What would it be like to have another half, or to even be a quadruplet?  There are few people on this campus who truly understand what it’s like to be born into this situation.

Those who do have a twin often have mixed opinions, but many could agree that it’s always nice to have someone that’s there for support.

“I enjoy having someone that’s always going to be there for me,” identical twin,Taylor Gillespie, said.

Zachary Cameron, a quadruplet, has two brothers and one sister, agrees.  “I like the fact that they can help me with the stuff I don’t know, such as schoolwork,” Cameron said.

Levi and Luke Zumpano are identical twins who share a class together.

“Whenever we have a class together, we mess with each other and have fun and like rip up each other’s papers,” Levi Zumpano said.

Many twins and quadruplets can agree that it’s nice to have help with school work, but sometimes there’s competition between twins when it comes to school or even sports.

“If Taylor does really good on a test it feels like I have to live up to her and do really good on that test too, but I try not to make it feel that way,” said twin sister, Morgan.

In some cases this competition is healthy, while in others, one twin may feel shadowed by the other twin’s accomplishments.

A huge part of being a twin or quadruplet is sharing, even sharing personal space.

“We are always together, so you never get your own personal space,” said Taylor Gillespie.

Cameron gets even less personal space, being a quadruplet.

“I hate sharing stuff and never having my own room.  You also get in trouble for things that you didn’t do,” said Cameron.

Cameron shares that his sister is the only one who has her own room, while everyone else shares a room; bunk beds are a necessity in the Cameron household.  Morgan Gillespie can also relate to the aspect of sharing.

“If I wasn’t a twin, what I would like better would be that I wouldn’t have to share everything, since we share all of our clothes and pretty much everything else,” said Morgan Gillespie.

Levi Zumpano shares a phone with his brother and he feels as though it would be less complicated if he and his brother had all their own belongings.  They also share birthday presents, which they believe is unfair because their siblings get all their own presents.

Moriah Moore has a totally different perspective on a life filled with sharing.

“I like the fact that we can share clothes because you basically double your closet,” Moriah Moore said.

Identical twins often have to deal with people mistaking one twin with the other.

“Sometimes it feels like people think that we’re one person, and you’re only known as ‘one of the twins’,” said Taylor Gillespie.

Breonah and Moriah Moore both do cross country and track and have to deal with coaches confusing them.

“Well because we’re identical, coaches mix us up all the time,” Moriah Moore said.

Twins are sometimes given less individual attention and are more commonly referred to being just the other half of the pair.

“People get us mixed up all the time, but it doesn’t bother me because I’m just so used to it,” said  identical twin, Breonah Moore.

Whether it’s twins, triplets, quadruplets, or even sextuplets, there will be certain differences regarding their lifestyle; these differences are sometimes positive and sometimes negative.

by RACHEL MACKENZIE