Identical twins are born when a single egg (zygote) is fertilized. It then divides in two, creating identical twins who share the same genes. But the likelihood of having a twin is quite low; twin births are just 3.2 percent of births in the United States.

But if you’re born under a monozygotic lucky star, and share your life and its ups and downs in equal parts with your twin brother or sister, the chances are you also have a bunch of hilarious and savage stories to tell.

I mean, you should have pulled or at least tried to pull a switcheroo at least once in your life. Well, these identical twins kind of did. So today we look at the stories shared by twins in these two Reddit threads (this and this) about how they got mixed up, swapped places, fooled everyone, and either got away with it or not.

If you also have a story like that, please share it in the comment section below!

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#1

My freshman Spanish teacher had a disease which made it impossible for him to walk. Consequently, he used an electronic cart to get around. Little did the class know that he had a twin brother. Sr. Imposter stood up out of his cart nonchalantly to hand out the grades of the previous quiz, only to sit back down as if nothing happened. The class was dumbfounded.

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#2

I met my husband because I was mistaken for my identical twin. I had been pining away for this guy. Both my mother and my sister had met him and kept joking about how they had found “the one” for me. My sister, being a super cool heartbreaker of a lesbian befriended him at our favorite coffee shop. They had collaborated at crosswords a few times and one day, he walked in while I was reading by myself. He came over and started chatting with me. Most jaw-droppingly handsome man I had ever met, and he was talking to me like we were the best of friends. I realized he thought I was my twin and played along. About half an hour later, he realized he’d been had. Still, it worked!

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#3

Identical twin here. My sister and I did some normal switches during school. In 4th grade we got found out because I was waaaaay worse at math than her and then she would go to ap biology for me sometimes just for the kicks and giggles.

The best switch we did was in her ap composition class during our senior year of high school.

So, my sis had to write a 20 minute speech. Since she’s an All Star she wanted to make a speech that really sang to her. We brainstormed and the thing that always bugged her the most during our schooling was how we lived in plurality. Meaning, most people would call us twin 1 and twin 2 or by our last name. By senior year of high school, we were really irritated at some people who didn’t make the effort in getting to know our names. (many had known us for 8+ years!).

Well, my sis got crackin’. By the end of the week she had written this awe-inspiring speech. (Gosh, it made me tear up hearing her pour her heart out.) My sis was the first to toss the idea around for me to speak the first half. We realized it would have much more gusto if we proved to her class that even they are at fault for treating us as one entity and not as individuals.

Eventually the day came and I skipped my 3rd class, went to lunch with my sis’s friend (who knew about our plan), switched clothes with my sis, and entered her classroom as inconspicuous as possible. The teacher even sat down next to me and gave me some pointers on how to use the equipment and how to have good posture while speaking. We talked for at least 10 minutes without her noticing I was the wrong person. Other people in the class had no idea. One even gave back my sis’s calculator and we talked about some homework assignment for calculus. I used the “I’m pretty nervous about my speech, I can help you out after class” card and he went on his merry way.

When it was my turn, I gave the cue to my sis that we were starting (she was right outside the door). I believe I either sneezed 2 times or I clapped twice. Either way, I went up to the podium and I introduced myself as my sis and I began the speech called Living in Plurality. I spoke for about 8-10 minutes with no one questioning anything. After about 8 minutes, I paused, I put down my cue cards, and looked at the class. I sighed and told them I have been lying this whole time and that I was not the one who had done the things I had just said. I told them I was sharing the experiences of a whole different person. (They looked so confused.) That’s when my sis walks in and I admit to the class that I am actually not my sis.

That’s when everyone [pooped] their pants of awe and embarrassment.

My sis finished the speech and everyone in the class was really affected by it. We received lots of attention at school because our prank spread like wild fire. The best part was that people actually started calling us by our real names (or at least trying their best. I understand that it can be tough).

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#4

I’m fraternal, so even though this isn’t a switch we have had our fun.

My twin sister and I used to get asked (ALL THE TIME) if we could read one another’s minds. By the time we got to high school and people were still asking we decided to mess with them a bit.

We both know the alphabet in sign language. We’d make sure we were sitting in a position that allowed us to see one another’s hands but the inquiring party could not. Lets say the person that asked us told me to think to my sister the word “balloon”. We would shut our eyes tightly and put our fingers to our temples as if transmitting the word through telepathy.

While they were watching our faces we would sneakily open our eyes just enough to see what the other person was signing. I would start signing out b-a-l-l-o-o-n and my sister would say things like “I feel like your word begins with a B. Maybe it’s battery? No- it’s more like a ball.” Finally the whole word came across and she would say with confidence that “Oh, I believe your word is balloon. Is that correct?”.

Then the person would be amazed and we were somewhat proud of reinforcing their stupidity. This happened more often than I would like to admit…

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#5

My older sisters are identical twins. One’s married and had her first baby.

By far the best switcheroo has been the one twin babysitting the other’s daughter. She looked so confused when she saw them in the same room and it took her a good week or two to finally be able to tell the difference!

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#6

My twin brother and I are easy to tell apart when side by side but when out on our own we occasionally get mistaken for one another. One time when I was working as a camp counselor he dropped me off at work before a big staff meeting and I gave him my staff shirt while I hid out in another building.

In a sea of people wearing the same outfit he blended in easily and no one seemed to notice. 5-10 minutes after the meeting started I confidently walked in and said “Hey guys, sorry I’m late I couldn’t find my shir…YOU!” I pointed at my twin and chased him out of the room. We traded shirts back and I returned to the room with all of my coworkers laughing and applauding.

The boss especially got a kick out of it because a few minutes after someone arrived at the meeting late and he got the chance to say: “This is why you want to show up on time to meetings. You sir just missed one of the funniest moments of the summer.”

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#7

Not me but my friend has a twin and one time at a bar we frequented that had two levels a girl pointed out that she had seen a dude who looked just like my buddy down in the basement bar. My buddy immediately starts speaking English with a German accent and asks her to take her to him (his brother). He wipes out his phone and texts his brother on the way to quickly explain. Poor girl spent the rest of the night telling everyone in the bar that she had helped long lost twins find each other

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#8

We’re identical, but I’ve only really taken advantage of the pranks as of recently.

My senior year of uni my twin visited me (she had graduated a year earlier from a school on the other side of the country) and I hadn’t mentioned her to very many people. I knew I was going to be late for class (b/c of a job interview) so I had my twin go in my place. Half of the class knew I had a twin, the other (including the prof) did not know. When I finally got to class, I sat in the back. It took a few minutes for the prof to turn around…he stared at my twin, looked at me, then back at the board, rinse and repeat. The prof didn’t say anything, he was so confused that he just went back to the lecture. I felt a whole lot of satisfaction for that one.

Now? My twin and I have both moved. I’m in a different city, and my twin found a job in my old college town. Best continuous prank ever. Everyone thinks its me.

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#9

Me and my twin brother used to get lazy at times when we had multiple exams on the same day. If we had 2 tests for the same classes, we would each study only for one, then take the test twice, once for ourselves, and once for each other.

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#10

The only big switch we ever did was in the yearbook. We took senior portraits as the other twin and had our combined quote be “people always ask us if we switch places to mess with people…” “…well the answer’s yes, I’m actually u/MacNCheeseEnthusiast”

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#11

I once proposed to my twins wife like 6 months into their relationship

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