What's your opinion on naming twins rhyming names and dressing them alike?

I think it’s a horrible idea. I went to school with two fraternal twins named Paul and Paula, and they both hated it. Give them their own names and let them be their own people instead of two halves of one whole.

Non-rhyming names, but fressing them the same is ok until they can choose their own clother or tell you they don’t want to dress alike anymore. I think it’s cute. And congratulations. :)

I agree with Tennis5tar.

Kids are typically different, don’t make them alike. They’ll hate it later in life. Ex. “John and Jimmy! Dinner!” And two kids dressed exactly the same come down. That is the worst thing you can do to kids. It’s a fail.

I think it’s the stupidest thing you can ever do, also don’t dress them the same even when they’re kids.

Yeah, I have to agree with luckyhalo. Matching names are too cute for actual people. And don’t dress them alike except when you’d dress the whole family the same, like for taking pictures. They’ll find enough in common as twins to be close without having to point out that they’re twins at every opportunity. Just enjoy them :) Babies are special, whether twins or not!

Horrid idea. I really don’t mean to tell you how to parent, but my opinion is a parent should be worrying about developing a child’s autonomy, which cannot be done with twins if they are dressed the same and have similar sounding names,

Definitely no on the rhyming names. That’s just mean. Though if you have a twisted sense of humor, you could do some other fun psychological damage by giving them complimentary names like:

Claw and Hammer
Bull and Whip
Rose and Bud
Race and Horse
Peanut and Butter (if they’re fat kids)
Common and Sense (name the smart one Sense)

You should only dress them alike if it fits their given character names. That would be awesome.

As a father of twins, I agree with others here: even kids should be able to be their own people. And, You can not help to somehow treat them differently in the long run; e.g. one is a bit funnier than the other and while you of course try to laugh to all jokes they tell you, you can not laugh the similar way. Now, if they see themselves as otherwise similar, this just means that they will get jealous more easily than neccessary – and believe me, twins can be really jealous anyway!

Creepy. They’re not siamese twins, try not to make them socially fused.

I agree with the others here—each child is an individual and will thrive when treated with respect for his individuality. Very quickly they will be interested in making their own choices of clothes, and I would encourage you to allow them to make those choices.

I’m a twin and to be truthfull no rhyming names I get agravated everyday from people messing up my name with my sisters but yeah dress them the same till they are in like 2ed grade