Growing up as a twin, you quickly become accustomed to a predictable line of questioning — more often revealing the astonishingly basic assumptions people hold about twinhood than any real desire to understand.

“Can you read each other’s thoughts?” Not literally, but at this point, we can make a near-telepathic guess. Plus, we always cheekily pre-prepared a number or colour in mind, just in case.

“Do you have your own language?” It didn’t survive past a few words.

“Do you ever switch places?” Being unmistakably fraternal, the classic exam-swap was, unfortunately, never an option.

But a question that I couldn’t quite shake was “If you’re twins, why do you act so differently from each other?” It was one that tormented me for years, as I, too, was desperately asking myself that very same thing.