>Just an inside joke, sorry. For a long time now I have been referring to them (to each other) as spinsters instead of sisters. "Hey, Emily, where's your spinster?"
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>I think the last time I heard the term "spinster" used, it was on an old "Family Affair" episode from the early 70's, when Buffy thought Sissy would be a spinster.
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>God, that show was retarded.

I just read this online (and of course forwarded it to both spinsters) ---

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/health/26essay.html?src=me&ref=homepage

When they were little -- actually for a good part of their childhoods -- and were squabbling with each other, I would tell them some day they would be best friends. They didn't believe me even a tiny little bit. "With HER?!" lol. But now they are.