I've even heard of surprise twins (though you'd think that would be pretty rare - two heartbeats, people!)

I had a roommate who was a surprise twin! They split up the one name they had picked out for the two girls, and came up with new middle names.

From my own experience, there can be a very strong sense of the name belonging to that particular hypothetical child. It doesn't always feel right to just transfer it to the next one.

That makes sense now, didn't when I was 6.

My mom was so sure I'd be a boy (Nicholas, I think) she didn't pick out a girl's name.

That happened to my mom - Grandma had no girl's name picked out, but Grandpa had Shirleymae Elizabeth up his sleeve. No one know where he got that, he never said.

My only experience with surprise twins is in Bollywood movies, where they happen almost every time.

From my own experience, there can be a very strong sense of the name belonging to that particular hypothetical child. It doesn't always feel right to just transfer it to the next one.

Yeah, that's an excellent point - I was coming at it from the list-of-names side of the equation, I guess.

My mom was so sure I'd be a boy (Nicholas, I think) she didn't pick out a girl's name.

My mom was too! She'd carried my sister "high" and carried me "low" so she figured I was a boy. I would have been named John Martin after her cousin.

My mother wanted a girl only. Because she felt she had bad luck, she "pretended" that she wanted a boy only, and bought only boy's clothes. She did pick out a girl's name, though, which is not my name.

I don't need a partner to be interested in all that I'm interested in, but if they diss it right off and don't show curiosity about why I like it? Bad sign, IMHO.

Hm. My ideal get-to-know-you conversation involves some mutual trash-talking about TV or movies or comics or something. It’s sort of like delving, except more fun!

Granted, this is one of the reasons I’ll probably die alone.

I had a roommate who was a surprise twin!

Or was her sister???

Betty White: "It's Been A Long Time Since I've Been Manhandled" (VIDEO)

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If you've been skeptical about whether or not she could actually hold her own [hosting SNL], then last night's appearance on Fallon is required viewing. If you're already pumped...well, it's also required viewing. She was bebopping and scatting throughout the interview, firing out one-liners at will. When asked if she'd appear in a sketch with musical guest Jay-Z, she promptly responded: "Jay-Z has 99 problems...but this bitch ain't one of them."

Perhaps the highlight came when Fallon warned her that during commercial breaks she'll be manhandled by wardrobe and make-up. White then dipped into the well, joking, "It's been a long time since I've been manhandled."

I have cousins who were surprise twins.