twins? really?

Why is it that people don’t always seem to want to take my word for it when they ask if Hannah and Georgia are twins? The amount of times that people (especially older people!!) say “are they twins?” and when I say “yes!” they “Really? They don’t look anything like each other” Do they not believe me or something? I was there at the time, when they were both inside me, I was also there when they were born, I can confidently say I am 100% sure they are twins. Sometimes they say “but ‘that one’s’ shorter and ‘that one’ has curly hair” (using ‘that one’ about them too is not my favourite way to have them described either!) Do they think I’m might say “oh you’re right, my mistake, I thought they were twins, but now you’ve pointed out those differences I’m not so sure, maybe I’ve got mixed up?” The thing is, there is no reason for them to look any more alike than sisters, they were two separate eggs, fertilised by two separate sperm, it just so happens that they were inside me at the same time! In fact, if anything, Georgia looks more like Millie than she does Hannah. Georgia is like a little mini Millie! Hannah is a bit like Abbie, but not as much as Georgia and Millie. It’s funny, because personality wise, Georgia is more like Abbie and Hannah more like Millie! Ohhh, it’s just one big mix of Rob and my genes between the four of them! The other favourite comment from people who see me out with all four of the kids is “are they all yours?” and “you’ve got your work cut out there!” If only I had a quid for everytime someone said that to me! Still, I usually come back with my usual response of “Yes, well, no-one told us it was buy one, get one free, when we tried for number three! But we wouldn’t have it any other way!”