Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?

[groom]

Something I found, not exactly spooky, but more interesting. My mother was an identical twin born in 1920. In 2007 her sister  became ill, was admitted to hospital, fell into a coma and died 6 days later. Just after Christmas my mother became ill, fell into a coma and died 6 days later. It was exactly 18 weeks, down to the day and hour after her sister had died. Several times during those days we thought she was going, but she seemed to be hanging on as if she was waiting for the right time.

[..claire..]

That made the hairs stand up on my arms, groom.

 

[groom]

That made the hairs stand up on my arms, groom.

 

Not as much as it did to people who didn't know they were identical twins, when my mother attended her sister's funeral! There were a few shocked faces when she followed the coffin in. 

[..claire..]

Oh my, I bet there were a few stunned faces groom 

[groom]

Certainly were, especially as my mother walked in with her nephew! We didn't think about the reaction it would get until later as we were so used to them looking alike even in old age. They were often stopped in the street by someone who thought they were talking to the other one.

[..claire..]

 

I know it's been a bit of a gloomy subject, but it's always nice to have a trip down memory lane 

[coombs]

My 2xgreat uncle married his wife the day before she had her first child in May 1913. To me that is a hair raising moment.

[..claire..]

  it certainly is.

[Beeonthebay]

Certainly were, especially as my mother walked in with her nephew! We didn't think about the reaction it would get until later as we were so used to them looking alike even in old age. They were often stopped in the street by someone who thought they were talking to the other one.

My dad was an identical twin too, he lived in Liverpool, his brother in Manchester, when one would visit the other people would greet them by the other twin's name and they got sick of saying "No, I'm not X I'm Y" which would involve a lengthy explanation so they just went along with it as it was easier.