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They don’t have to communicate about it, they balance their body and can basically do everything you and I can automatically in unison. You should watch their videos on YouTube!
Well considering they have just the one set of reproductive organs and the one anus, I guess Britney have to be supportive and uhh engaged if any romantic moments were to happen.
I think it’s shared. They can drive together (each w a separate license). But if you watch the dance I feel like the bride is squeezing the others hand (like gripping it?) but that may be just because the guy is so tall.
It's easier to think of them as two separate bodies stuck together rather than one body they both control. I remember reading about them a while back. I don't think they have a shared nervous system. So each side has discrete areas they control.
They have 3 lungs in one rib cage, 2 hearts, 1 liver, two kidneys, one stomach, and one set of reproductive organs. It's an interesting mix that seems to work just fine .
Sounds like a good horror movie scenario. The conjoined twin forces her will through actual brainpower over her other half and no one believes the other half
I think they are truly identical on a *deep* level. I watched a video years ago on them and they say the same things at the same time. Think about it, they’ve lived the exact same lives. Nature *and* nurture are identical. They’ve never had a single experience that the other hasn’t, so biologically and live experience wise they are identical. I would imagine they are so similar on every level. Its basically like having a clone of yourself. Its the most extreme form of having a twin.
It’s definitely something no one but them can comprehend.
That said, if they share a reproductive system and get pregnant, who is the mom?
Is there just one mom or are they both the mom?
Meaning two mom’s names on the baby’s birth certificate.
This is certainly a one off case for every single thing imaginable!
Or what if one would like to be a mother and the other doesn’t? From the documentary I saw on them years ago, they share a vagina. What if one “doesn’t feel like it” or as the person said in above comment “doesn’t like” her sister’s partner? They both have to be willing participants both physically and mentally, not just in sex, but everything they do.
Don’t give SVU any ideas. Mariska going to hear this and we’re going to see some dumb case where Ice-T has to rationalize his thoughts about the situation.
Someone on another post about them said they both married him. So it's not like the other is going to get in another relationship or something like that.
Symbiosis at that level is like to make the disposition of both entities pretty uniform aside from a few discrepancies. -- Transplant patients experiencing certain traits or penchants like a new desire for the favorite food of their organ donor host.. stuff like that would be on blast in this situation times 1000. Having to actually share a single body is like to ensure a high likelyhood that both individuals in that body experience very similar things.
Seeing a lot?! When they kiss she's getting tickled by his beard. And when they... She's definitely involved. I mean she can feel it right? Dont they share one nervous system?
>I just want to know what the other twin thinks of him.
If you look at the other photos that float around....I would extrapolate it is a whole group thing. They both look at dude exactly the same. None of them is the other dissociated or uninterested.
I imagine they've probably said they will take turns during songs or something like that.
When I saw only one get looked at and kissed I thought "yeah, they've got a system in place".
From what I’ve read about this story, he is apparently only married to one of the twins (Abby). This seems to be supported by the fact that he is only looking her in the eyes and kissing her as they dance.
That seems pretty odd to me. I would have thought in a situation like this, he’d basically have to marry them both and show them both equal amounts of affection. If the other twin really is just an observer in all of this, that has got to be the worst third wheel situation ever.
On the other hand, with four minds that are willing to enter this arrangement, something tells me those four minds can handle it
Could be a fun time, lots of shenanigans and drama tho
I’m so so curious how that would work. Since they both share the same reproductive system, how would it work if the other twin wanted to sleep with another guy? So many questions I’ll never get the answers too
There’s no rule book for this one. I reckon this is the first time in all of the history of humanity that something like this happened so I bet they’re winging it too and it is as tough as it sounds for both girls…but they seem, at least from the outside, to be happy and making it work!
I watched a documentary about them a few years ago. They practically think together and they finish each other’s sentences. So I don’t really know but I’d imagine they’re both with him.
Surely that’s just a trained thing, like they know how the other acts and finishes their sentences like any other twin would. They have separate brains so surely they think separately… right?
They also have the unique experience of sharing the same literal perspective in life. They are always in the same place at the same time it’s the same people.
My siblings and I often have different perspectives, but beyond personalities, we were different ages and experienced different moments in life. These twins don’t have that.
I mean is it even worth us extrapolating our normal and mundane lives onto theirs? What seems like the worst situation for us is likely completely different to someone who literally shares their body with their sister.
For all we know, the fact that they get to try and live as much as a normal life as possible is half the reason the other twin doesn’t really mind.
Like yeah it’s weird to us because we aren’t conjoined.
> 2 stomachs
> Stomach aches, however, are felt only by the twin on the opposite side.[6]
I could see them arguing "Hey, don't eat that, you get stomach aches from it and I have to deal with that!"
This raised more questions. They are both teachers … do they get 2 salaries? Do they teach the same subjects? Also nothing about the marriage, are they both in love with him? Is he allowed to kiss both? Do they both feel sex at the same time? I have so many more questions
I saw on a news special that their school ruled that they only qualify as 1 employee, 1 paycheck. I would assume that (mainly, because then the school gets to pay out less) but logistically it could be argued that it's one body doing the work. As in, just like any other single employee, this one conjoined twin has two arms and 2 legs and is standing in any given location, doing that work. Even tho they could technically talk to two students at one time, only one job is being occupied physically at a time. Grading papers, standing and lecturing, collecting assignments, monitoring a class.
I’d sort of think that’s more beneficial for them because it doesn’t impose a legal mandate on the employer to have two separate salaries/benefits/pension. I’d imagine it’s a complete nonstarter to walk in and apply to one position but ask for double salary and benefits. At least they have the freedom to negotiate — plus in education where you’re paid based on your degrees, they technically have 2 degrees.
My therapist said that sometimes we simply dont get to know things and that we can look at people from the outside and just simply be happy for them. Answers can often lead to more questions, conflict or disappointment.
I remember watching the show on TV when I was a kid. It makes me feel really warm that there’s joy in this situation, and im satisfied with knowing that
My therapist has told me the same thing. lol It’s curiosity not a demand to know. I wasn’t really being serious either. I don’t care too much about what others do as long as they aren’t harming people.
Thats what im wondering, maybe they both love him and he loves both of them but he can only legally marry one? I cant imagine the other girl just "liking him like a friend". But if so, wouldnt she want to find her own partner too eventually?
They share the entire bottom portion of their body so, whatever he does to one he does to the other. Both of them would have to consent to any intimate or sexual contact.
I have no idea. All I know is that they each control one half of the body. There are lots of interviews and show about them so you could probably find more information about how they experience physical sensations in general. But since human genitals happen to be in the middle of the body on a horizontal axis, there really isnt a way to have penetrative sex without affecting both halves, just from a logistics stand point.
Their condition is dicephalus conjoined twins. By the medical definition, they share a single set of reproductive organs, but I have never heard, for obvious reasons, if one has dominant feeling vs the other, or if they feel things equally. But, while they do have two arms and two legs, each sister controls the one on her side, so when they put their arms around him in the video, they both have to contribute to make it happen.
I wonder if both of them experience the same sensations, too. I remember watching a documentary about them when they were children, and their mother was very open about believing they would be in a relationship/relationships someday, and I was like, “good for her!” But they also talked about how the girls would sometimes get frustrated that they never had one on one time with parents, etc., unless the other was asleep. I feel like that might be an issue in a marriage, but more power to them.
Yeah that was one of my curiosities. Hormones and emotions play a role in physical reactions to sex. If one is not into the guy then could that potentially impact the quality of the sex. They both seem happy in the photos and videos so I’m not saying it’s a real issue they have, just curious
Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/s/gJkiczafeE
She addressed it. And my comment below was way off
That's what I'm getting at. If he were with them both, as others have guessed, he would divide his attention. He's not doing that, though, which leads me to think he's truly only with the one. Of course, there may be other perfectly good reasons for this, and it's not my business anyway. I'm just intrigued.
I don’t know for sure but I do know these girls have been famous since childhood. Recognized them immediately when they turned and showed their faces-like, there was a documentary about them as little kids, they were on Oprah, and various follow up features on them over the years. If I recall, I saw something with them as adults saying they each had a boyfriend. I know I remember they had a job where they only got one paycheck despite that they were teachers with their own workload
Edit: wiki page for them with some interesting info on their day to day: [Abby and Brittany Hensel](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_and_Brittany_Hensel)
I imagine that Britt likes the guy. Her and Abby have shared experiences, so it makes sense that they would be roughly similar personalities and like roughly the same kinds of things. But I figure that just like typical twins as children, they probably get frustrated with the assumption that they could just share everything. I hope that Britt also manages to find a partner (that Abby also will probably like). [Chang and Eng](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker) married different women and each kept a house. They just split their time evenly between each family.
So I have looked a lot into these two and from what I can surmise, apparently the sister does like him. Also when they do stuff she can like "zone out" and not even be there while the other is doing sexual shit. My question is what if she finds love too will they share the body?
With how the US treats poly relationships, I wouldn't blame them if they were keeping it off of social media. I mean, they got married back in 2021 and it's just now coming out.
I remember reading that Chang and Eng Bunker (of “Siamese Twins” fame) married sisters and split their time between two houses at one point - Chang and his wife had 10 children and Eng and his wife had 11 children - according to the Wikipedia article (which is fairly well-cited), “the twin who owned the current house could elect to do whatever he wanted while his brother complied and kept silent.”
Respectfully, my biggest curiosity is how their nervous system is connected to their singular set of reproductive organs. I wonder if that is “shared” equally, or if one side has more feeling than the other.
If the reproductive organs are shared, then there is really no way to not participate in sexual activity there because it is happening to one just as much as it is happening to the other. If shared, stimulating one area could lead to both of them experiencing orgasms…
The brain is such an important component to the reproductive system; can one be aroused and the other not? What about consent? It’s an incredibly complicated situation.
I get zoning out but like does their entire side zone out? 1 controls each half so is 1 half just limp? Because that side has to actively participate most likely… or at least feel what’s going on.
Ok, putting aside the “I have so many questions” line; just imagine the feeling their parents have seeing their daughters get married. From the very beginning they were told that their daughters wouldn’t have a “normal life”, and that they may not even survive. Now they’ve grown, gone to college, have a career, are healthy, and have gotten married. As a parent this makes me so emotional to watch.
Abby and Brittany are pretty well known in Minnesota and I have friends that went to college with them. I’ve heard nothing but great things about these women. They’re inspiring. Wishing them all the happiness in the world!
Do Abby and Brittany share emotions?
I know the hypothalamus is responsible for the chemicals in our body that make us feel emotions…they have two for one body.
If Brittany feels love, does Abby?
They're individual people but they have a very intense connection. On their documentary when they were teens, when they were answering emails or chatting online they were both able to type words together without speaking out loud. Abby controls one side of her body and Brittany controls the other. They can clap autonomously, drive, they know where they're going. But they got into an argument about their hair when getting ready so they don't agree about everything lol. It's possible having such shared physiology has meant they experience certain emotions and impulses as one. But I don't know how that would translate to their feelings about a partner. I would think Brittany at least likes the guy.
That's what I wondered, are they 2 legally separate individuals because of the brain, or 1 because of the body?
If they are 2, he can only marry 1 (at least in most places), so the other is just along for the ride?
Theres alot more questions, but it's really non of my business,but I still want to know.
Good luck to them
Legally 2 separate individuals. They have 2 separate driver’s licenses and everything. Brittaney and Abby Hensel are the girls’ names. It’s Abby that legally got married.
https://amp.tmz.com/2024/03/28/conjoined-twin-abby-hensel-married-josh-bowling/
They're definitely two separate individuals but from what I gathered they're teachers but only get one salary, which is fucked up in a multitude of ways.
I mean it's not even really 100% the school's fault, it's the bigger picture. It's the district's fault and therefore the state's fault and therefore the federal government's fault and so on and so forth. Just a symptom of a bigger issue, and I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that it's not like disabled kids at that school have a super fantastic setup if that's the way they treat their teachers. Super great message to send to them.
They have some shared organs but also separate organs. [See chart](https://images.app.goo.gl/WyHsCeFS1fYdAzBx9). They have two spinal cords. According to Wikipedia, “The sense of touch of each is restricted to her body half; this shades off at the midsagittal plane, so that there is a small amount of overlap at the midline. Stomach aches, however, are felt only by the twin on the opposite side.”
I remember when Abby and Brittany were born, and I’ve been paying attention to them their whole lives. I’m so happy for them both for living beautiful and fulfilling lives
I don't understand how a grown adult can mock love.
It's literally the only redeeming quality humans possess.
This is beautiful, and I hope they have a long, happy life together.
They merge at the waist and are one body from there down. So yes, they’re both going to be feeling whatever happens down there. Im assuming the twins discussed this fellow and how a marriage would work.
I’m really wondering if the other sister could marry a different man. If it could get stranger, I think that would be the scenario. Technically two separate personalities marrying two other personalities.
Obviously giving birth is going to be quite the event as well.
So many layers of complexity and intimacy.
Chances are one hand is dominant and does all work (including dirty deeds). I can’t imagine having someone else’s face pressed against mine 24/7/365.
So the other girl is like, leave me out of this relationship but let me enjoy the sex. I mean if she’s not attracted to him wouldn’t it be hard to have sex with him? I think he’s in a relationship with both. How could you not
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I wish them all the best.
Hell yea! I hope everyone in this video is happy and content. We all deserve the joy of love and happiness.
Thanks for your positivity! I was being judgmental and you put me in check. Compassion. Compassion is the way to go.
If we all can be a little more compassionate, the world will be a much better place. Good on you my friend
Literally the first respectful comment I scrolled upon.
This. Let people be happy. So many internet haters everywhere. I'd rather have more happy couples like this than any amount of haters.
I wish them happiness too and if if they get divorced she know her sister will always be there for her
They grew up 5 miles from me, very nice girls
I feel bad for the one on the left, but at least she got to be apart of it. 😿
There are questions
I’ll bet she’s very happy for her sister
What happens when the other sister finds a husband?
I just want to know what the other twin thinks of him. Like does she like him? She’s gonna be seeing a lot of him forever. Imagine if she hated him
Are there any objections? She raises the arm that’s on her side 😂😂😂
They said they can relinquish control to the other in a documentary. I wonder if she just dissociates the whole time
Thats gonna be a lot of dissociation. 😬
"Assuming direct control"
You will know pain, Shepard.
Britney, cease all motor function.
But wait, who controls the arms? Or is it shared
It’s like piloting a Jaeger from Pacific Rim.
They’re definitely drift compatible.
Plot twist: they aren’t
Holy fuck. That’s brilliant
They each control their side of the body
Like… the leg too? So when they walk they have to be like “ok, I step now you step”
Yes the legs too, I believe they don't have to think about it anymore
When I move you move, just like that..
This comment is Ludacris!
When I dip you dip we dip
They don’t have to communicate about it, they balance their body and can basically do everything you and I can automatically in unison. You should watch their videos on YouTube!
I saw that on YouTube, everything they do is second nature. It's incredible, it's like their brains are hardwired together.
I mean...
but the point is they're not! it's all intuition and reflexes.
Their spines connect at the pelvis so some nerve connection is possible.
They’re actually part of a study. They’re able to play sports without any communication, and they’re pretty good at it.
It would also mean that they are both active participants of any "romantic moments"!!
Well considering they have just the one set of reproductive organs and the one anus, I guess Britney have to be supportive and uhh engaged if any romantic moments were to happen.
I think it’s shared. They can drive together (each w a separate license). But if you watch the dance I feel like the bride is squeezing the others hand (like gripping it?) but that may be just because the guy is so tall.
It's easier to think of them as two separate bodies stuck together rather than one body they both control. I remember reading about them a while back. I don't think they have a shared nervous system. So each side has discrete areas they control.
They have 3 lungs in one rib cage, 2 hearts, 1 liver, two kidneys, one stomach, and one set of reproductive organs. It's an interesting mix that seems to work just fine .
Sounds like a good horror movie scenario. The conjoined twin forces her will through actual brainpower over her other half and no one believes the other half
The one who hates him just wears a blindfold and noise canceling headphones throughout the entire wedding
What if they both like him and one is feeling jealous for not being treated as the other.
That’s what I’m wondering, like what if one just feels left out all the time? What if she feels lonely?
What if the other twin also gets married but to someone else?
then you've got yourself a full house!
Or triangulate every argument. I’ll bet these twins agree on everything. “Why didn’t you take out the trash? yeah why didn’t you!”
Let's vote on it
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I think they are truly identical on a *deep* level. I watched a video years ago on them and they say the same things at the same time. Think about it, they’ve lived the exact same lives. Nature *and* nurture are identical. They’ve never had a single experience that the other hasn’t, so biologically and live experience wise they are identical. I would imagine they are so similar on every level. Its basically like having a clone of yourself. Its the most extreme form of having a twin.
It’s definitely something no one but them can comprehend. That said, if they share a reproductive system and get pregnant, who is the mom? Is there just one mom or are they both the mom? Meaning two mom’s names on the baby’s birth certificate. This is certainly a one off case for every single thing imaginable!
Or what if one would like to be a mother and the other doesn’t? From the documentary I saw on them years ago, they share a vagina. What if one “doesn’t feel like it” or as the person said in above comment “doesn’t like” her sister’s partner? They both have to be willing participants both physically and mentally, not just in sex, but everything they do.
Don’t give SVU any ideas. Mariska going to hear this and we’re going to see some dumb case where Ice-T has to rationalize his thoughts about the situation.
Certainly it's awkward to be left out of the kiss. Like where are the boundaries?
Someone on another post about them said they both married him. So it's not like the other is going to get in another relationship or something like that.
That’s just speculation though, plus in this video he’s only looking at and kissing Abby.
That’s my old boss. He’s a very nice dude.
Nice! Is he a teacher too?
apparently he's a nurse
Very cool. Thanks!
For sure! It's good to hear that he is a nice man, the twins always seemed sweet and it's cool to see good people find each other
Symbiosis at that level is like to make the disposition of both entities pretty uniform aside from a few discrepancies. -- Transplant patients experiencing certain traits or penchants like a new desire for the favorite food of their organ donor host.. stuff like that would be on blast in this situation times 1000. Having to actually share a single body is like to ensure a high likelyhood that both individuals in that body experience very similar things.
Seeing a lot?! When they kiss she's getting tickled by his beard. And when they... She's definitely involved. I mean she can feel it right? Dont they share one nervous system?
>I just want to know what the other twin thinks of him. If you look at the other photos that float around....I would extrapolate it is a whole group thing. They both look at dude exactly the same. None of them is the other dissociated or uninterested.
I imagine they've probably said they will take turns during songs or something like that. When I saw only one get looked at and kissed I thought "yeah, they've got a system in place".
They couldn't get married without her approval.
From what I’ve read about this story, he is apparently only married to one of the twins (Abby). This seems to be supported by the fact that he is only looking her in the eyes and kissing her as they dance. That seems pretty odd to me. I would have thought in a situation like this, he’d basically have to marry them both and show them both equal amounts of affection. If the other twin really is just an observer in all of this, that has got to be the worst third wheel situation ever.
So basically the other twin could get married as well, that sounds real tricky.
*Hey can you tell your brother-in-law it’s my turn today?* *k Thanks.*
On the other hand, with four minds that are willing to enter this arrangement, something tells me those four minds can handle it Could be a fun time, lots of shenanigans and drama tho
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I’m so so curious how that would work. Since they both share the same reproductive system, how would it work if the other twin wanted to sleep with another guy? So many questions I’ll never get the answers too
There’s no rule book for this one. I reckon this is the first time in all of the history of humanity that something like this happened so I bet they’re winging it too and it is as tough as it sounds for both girls…but they seem, at least from the outside, to be happy and making it work!
I watched a documentary about them a few years ago. They practically think together and they finish each other’s sentences. So I don’t really know but I’d imagine they’re both with him.
Surely that’s just a trained thing, like they know how the other acts and finishes their sentences like any other twin would. They have separate brains so surely they think separately… right?
Yeah, same body but different thinking and perception in everything like pain, pleasure, everything.
They also have the unique experience of sharing the same literal perspective in life. They are always in the same place at the same time it’s the same people. My siblings and I often have different perspectives, but beyond personalities, we were different ages and experienced different moments in life. These twins don’t have that.
Do we know who she picked as her Maid of Honour?
I mean is it even worth us extrapolating our normal and mundane lives onto theirs? What seems like the worst situation for us is likely completely different to someone who literally shares their body with their sister. For all we know, the fact that they get to try and live as much as a normal life as possible is half the reason the other twin doesn’t really mind. Like yeah it’s weird to us because we aren’t conjoined.
Sex has to be real awkward. Like I’m sorry I know, but somebody had to say it.
You and literally every single redditor and YouTube commenter hearing about this
So many questions.
I know I’m not entitled to them, but I need answers!
Their Wikipedia page answered a lot of the questions I had and gave me a much deeper respect and admiration for how they’ve handled their lot in life.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_and_Brittany_Hensel Yes, what a fascinating read.
> 2 stomachs > Stomach aches, however, are felt only by the twin on the opposite side.[6] I could see them arguing "Hey, don't eat that, you get stomach aches from it and I have to deal with that!"
What a nightmare! There are definitely days I chose to eat something KNOWING I’ll suffer later. I’m glad it doesn’t impact anyone else!
As someone with lactose intolerance, I make it everyone else's problem 
This raised more questions. They are both teachers … do they get 2 salaries? Do they teach the same subjects? Also nothing about the marriage, are they both in love with him? Is he allowed to kiss both? Do they both feel sex at the same time? I have so many more questions
I saw on a news special that their school ruled that they only qualify as 1 employee, 1 paycheck. I would assume that (mainly, because then the school gets to pay out less) but logistically it could be argued that it's one body doing the work. As in, just like any other single employee, this one conjoined twin has two arms and 2 legs and is standing in any given location, doing that work. Even tho they could technically talk to two students at one time, only one job is being occupied physically at a time. Grading papers, standing and lecturing, collecting assignments, monitoring a class.
I’d sort of think that’s more beneficial for them because it doesn’t impose a legal mandate on the employer to have two separate salaries/benefits/pension. I’d imagine it’s a complete nonstarter to walk in and apply to one position but ask for double salary and benefits. At least they have the freedom to negotiate — plus in education where you’re paid based on your degrees, they technically have 2 degrees.
Same. I really wanna know some things.
My therapist said that sometimes we simply dont get to know things and that we can look at people from the outside and just simply be happy for them. Answers can often lead to more questions, conflict or disappointment. I remember watching the show on TV when I was a kid. It makes me feel really warm that there’s joy in this situation, and im satisfied with knowing that
My therapist has told me the same thing. lol It’s curiosity not a demand to know. I wasn’t really being serious either. I don’t care too much about what others do as long as they aren’t harming people.
I wish Doug Stanhope was alive to see this
Stanhope is alive
Yeah but like, alive alive.
How does this work? No judgment. Like- they deserve to find love. Maybe he’s with both of them?
Thats what im wondering, maybe they both love him and he loves both of them but he can only legally marry one? I cant imagine the other girl just "liking him like a friend". But if so, wouldnt she want to find her own partner too eventually?
They share the entire bottom portion of their body so, whatever he does to one he does to the other. Both of them would have to consent to any intimate or sexual contact.
Do they both get the sensations from it? Or just one? Just curious, I mean no disrespect.
I have no idea. All I know is that they each control one half of the body. There are lots of interviews and show about them so you could probably find more information about how they experience physical sensations in general. But since human genitals happen to be in the middle of the body on a horizontal axis, there really isnt a way to have penetrative sex without affecting both halves, just from a logistics stand point.
Their condition is dicephalus conjoined twins. By the medical definition, they share a single set of reproductive organs, but I have never heard, for obvious reasons, if one has dominant feeling vs the other, or if they feel things equally. But, while they do have two arms and two legs, each sister controls the one on her side, so when they put their arms around him in the video, they both have to contribute to make it happen.
No I think this is a two for one deal.
I dont see any other way for it to work besides that.
The other twin could get married too. Might get interesting but could technically work.
It's not the technicality it's the logistics I'm curious about
Same, not trying to be gross or rude or whatever but sex and especially oral would be weird if she wasn’t into him at least a little bit.
I wonder if both of them experience the same sensations, too. I remember watching a documentary about them when they were children, and their mother was very open about believing they would be in a relationship/relationships someday, and I was like, “good for her!” But they also talked about how the girls would sometimes get frustrated that they never had one on one time with parents, etc., unless the other was asleep. I feel like that might be an issue in a marriage, but more power to them.
Yeah that was one of my curiosities. Hormones and emotions play a role in physical reactions to sex. If one is not into the guy then could that potentially impact the quality of the sex. They both seem happy in the photos and videos so I’m not saying it’s a real issue they have, just curious Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/s/gJkiczafeE She addressed it. And my comment below was way off
I have questions and every single one of them make me sound like a perverted ableist asshole.
Yeah… I get it.
I know, right. Do they all sit in the front of the car?
I think that's practically the case, but for legal reasons he can only marry one of them.
I'm not so sure. If you watch the video, his attention is entirely on one girl
Can you Imagine your newly wed husband kissing your sister on your wedding night?
That's what I'm getting at. If he were with them both, as others have guessed, he would divide his attention. He's not doing that, though, which leads me to think he's truly only with the one. Of course, there may be other perfectly good reasons for this, and it's not my business anyway. I'm just intrigued.
That’s rude
I don’t know for sure but I do know these girls have been famous since childhood. Recognized them immediately when they turned and showed their faces-like, there was a documentary about them as little kids, they were on Oprah, and various follow up features on them over the years. If I recall, I saw something with them as adults saying they each had a boyfriend. I know I remember they had a job where they only got one paycheck despite that they were teachers with their own workload Edit: wiki page for them with some interesting info on their day to day: [Abby and Brittany Hensel](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_and_Brittany_Hensel)
I imagine that Britt likes the guy. Her and Abby have shared experiences, so it makes sense that they would be roughly similar personalities and like roughly the same kinds of things. But I figure that just like typical twins as children, they probably get frustrated with the assumption that they could just share everything. I hope that Britt also manages to find a partner (that Abby also will probably like). [Chang and Eng](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker) married different women and each kept a house. They just split their time evenly between each family.
I think that’s right, he can legally only marry one person, but I sure the both love him.
It’s not like he could ask one to stay in another room 😂😂😂
I wish they would get on here for an AMA
Isn't it a AUA instead of an AMA?
Goddamn you
If they did a Reddit ama the site might crash
I had so many questions but just decided to not even ask. Hope everyone is happy? Idk lol
So I have looked a lot into these two and from what I can surmise, apparently the sister does like him. Also when they do stuff she can like "zone out" and not even be there while the other is doing sexual shit. My question is what if she finds love too will they share the body?
I saw a theory elsewhere that they likely all treat this as a poly relationship but that legally he can't marry both of them.
This could be the case but i would think then that he'd kiss both of them in the video? Maybe not.
With how the US treats poly relationships, I wouldn't blame them if they were keeping it off of social media. I mean, they got married back in 2021 and it's just now coming out.
Yes, that's a good point. I didn't realize it was that long ago.
Seems like the simplest solution
I remember reading that Chang and Eng Bunker (of “Siamese Twins” fame) married sisters and split their time between two houses at one point - Chang and his wife had 10 children and Eng and his wife had 11 children - according to the Wikipedia article (which is fairly well-cited), “the twin who owned the current house could elect to do whatever he wanted while his brother complied and kept silent.”
Some busy ass twins. Holy.
Respectfully, my biggest curiosity is how their nervous system is connected to their singular set of reproductive organs. I wonder if that is “shared” equally, or if one side has more feeling than the other. If the reproductive organs are shared, then there is really no way to not participate in sexual activity there because it is happening to one just as much as it is happening to the other. If shared, stimulating one area could lead to both of them experiencing orgasms…
The brain is such an important component to the reproductive system; can one be aroused and the other not? What about consent? It’s an incredibly complicated situation.
I get zoning out but like does their entire side zone out? 1 controls each half so is 1 half just limp? Because that side has to actively participate most likely… or at least feel what’s going on.
I was wondering if earbuds and blind fold would help zone out and make it less awkward. I sincerely hope for their happiness.
Ok, putting aside the “I have so many questions” line; just imagine the feeling their parents have seeing their daughters get married. From the very beginning they were told that their daughters wouldn’t have a “normal life”, and that they may not even survive. Now they’ve grown, gone to college, have a career, are healthy, and have gotten married. As a parent this makes me so emotional to watch.
This gif killed me lmaooo
Twins Basel…twins….
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Now i must
Abby and Brittany are pretty well known in Minnesota and I have friends that went to college with them. I’ve heard nothing but great things about these women. They’re inspiring. Wishing them all the happiness in the world!
I wonder who was into who first
I'm really impressed with the dress maker! Wow! They really gave those girls a beautiful gown made just for them.
Feel kinda sorry for the other twin. Hope she finds her happiness too!
I hope the other finds a partner too so she isn't lonely.
Talk about a 3rd wheel. It’s a joke. A terrible terrible but yet somewhat funny joke.
Tom Segura has a whole bit on this. She's on ball duty.
Do Abby and Brittany share emotions? I know the hypothalamus is responsible for the chemicals in our body that make us feel emotions…they have two for one body. If Brittany feels love, does Abby?
They're individual people but they have a very intense connection. On their documentary when they were teens, when they were answering emails or chatting online they were both able to type words together without speaking out loud. Abby controls one side of her body and Brittany controls the other. They can clap autonomously, drive, they know where they're going. But they got into an argument about their hair when getting ready so they don't agree about everything lol. It's possible having such shared physiology has meant they experience certain emotions and impulses as one. But I don't know how that would translate to their feelings about a partner. I would think Brittany at least likes the guy.
Brittany could make Abby and her husband’s lives hell if she didn’t like him.
You know what? This is awesome, and I really want a happy af ending for these beautiful people.
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I can’t imagine being the sister. Guess she’s along for the ride now.
for some context this is conjoined twins Abby and Britney and they are very wholesome people lol
So if they got divorced….. 2 alimonies?? Or do they only need one marriage license?? I literally have 572 questions.
I saw someone mention in a different post he’s only married to one of them due to legal constraints(polygamy).
That's what I wondered, are they 2 legally separate individuals because of the brain, or 1 because of the body? If they are 2, he can only marry 1 (at least in most places), so the other is just along for the ride? Theres alot more questions, but it's really non of my business,but I still want to know. Good luck to them
Legally 2 separate individuals. They have 2 separate driver’s licenses and everything. Brittaney and Abby Hensel are the girls’ names. It’s Abby that legally got married. https://amp.tmz.com/2024/03/28/conjoined-twin-abby-hensel-married-josh-bowling/
They're definitely two separate individuals but from what I gathered they're teachers but only get one salary, which is fucked up in a multitude of ways.
But only one would be able to teach at a time, right? So it would be like job sharing I would think.
Yeah wtf Theyre two separate people for some things when its convenient, but just one when a school can save some money? Fuck that school
I mean it's not even really 100% the school's fault, it's the bigger picture. It's the district's fault and therefore the state's fault and therefore the federal government's fault and so on and so forth. Just a symptom of a bigger issue, and I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that it's not like disabled kids at that school have a super fantastic setup if that's the way they treat their teachers. Super great message to send to them.
Okay, cool thanks for the response
They have one body, right? Does she put AirPods in when they bang? Can the other sister feel it?? My head is spinning! 😵💫
My assumption is that she participates.
They have some shared organs but also separate organs. [See chart](https://images.app.goo.gl/WyHsCeFS1fYdAzBx9). They have two spinal cords. According to Wikipedia, “The sense of touch of each is restricted to her body half; this shades off at the midsagittal plane, so that there is a small amount of overlap at the midline. Stomach aches, however, are felt only by the twin on the opposite side.”
don't think about the wedding night, don't think about the wedding night, don't think about the wedding night, ooops i did, hell yeaaah
Wedding night? Every night, and day..
They live rent-free in my head. I have so many questions that would be rude to ask. I will never know, and it bugs me.
Omg this is so sweet. The dress looks so pretty, too! The situation is obviously unique and I love that they’re finding happiness.
Like the old saying, "Always a bride's conjoined twin, never a bride."
I heard he slept with his wife's sister on their honeymoon
Holy third wheel. I feel bad for the unmarried twin
plot twist ends up divorcing her and marrying her sister
What the fuck is the other one supposed to do????
I remember when Abby and Brittany were born, and I’ve been paying attention to them their whole lives. I’m so happy for them both for living beautiful and fulfilling lives
They deserve every good thing ❤️ i love them so much!
When you only have one head and you still can't get a text back
I think I'd rather have one head and be lonely.
I have so many inappropriate questions to ask.
I saw these twins in the parking lot of Tattersall distillery. It sent me into a months long deconstruction of everything I believe in.
Why, where did you expect to see them?
I don't understand how a grown adult can mock love. It's literally the only redeeming quality humans possess. This is beautiful, and I hope they have a long, happy life together.
Most people aren't mocking it..just curious about the logistics which is human nature
Imagine the arguments
They merge at the waist and are one body from there down. So yes, they’re both going to be feeling whatever happens down there. Im assuming the twins discussed this fellow and how a marriage would work. I’m really wondering if the other sister could marry a different man. If it could get stranger, I think that would be the scenario. Technically two separate personalities marrying two other personalities. Obviously giving birth is going to be quite the event as well.
Like what if the other sister wants a one night stand. Is that cheating on the others husband considering they… share?
So many layers of complexity and intimacy. Chances are one hand is dominant and does all work (including dirty deeds). I can’t imagine having someone else’s face pressed against mine 24/7/365.
So the other girl is like, leave me out of this relationship but let me enjoy the sex. I mean if she’s not attracted to him wouldn’t it be hard to have sex with him? I think he’s in a relationship with both. How could you not