to get to know me. Its like me and my sisters are one group person. when someone wants to know where one of my sisters are during the day the ask me, and i never know, then they complain that my "telepathic skills" should be able to locate my sisters. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE HAVE TELEPATHIC SKILLS?! people complain that me and my sisters have gotten better grades because we've talked to each other inside our heads and cheated off each other! just because we were born on the same day does not mean we have the same brain!

also, the first thing they ask us is "are you identical?" for one thing, i have natural blond hair, my other sister has natural dark brown hair, and the oldest of the three has natural red-brown hair. we each have different hair types and different faces, very distinct noses as well. OF COURSE WE'RE NOT IDENTICAL! i have little to no freckles, my other 2 sisters are covered in them. people just dont seem to understand that just because we're triplets that we aren't necessarily identical.

i've tried to hard to be different, we all have, but it doesnt work. we ended up having the same friends and we fight all the time

it doesn't help that i went to a small private catholic school from K-8 then to public high school. This means that people end up hearing about me by word of mouth and then when they meet me they dont even care about trying to talk to me. its just "oh your the triplets i've heard about!" well, no, i'm not just a triplet, i'm an individual, i'm different than my sisters and i have my own thoughts.

does anyone else feel this way? i dont know if its really stereo typing or not, but i wonder if there are twins that might get this, maybe other multiples, or even normal people?

I'm the middle of three children and it's hard for me to show myself with my family and at school. One of my friends is about to move the other is nice and there is never a chance for me to show 100% of my self at all.

I'm the oldest of four kids. When my mom's calling one of us she's normally like, "Kathlee-no, Megha-no Dannie-wait you!" It bothers me. She's the one who named us. She should know who we are.

I hate when I call my mom and she's like, "Okay Kathleen what now?!" I'm like, "Um, I'm Kolene Mom."

I have friends that are twins, they're always getting called the other because though they say they aren't identical we all think they are. If you slip up and call them the wrong name they won't talk to you for the rest of the day. And who can blame them?

*Kolene*

I am the ninth of thirteen, so I, too, am familiar with the "Donnie, Doug, Daryl, YOU!" reaction.


I used to know. I used to feel like I was middle of the pack. In junior high I realized something. (A bit young to have life changing epiphanies, but I am a thinker.) I am more than Fry Number 9. I am me. And me does not need anyone else to know that. I am perfectly happy knowing the truth. If others want to live in ignorance, they can. I don't need other people to tell me I am special or to tell me who I am. I figured that out years before people noticed.

No, I don't know what that's like.

I do have brothers and sisters, blood ones, but i've never met them. I'm adopted, and my adopted family only has one child: me.

I think I would hate that feeling, and i'm not sure I would have welcomed any brothers or sisters anyway, I do quite like to be on my own most of the time (with my boyfriend), i'm not a 'people person'.

I have what people call an Emo haircut and people always call me me Emo Nerd (always get good grades) and for their information I have never cut myself on porpose! I have no excuse for the nerd thing though.