Irish Twins

• Little Danny

  

  So I just found out I am going to be an uncle to Irish Twins. My sister had a baby a few months ago, and yep she's pregnant again. The babies are going to be 11 1/2 months apart when it is all said and done.
  
  Anyone on here an Irish Twin or have a set of their own. Any pluses or minuses?
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Congratulations
• Fab1b

  

  So being a year apart is called Irish Twins? What is so twin about that?
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  Lady D'Friskies is the oldest of ten kids born in 13 years and six months. There's a string of four in there that were all born with less than year apart. Her Dad was a career Army NCO - he was a supply sergeant during the early part of the Vietnam war, and spent a lot of that time in remote bases in Southeast Asia. His wife would have a baby, he'd get sent home for eight weeks, and they'd have to get in a year's worth of sex before he left again.
  
  Our two were less than 18 months apart, and we also raised a nephew who was five months older than my youngest. It's not too bad if you don't have a whole litter of kids - it really consumes most of your life for a few years, but it's over soon enough. The worst part was teaching 'em all to drive in fourteen months.
  
  I would rather have it that way versus a family we know with four kids spaced four years apart - their oldest just graduated from college in May, they have kids starting college and high school this fall, as well as one starting middle school next year. That's something like 34 years between the birth of their first first and watching the last graduate from college - a long time to have rug rats scampering underfoot.
• Little Danny

  

  Cat Food Flambe';878041 wrote:I would rather have it that way versus a family we know with four kids spaced four years apart - their oldest just graduated from college in May, they have kids starting college and high school this fall, as well as one starting middle school next year. That's something like 34 years between the birth of their first first and watching the last graduate from college - a long time to have rug rats scampering underfoot.

  I basically told my sister the same thing. I know people like what you described above. Kid #1 and #4 are so apart in age they probably aren't that close and don't seem like siblings to one another. Kids born close together have a lot more in common and usually are very close (or in some cases mortal enemies).
• bigkahuna

  My brother and I are 2 months apart.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  I was friends with a set all though elementary/HS, the younger was in my class. They seemed to get along well...it helped that they didn't look much alike, the younger had the dark complexion of the sicilian mother while the older was more fair skinned like the father, also the younger was always taller/bigger throughout school.
• 1_beast

  

  how the fuck are they twins 11 months apart...
• hasbeen

  

  I thought maybe an irish chick got knocked up.
• power i

  

  Not that close but my 2 oldest step kids were one year apart in school. Very expensive, especially once you hit high school.
• SnotBubbles

  

  I thought this thread was going to have two hot redheaded chicks in low cut white shirts and plaid skirts.
  
  This is bullshit. This thread should be bant from teh interwebz.
• se-alum

  

  I had to look it up.
  

  The term “Irish twins” is used to describe two children born to the same mother within 12 months of each other or born in the same calendar year. Given that it is a somewhat derogatory term, it is generally not used in print or in polite society. As is the case with many terms with derogatory origins, some people use it without thinking about the implications of the deeper meaning. Learning about the roots of these terms and the meaning behind them can help people to decide whether or not they are appropriate for common use.
  The roots of the idea behind the term are actually quite old, although no one knows when, exactly, people first began to talk about Irish twins. In both England and the United States, a massive influx of Irish immigration in the 1800s led to a negative connotation with Irish people and society. This often happens when a large immigrant group begins to settle in mass numbers in a new country. The Irish were accused of being backwards and uncultured, and it was assumed that they were uneducated, dirty, and a general pox on society. As a result, the use of the word “Irish” began to be pejorative.
  
  A number of derogatory terms incorporating stereotypes about the Irish began to emerge, including “Irish confetti” for thrown bricks and “Irish kiss” for a slap. Irish twins fits into this vernacular, and is actually insulting on multiple levels.
  Firstly, the term pokes fun at the stereotypical fertility of Irish Catholic families, which traditionally do not use birth control. In addition, it implies that the Irish lack the ability to plan ahead or control themselves, having children in quick succession rather than responsibly spacing them. Finally, it suggests that the Irish do not understand the medical definition of twins, which involves two children conceived and born together.

• hilliardfan

  There are 39 months difference in age from my oldest sibling to my fourth sibling, yet none were born in the same year.
• thavoice

  pnhasbeen;878155 wrote:I thought maybe an irish chick got knocked up.

  Thought the same thing, or that it was a pic of some hot irish twins, and even better yet....galway girl twins...
  
  Was sooo disappointed in opening this thread.
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  weak!
• Fab4Runner

  

  My brother and I are 16 months apart and we also have 2 stepbrothers that are 16 months apart. My brother and one of my stepbrothers graduated high school the same year and my other stepbrother and I graduated the next year.
  
  I also have a younger brother and sister that are actually twins.
  
  No Irish twins in the fam, though.
• Curly J

  

  Fab4Runner;878444 wrote:My brother and I are 16 months apart and we also have 2 stepbrothers that are 16 months apart. My brother and one of my stepbrothers graduated high school the same year and my other stepbrother and I graduated the next year.
  
  I also have a younger brother and sister that are actually twins.
  
  No Irish twins in the fam, though.

  Pretty wild. The Wife graduated with her stepsister and I believe her younger sister also graduated with the other stepsister...However they weren't step sisters at the time. It was a few years after they all graduated high school that her Dad got divorced and remarried.
  
  I might have some Irish twins on my Dad's side of the family. He was one of 10 kids. I do know he had some nephews that were older than him.
• SnotBubbles

  

  Curly J;878469 wrote:Pretty wild, I love following you around and commenting on your every post. Will you show me your tits, toots?

  Fixed.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Curly J;878469 wrote:Pretty wild. The Wife graduated with her stepsister and I believe her younger sister also graduated with the other stepsister...However they weren't step sisters at the time. It was a few years after they all graduated high school that her Dad got divorced and remarried.
  
  I might have some Irish twins on my Dad's side of the family. He was one of 10 kids. I do know he had some nephews that were older than him.

  Yeah my family is crazy. I have 5 brothers and 3 sisters (though 2 of my sisters are step on my dads side and they are both in their late 40s so we are not that close). Otherwise all 7 of us on my moms side get along great. We are 31, 27, 27, 26, 26, 21 and 21. Good times!
• wes_mantooth

  

  Fab4Runner;878481 wrote:Yeah my family is crazy. I have 5 brothers and 3 sisters (though 2 of my sisters are step on my dads side and they are both in their late 40s so we are not that close). Otherwise all 7 of us on my moms side get along great. We are 31, 27, 27, 26, 26, 21 and 21. Good times!

  
  And don't forget that I want to make a baby with Elaine
• Fab4Runner

  

  wes_mantooth;878619 wrote:And don't forget that I want to make a baby with Elaine

  True. So there will also be a newborn soon.
• gerb131

  

  Learn something new everyday. One of them named Jameson?
• Thread Bomber

  

  
• 1_beast

  

  Gingers scare me....
• sherm03

  

  No Irish Twins in my family.
  
  My nephews are 15 months apart. That's as close as we get.