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Goof?

posted 8 years ago by AmyJolamb
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After the twins sing Lets Get Together the parents are sitting at a table talking. The mom says they can't separate the twins again so they talk about sharing them. 6mts with one parent then 6mts with the other.

Yet then after they fight the mom says she's leaving in the morning with Sharon.

Then the following morning when the twins refuse to tell who is who they are heading out on a camping trip. As they are leaving the mom tells Vicky she has to get use to the girls since she will have them 6mts out of the year.

So if they were going to share the girls every 6mts why was the mom leaving with one that morning?

[–] dt123 8 years ago

Yes, sloppy writing. They also discuss one twin going to the other parent during xmas and easter. Made no sense.

[–] scamper67 8 years ago

Like Maggie told Susan; legally she belongs to her father and Sharon belonged to Maggie, it makes sense that the girls go with their respective legal parent until arrangements could be worked out, they each had their own school and other such things they were still enrolled in after all.

As for the talk on holidays, I can only assume they were referring to whomever had the girls at the time, not really sure about that.

[–] jarethismyking 7 years ago

Well, I'm sure Sharon had to go home and pack. I'm sure she only brought clothes and belongings for the day (or two) that they were away from Boston.

[–] Faridah (1325) 6 years ago

That’s always bugged me too. I know if I had found my twin out of the blue no way I’d want to be seperated again.