You would think twins would know a lot about each other and might even have a psychic connection or maybe even something supernatural.
Sadly this isn’t the case for senior twins Kristen and Stephen Jensen.
Despite confident predictions, Kristen and Stephen do not have as solid twin connection as they originally thought. Estimating at least half to be correct, Stephen ended up getting the most correct of the two, with about a fourth correct.
Asked to complete a quiz about their twin with questions ranging from favorite word to the first thing that comes to mind with “#YOLO,” the two had a harder time picturing what their respective twin would say than they expected.
“I didn’t expect that I would need to know his favorite word,” Kristen, the younger of the two said. “I was having fun with this [though].”
Although Stephen may have been able to correctly guess that Kristen’s favorite TV show is “Grey’s Anatomy,” and Kristen that Stephen’s is Breaking Bad, none of their answers matched each others. Their opinions of topics contrasted each other’s often, sometimes as a result of their gender differences; Kristen saying Justin Bieber is “kinda hot,” to Stephen’s “meh.”
“We have different personalities and have just as different interests,” said Stephen.
The two were able to answer the favorites with reasonable ease, but some of the questions tripped them up. When it came to the first word that came to mind with the emotions “happy,” “anger” and “embarrassment,” Stephen was stuck, saying, “I have no clue.”
However, their similarities still showed through, both commenting that falling over was the first thing they thought of as embarrassing, despite having guessed different answers for each other.
Even though, according to Kristen, they were closer when they were younger, they still believe they know each other pretty well.
“We used to hang out all the time together, but I don’t keep track of Kristen,” Stephen said.
Being the same grade, it is inevitable that they are sometimes in the same classes. One of the cons of having a twin, Kristen said, was that there would often be competition in classes about grades.
Despite the weirdness of being in the same class, Kristen and Stephen still enjoy having a sibling the same age that they are able to hang out with.
“It is cool to have a sibling the same age as me, its something that not everyone has,” Stephen said.
When asked if they would want a twin given the choice, the answer was unanimous.
“Yes.”
