Hey everyone, it's Lucie Fink. Welcome back to my channel. This is my twin sister, Allie.
Allie: Hi, everyone.
Lucie: You might know her from some of my previous videos. It's very
rare that we get her on this channel... so, yay!
Allie: Savor it.
Lucie: Today's video is going to be all about twins. In particular, the two of
us... And how we're similar and how we're different from one another. Thank you to
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but let's get started with some general twin stuff. All right, Allie... So, when you
tell people that you're a twin, what is the first question that people tend to ask you?
Allie: Definitely, without fail: "If your twin sister gets hurt, do you, like, feel
the pain?" To which I always just blankly stare at them wondering if they think
this is some kind of, like, sci-fi movie or something... but the answer is no. It's
more emotional but not physical.
Lucie: We don't actually have the ability to feel pain
across distances... but if I were to see that she was struggling or in pain, I'd feel bad...
Allie: Yeah, mentally and emotionally... but if someone pinches your arm...
I don't feel the pinch...
Lucie: The first question that I always get when I tell
people I'm a twin is "Who's older?" Allie. "Are you close?" Yes. "Do you look alike?" You tell me.
And, I feel like there are just some generic twin questions that people
always want to know when it comes to twins... so maybe we'll make, like, a generic
twin video down the line... but just to give you the basic rundown... we are
fraternal twins. She was born one minute before me. But... you know what I'm gonna say...
Allie: This is false.
Lucie: This is TRUE.
Allie: This is false.
Lucie: What do you mean?
Allie: Tell them.
Lucie: Our mom had a c-section, so we were in her tummy and the doctors
cut my mom's tummy open and they pulled Allie out first, which is why she's one
minute older. But, apparently I was situated beneath Allie in the womb, which
means... had our mom had a vaginal birth--
Allie: Which she didn't.
Lucie: --that I would have been born first.
Allie: Anyway. I very much take on the qualities of the
older sister, so I think that's how it was meant to be.
Lucie: Yeah... you do. So now
let's just get into some general categories and we'll talk about how
we're similar and how we're different. Starting with career.
Allie: I am a trader at a financial services firm and Lucie obviously is not... and I
obviously suck at doing all of this...
Lucie: No you don't! You're good!
Allie: And she's very good at it. Like, I feel very...
like, stiff... and unnatural... she's, like, moving around and I'm, like,
sitting here stiffly... and sweating... and I'm, like, really nervous...
Lucie: Okay well I'm just gonna tell you I am sweating as well. It's really hot in here.
On the flip side, she is a beast when it comes to financial markets and stocks
and trading... and I have literally no idea what she's talking about when she tells
me that there was a circuit breaker and the stock market closed. I have no idea
what she says when she says that the stock is trading below par... Is that what it is?
Allie: *laughing* No it's not...
Lucie: Is that a golf term?
Allie: But you would know if you studied it and worked
in that environment... It's just completely night and day versus what you do every day.
So, when Lucie came to my office one day just to, like, see what it was
like and saw my six computer monitors with, like, thousands of numbers flashing
around everywhere... it was not her experience and she was very outside of
her comfort zone. Whereas me sitting here makes me feel very outside of my comfort
zone... I think that balances us out.
Lucie: Personality-wise... Are we introverts or extroverts?
Allie: I mean, you're definitely an extrovert.
Lucie: I think you are, too.
Allie: I wouldn't call myself an introvert... but I also...
Lucie: I think you're an extrovert. You're just a less performative extrovert.
Allie: I don't necessarily... I mean, I'm around
people all day... I'm talking to people all day at work, and at the end of the day I
love getting home to my apartment and just, like, being in the silence... and
having my time to be in my head and just unwind...
Lucie: I think one other personality
trait that distinguishes us is that I think I, unfortunately, am a bit more of a
people pleaser... and Allie's a little bit more of "I'm gonna take care of myself
and do whatever the *beep* I want to do"... but I've always admired that about her.
She does not care what anyone thinks of her. She doesn't care what anyone says
about her, she just wants to do what she wants to do, when she wants to do it... and,
I mean, she's not hurting other people... but she's just doing her...
Who is more protective of who?
Allie: I don't think you're not protective of me, but I definitely
play the role of older sister in terms of taking
on responsibility and maturity. Not that you're immature... You're definitely
mature... But, for example, like, if we're going on a vacation together... we have to
pack. I'm always the one packed two days in advance. I have my list. I've
checked every box. It's an hour before she's about to go to bed, and she hasn't
packed... and I text her "don't forget your underwear", "don't forget your pajamas"... Half
the time, she forgets her pajamas...
Lucie: Also, when we used to live together... both in college and after college...
Allie was the one who handled making sure our bills
were paid on time, and then, you know... Venmo requesting me so I would pay half
of it... but if I didn't have her I would not have paid rent. But on the flip side,
I think, responsibility aside... When it comes to protectiveness... I still feel a
sense that you are my little nugget head, and that I need to protect you from the
big bad monsters... You're so small, and fragile, and I need to make sure you're
safe... So, whenever we have sleepovers for
example, I always opt to sleep closest to the door...
Allie: So the monsters take her first!
Lucie: So that the monsters, or killers, or whoever comes into the room will take me and
leave Allie be, because I just could not live without her. And I'd feel so bad if
she got snatched because she was closest to the door.
Allie: We feel that way about each other.
Lucie: So, when it comes to our brains,
I would say I definitely have more of the right brain in me... which is
the creative and the artistic side... and Allie's brain maybe operates more so on
the left side... which is, like, the logical, thinking side... But you do have elements
of creativity, and I'm definitely logical as well...
Allie: I have elements of creativity in
a very different way... I don't have, like, all these fluid ideas in my mind that I
wake up in the middle of the night and scribble in a notebook the way she does...
I have creative outlets, like cooking... but in every other part of my life, I'm very
logical and my thought processes are very lined-out and practical... And that's
where I think we differ just on a day to day basis.
Lucie: I know a lot of people, when
they hear that you're a twin, they sort of want to know if you're competitive or
if you have any sense of, like, jealousy for the twin... One thing that's
interesting about us... and it's just always been this way, I don't know if
it's because of how our parents raised us or what... but I
actually felt a sense of... I guess I would call it negative jealousy for Allie... or, like,
negative competition... in that I actually wanted her to do better than I did on
things. When we used to take a couple of classes together in high school or
college, and we had an exam... and the moment we got our grades back,
I would ask Allie "what did you get?" and I would only feel a sense of relief if she
did better than me.
Allie: Rather than just looking out for yourself, it's like this
other half of your brain and your heart... the happiness that lives inside of them
is your happiness... so you want to make sure that those balance out.
Lucie: That's a perfect way to put it... On to general looks. So, here are the ways that I would say
we're different... I have fair skin, she has a tanner, more
olive skin tone...
Allie: Though it doesn't really look like it in this camera...
Lucie: We look similar here... but she's tanner.
Allie: I tan more easily.
Lucie: I have light green eyes, and she has...
Allie: Light brown.
Lucie: ... Chocolate brown eyes. I think my face is
maybe a little rounder... Yours is a little longer? Yeah, I think my eyes are more
oval, yours are more almond?
Allie: Yours are more ROUND, mine are more almond. I'm...
an inch taller than she is. When we were growing up, we sort of grew like this... And
there were times where Lucie was a lot taller than I was... but now I'm about an
inch taller than you are.
Lucie: Right. You have... better, straighter teeth...
Okay, noses... I think if we turn... Profile-wise, your nose has a little bit more of
a bump... mine goes more like a ski slope. Like, I have a little more of, like, a
button nose down here... and yours a little more pointed.
Allie: And our body types are very similar... Not only in height, but just general stature...
Lucie: And when it comes to hair... Our hair is... sort of similar... but I've been
coloring my hair for years. So I do balayage and Allie keeps it natural.
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Both: Wavy.
Lucie: Same...
Question two: Is your hair fine, medium, or coarse? One, two, three...
Both: Medium.
Lucie: We're twins.
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Both: Normal.
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Allie: Me too.
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Allie: Mild.
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So, on to our clothing style... How would you say we're similar or different?
Allie: I think our clothing styles are one of the ways that we differ most... Lucie is
way more down to experiment with flashy colors, flashy patterns... I think my closet
is much more classic and...
Lucie: Timeless.
Allie: Yeah, timeless is the word.
Lucie: You have to check out our video on refinery29 where we did each other's makeup and we styled the
other in an outfit that we liked... It was a great video. You've got to check it out.
But it sort of describes our style and our differences when it comes to
clothing. Next: friend group. We have a... the same friend group.
Allie: Mm-hmm.
Lucie: We hate the same people... and we love the same people...
JK we don't hate anyone. FAMILY. How is our family relationships similar or different?
Allie: Overall I think it's pretty similar. On a
day-to-day basis, I probably communicate with our family more... With our parents more, at least...
Lucie: Yeah, I think it could be because of the fact that I have had a
long-term relationship... but, like, pretty much from high school until now I've had
Michael. I've always had that outlet. And Allie now has a serious boyfriend who she
lives with, but before he came into the picture, she definitely developed more of
a daily communication with my parents. And it doesn't obviously say anything
about how much we love them or want to have them in our lives... they just know
that I'm not gonna call them every day... but if she doesn't call them every day...
they send out the search party.
Allie: Yeah...
Lucie: All right, when it comes to shows and movies...
how are we similar and different?
Allie: A lot of our shows are probably the same... We both
like to watch really cool docu-series... but we also like to balance it out with
something like FRIENDS or Seinfeld...
Lucie: When it comes to movies, I think we have
similar tastes... We would both say that our favorite movie is one, two, three...
Both: Love Actually.
Lucie: YES!
Allie: For a second I had a panic moment that it's not what you're gonna say...
Lucie: Taste in boys... Well we're both in relationships, so... I tend to gravitate
towards boys who are more similar to you... Like, I think you and Michael are very
similar. What I mean by that is boys who are calm, and grounded, and rational... but
you gravitate towards boys like your boyfriend Max, who I think has some of MY
qualities in him... which is, like, exploratory...
Allie: Yeah... experimental...
Lucie: Wanting to try new things... experiment, get out, and push you out of your comfort zone...
Allie: Yeah, that's fair. They actually are pretty similar to each other also...
Lucie: Right.
Allie: They're each other's types of people who would...
Lucie: Be friends.
Allie: Yeah, who would choose each other as friends.
Lucie: Travel interests... We have the same travel interests...
Allie: I think we have the same travel interests, meaning there are many parts of the world that we both
would love to go see... We maybe have slightly different expectations for the
conditions that we're staying in... Is that fair? And it's not that I'm high
maintenance and that you're, like, ready to sleep in a tent... because I don't
think you would love that either... My number one thing is that I
want to feel comfortable and clean, and if I'm in a space where I don't feel
clean... then I don't really want to be there.
Lucie: Yeah. And don't get me wrong, I
can't rough it in the mountains with no bed for ten days... but I definitely
could spend a night in, like, a not that clean motel situation... and just make the
best of it... But she would not be able to function. You know, I think this question
sort of extends to our general styles of living, at home... I'm so surprised we haven't
touched on this yet, but when it comes to living in general... she is very clean and
organized, and has systems in place to put things away immediately, and to
sweep her floor, and make sure everything's clean... whereas... Michael can
tell you that if I don't get a little nudge in the side, I could let dishes
pile up in the sink for a week, and I can let this apartment turn into a pigsty...
until I decide to clean. Then I can do a massive clean in an hour and, you know, I
love cleaning... In general she lives cleaner.
Allie: I will never come into my home from the outside world and sit on my bed wearing
the outside world clothes...
Lucie: Yeah, and I threw my jacket from the subway on my bed yesterday...
Allie: Nothing is touching that bed except for my pajamas.
Lucie: Yeah, that's where we differ. I come in...
I sometimes don't take my shoes off... I sometimes throw my jacket on my
bed, and I just hope for the best.
Allie: ... Yeah.
Lucie: Temperament... Do we have the same temperament?
I think Allie can get swept away in stress more easily than I can.
Allie: Yeah, that's fair.
Lucie: A few weekends ago we were at this ski lodge Airbnb with our
friends, and... we lost power...
Allie: On, like, a negative 5 degree day...
Lucie: It was freezing. We lost heat, we lost water, we lost light... So we were in the dark... with no food... No, we had food.
Allie: But no ability to cook.
Lucie: No ability to cook, because we couldn't, like, wash any of the food we had purchased...
and oven didn't work, and the... nothing
worked. But we, you know, had food... and we had water in a jug... and we were gonna
live and be fine... She just sort of was like "What are we gonna do?" I think your
immediate plan was, like... "We need to figure out how to get clean water. We
need to figure out how we're gonna eat food. And we need to get our money back
for this Airbnb, because we're getting screwed!"
Allie: Yeah! I was all about contacting
the Airbnb host and figuring out how to remedy the situation. I didn't like that
we had no timeline of when we were gonna get power back...
Lucie: Right, and it was... It was
stressful. But I definitely just had the foresight that the power would come back
eventually, and I knew we had a fire, and I knew we had, like... not endless firewood...
but enough to last us... and then we were gonna get in bed and be under covers... So it was...
it was at night when this happened.
Allie: It ended up being fine.
Lucie: Yeah. In her defense, there was also another situation in our old apartment when we
used to live together, where we put the oven on the cleaning cycle... and... I didn't
know this, but when you clean your oven, it lights a fire in there...
Allie: But it was, like, actively, like, a large fire...
Lucie: It looked like a fireplace was burning inside the oven...
and I had never seen that... And as soon as I saw that there was a fire in
our oven, I freaked out. My first instinct was to try to open the door, which was so idiotic...
Allie: The oven door.
Lucie: The oven door. So I would have given the fire oxygen and it
would have, like, blown up... but thankfully when the clean cycle is on, it's locked...
And so then I just ran in the hall and pulled the fire alarm and I was, like,
running around like there was a crazy fire... and Allie was definitely calmer in that moment.
Taste in food.
Allie: You have a huge sweet tooth. Lucie would always like
to just go straight to dessert. I love a very well-balanced meal... a lot of
different, savory flavors...
Lucie: Yeah... I have this weird thing where... when I'm eating
dinner, or just some sort of savory food... I can really only eat so much of it
before I'm just totally repulsed, and I'm ready for cake. Allie is like... she wants to
eat a full savory meal and then she has, like, a little bit of room left for
something sweet... so she'll have a very small dessert. That will totally satisfy
her. Whereas I could have just had the dessert and skipped the meal. Night owl
versus morning person...
Allie: I wouldn't say... like, I'm definitely not a night owl.
I wouldn't say that I'm a morning person by choice... I actively have
to be a morning person for my work... It's not like on the weekends I pop up at
7:00 a.m. and I'm out and about... I love to sleep in just as much as she does... but
past 10:00 p.m. at night I shut off. And that's when you do some of your most active thinking.
Lucie: Neither of us are morning people, necessarily... Although she
has to be... But I'm absolutely a night owl. And Michael and I pretty much always go
to bed... I would say between, like, 11:30 and 12:30... So, overall we are very similar...
but we also are very different. So, we're fraternal. We don't have the exact same
DNA. We are actually, I would say, just more similar to siblings who were born
at the same time rather than being identical twins who came from exactly
the same DNA. We feel like being a twin has been one of the biggest gifts that
life has given us. We are best friends and always will be, and we are just so
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