>>...(My daughters are both adorable but very easy to tell apart: one needs to be kicked in the behind on a regular basis and the other can be devastated by an unkind word.
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>They must be dopplegangers of mine then! One you have to nag and cajole to do the slightest thing .. the other sits down and gets on with it unbidden, even reminding you that she has to do her homework, whereas the other has to be reminded constantly.
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It surprised the heck out of me how different they are. Same gene pool, same environment, same everything. And yet they are like night and day.

On the bright side, they have become terrific friends. Like sisters, you might say <s>. I told them for years this was going to happen and for years they didn't seem to hear me. ("With HER?!") It's nice to see. They even have mock debates about who's going to take me in when I am old and doddering.

On that point they are in agreement -- Emily. (Emily: "You'd put him in the nursing home so fast his head would spin." Allie: "I know you'll have a nicer house.").

I'm going to surprise them and outlive them both! LOL

(Yuck, that was an awful thought. I was joking but no parent wants to outlive their children).