My twins had never spent more than a night apart. When one went to Europe for 6 weeks, they barely spoke.

The author's twins had done everything together for 19 years.

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• My identical twin sons have done everything together for 19 years.
• They'd never spent more than a night apart until Thomas left for Europe.
• Six weeks of silence might be the healthiest thing that's happened.

My identical twin sons are 19 and have done everything together their whole lives. Same schools, same sports teams, same friends, same produce department at the grocery store.