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Handling the Twin Bond Relationship at Bootcamp
I wanted to ask about this topic as it has a deep impact on how twins relate to each other. This will be good future reference for other Navy Twin Moms as their sons leave for BC. I only have one son going into BC, but I know some of you have both going in at the same time or close together. How do you plan to help your twin cope with the separation?
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Permalink Reply by Dachshund28 on
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Hello I'm new to this site I have twin boys one who went in the Navy the other is home. I do know that there as been a letter exchanged between the two of them and that they are missing each other. I can't imagine how they feel it has to be very difficult.
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Permalink Reply by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on
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I only have one in the Navy too. My other twin is here at home going to the local University and working part time. They haven't seen each other in person since July when my son left for BC. Our Sailor is coming home for Christmas. ..and they are REALLY looking forward to seeing each other much like Mom and Dad are. My twins were very competive and didn't get along very well these last few years. Now, I think they get along a LOT better and they text and talk to each other on the phone. It makes me happy that they are managing lives on their own and still have a connection to each other. I really think in our case, the separation was good for them.
I hope your twins will find their own paths along this journey and without heartache. Best wishes to your SR while he's finishing up BC. My heart goes out to you for him being there over Christmas. I know that has got to be so hard. (((NMH))) -
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Permalink Reply by CO-TwinSalorsMom on
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Mine are close also, never had been apart since birth. One is a strong leader the other the follower twin. I think the leader actually has been more home sick. This last two years have been great for the follower twin to HAVE to figure out for himself life. He is doing great. They do Skype all the time and are stationed one in Norfolk one in Charleston. So they can see each other now. I think all this has been hardest on their Mom. This Christmas will be my first to be all alone, as I also just moved to go back to school. New house, new town, new church, No family.
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Permalink Reply by Ashley's Mom on
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I have triplets, 2 girls and a boy, and my daughter just finished boot camp and is now in A school in Pensacola. My son had the hardest time with her leaving as he was her "protector"; he could barely hear her name without tearing up and just didn't want to think about or talk about her while she was at boot; that was how he could cope.
My other daughter at home was the opposite; she wrote her sister all the time; organized groups of friends to write her and a facebook page for her friends to keep up with her sister; to keep my navy girl, Ashley close, her sister almost HAD to talk about her to keep her included in our lives.
One cool thing we did for Ashley while she was in boot camp was to print out a large picture of her face and put it on a popsicle stick; then we took it to all of the family parties, holidays and events that she missed and took pictures of her with people; it sounds silly, but she missed her cousin's wedding and we took pics of her all over at the wedding and sent to her so she could feel that she was part of it and was not forgotten; that in some way she was there. We did this for many things; we called it Ash-da-bob, lol.
Each kid will cope in the way that is best for them, and you will know what that is. With my son, I knew that when he wanted to talk about her, he would. And with my daughter, I followed her lead as well and included talking about Ashley as much as possible.
I hope this helps; the Ash-ka-bob thing was a huge hit for her, she was soooooo happy to be included while she was gone.
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Permalink Reply by rebecca1957 on
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I have fraternal twin girls. They both went in navy this month, 2 weeks apart. One is going to nuke school the other is a CS1. I think we have raised kids to be independent and you sort of have to ," toss them to the wolves".! They will learn and be the perfect people they are meant to be! In the meantime my heart is sad,!
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