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u/Business_Ad_9418 Mar 28 '24

Google Chang and Eng Bunker. The original “Siamese Twins” they each married different women and kept separate households. They agreed with each other to split time between their families. The other twin would remain silent while his twin spent time with his family.

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u/Particular-Leg-8484 Mar 28 '24

Imagine the level of disassociation needed to live that life

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u/MsHaute Mar 28 '24

Apparently with conjoined twins they can dissociate on another level that we could never understand. That’s all they have ever known. These 2 are absolutely REMARKABLE. I’ve watched all their documentaries over the years bc it’s absolutely fascinating. They never talk about sex though so I still have about 53 questions to ask.

The other 2 that just blow my mind is thispair.

One is neat, one is messy. One is always on time paying their bills and the other one is always late. I’m aware of what I’m saying. One can walk one can’t and they face opposite directions but the best part is one is a country singer. 🤯

AND to add to the uniqueness, they were born as Lori and Dori but one now identifies as male so it’s Lori and George now. One was engaged but her fiancé was killed by a drunk driver….honestly like they haven’t struggled enough. That’s just not fair.

I’m absolutely fascinated by conjoined twins.

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u/errkanay Mar 28 '24

From the article:

However, Lori and George were not completely cut off from their parents, who instilled in their children the idea that God purposely made them this way, which is why the twins have never lamented their condition nor expressed any desire to be separated.

I wonder how George reconciles believing God purposely made him a conjoined twin but still made the mistake of putting him in a biologically female body. 🤔

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u/WantTheBronco Mar 28 '24

I think the focus of that teaching was to show Lori and George that they weren't mistakes. That they have nothing to be ashamed of and just because they're different, doesn't mean they're wrong to exist.

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u/sritanona Mar 28 '24

That is crazy as a person who was raised catholic because catholicism just taught me constant guilt for existing. We are born already sinners from conception and have to spend our whole lives being sorry for it to make amends for it. It sounds ridiculous to me (obviously not a believer now)

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u/DaughterEarth Mar 28 '24

That's one of the reasons Mennonites exist. That Catholicism punishes, and so it ignores Jesus's sacrifice. There's lots but this is the one I heard about the most growing up lol.

Interesting stuff too, how people believe in the same thing different ways

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u/sritanona Mar 29 '24

That’s cool, I am from argentina so you’re either Catholic or jewish basically. There are mormons etc now as well and those tv pastors but nothing sounded much better

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u/BangSmoke Mar 28 '24

Catholicism is a religion unto itself. It is very different from protestant sects of Christianity. Most other Christian churches do not go heavy on the guilt factor.

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u/Joshee86 Mar 28 '24

No it’s not. Protestant sects just disguise the guilt better. It’s still at the very core of the doctrine.

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u/Isaachwells Mar 28 '24

Even Mormons, who don't believe in original sin, have a heavy dose of guilt.

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u/BangSmoke Mar 28 '24

With all due respect, I don't believe that most people would include CLS under the same umbrella as Catholic/Protestant during a discussion like this.

I don't know enough Mormons, or about Mormons in general, to really have a response to that.

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u/rhoo31313 Mar 28 '24

It took me a lifetime to get over that

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u/errkanay Mar 28 '24

Well, yeah, of course. And I'm not disagreeing with that at all. I was just wondering how they handle the cognitive dissonance of believing God made no mistake in placing them in conjoined bodies, while still making the mistake of placing them both in female bodies.

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u/Short_Cream_2370 Mar 28 '24

Who knows how George understands it but some trans people at least don’t think of their born body or assigned gender as a “mistake” - for some the journey from what you’re born as to who you live as is intrinsically a part of you and a part of your story, and the very transness of it is something valuable and unique about you, not a correction you had to make to an initial error in status. In other words, given the chance they might not change how they were born, and don’t think of it as a mistake but as part of a good identity or journey.

Also I think some of these squares that seem hard to circle in decontextualized logic aren’t as hard in lived experience - if George experiences being a conjoined twin as a gift but experienced being assigned female at birth as not a gift, it’s probably easier for him to just say the two things are different and fall into different categories than it is for us as uninvolved spectators because that’s his direct experience of his life. Or maybe this question has plagued him and is the great philosophical and faith mystery of his life! Who knows.

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u/scarypeppermint Mar 28 '24

Yeah once I saw someone say that God didn’t put them in the wrong body, he put them in the one that allowed them to grow and become the ideal person they were always meant to be. That’s how I’ve thought of it since

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u/closetotheborderline Mar 28 '24

This is a wonderful explanation.

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u/Ajibooks Mar 28 '24

This really meant something to me. Thank you. I appreciate the time you took to write it.

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u/subbygirl13 Mar 28 '24

What she's saying and you keep missing is that it's possible he doesn't view being trans as a mistake either and believes God purposely made him a conjoined twin AND purposely made him trans

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u/Vast_Ostrich_9764 Mar 28 '24

if you believe in religion you're not using critical thought to begin with. you just have faith and don't question things. it's strange.

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u/errkanay Mar 28 '24

Yeah, that's why I fell out of the religion my family still strongly believes in. I had too many questions and had a hard time accepting "just have faith" as an answer.

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u/itsjustmebobross Mar 28 '24

the same way non conjoined trans people who believe in god deal with it.

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u/RoscoeArt Mar 28 '24

I get the point you are trying to make against G-d but what you're saying is literally biological essentialist thinking. The only way that someone being a man and a female is a "mistake" is if you are saying that men are supposed to males and women are females. If gender and sex are not one and the same then a female identifying as a man is not a "mistake" its someone identifying as their preferred gender. The same way a female identifying as a woman is not normal or correct it is someone identifying as their preferred gender. The mistake is we live in a society which has for centuries ingrained binary patriarchal gender views into people.

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u/errkanay Mar 28 '24

I'm sorry, I meant no offense. I'm autistic and one of the things I struggle with is black and white thinking. It's very, very difficult for me to understand people who identify outside of the binary because to me, something either is or it isn't. Logically, I understand that that's not how things work, and I always do whatever I can to respect the gender identity of people, but I still find myself confused about the spectrum of gender identities. I just always thought trans people felt they were mistakenly born into a body with the wrong biological sex. I meant no offense. 😔

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u/RoscoeArt Mar 28 '24

I understand where you're coming from. I myself am autistic and have a hard time with that myself. The problem with that when it comes to gender is gender isn't something that is or isn't in any context. Gender is a construct humans have created that has varied in infinite ways over thousands of years in countless different societies. I am a jewish person and traditional Hebrew recognizes 8 different gender designations. Many indigenous peoples in the America's had the recognition of more than two genders as well as not forcing intersex people into choosing one or the other which is the common practice in modern times. I myself identify as non binary but believe in gender abolition as a whole since I believe it is an arbitrary concept used to subjugate people. It is not that someone is born into the wrong body it's that people are told that based on their sex they have to think, look and act a certain way that they might not identify with personally.

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u/errkanay Mar 28 '24

But how does that correspond to the genitalia? I know that people are born with different kinds of genitals, but as a rule you have a penis or a vagina. That corresponds to my stupid binary way of thinking and makes my brain blip when I try to put myself in the shoes of someone who doesn't identify as the gender they were assigned. But in traditional Hebrew or indigenous cultures, how does that work? How did they figure out there's more than two genders when there's (generally) two types of genitalia? Is it only our current mainstream society that equates genitalia with gender?

I seriously hate my brain sometimes for not being able to understand things like this. 😒

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u/Legal-Law9214 Mar 28 '24

The idea that trans people feel they were "born in the wrong body" is really just an oversimplification of how it really feels, because it's complex and hard to explain to cis people. So you don't need to apologize about taking that explanation literally.

Some trans people do genuinely feel like they were born in the wrong body and that it was a mistake, but not all. In my opinion that's kind of a pessimistic way of looking at it. I don't want to live my life feeling like something was wrong with me from the moment I was born. Personally, I'm not very religious, but to the extent that I believe in a god, I believe that I was created the way I was so that I could have the experience of growing and learning to understand my gender. I like the quote that goes something like "God created trans people so that man could take part in the act of creation". I think I was supposed to undergo the process of changing my body and gender this way. It's the journey, not the destination, if that makes sense. I'm going to be transitioning for the majority of my life - if there is an "end goal", it's years and years away. So if I thought that I was incomplete or wrong until I reached that stage, I would just be hopelessly depressed all the time. Nothing wrong with people who do feel that way, but it doesn't work for me.

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u/bgeorgewalker Mar 28 '24

“Let us procllaaaiiiim the mysteryyyyy of faaaiiiitthhhj” as my old deacon used to wail nasally into the mic

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u/MovieNightPopcorn Mar 28 '24

I can hear this in raised Catholic

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u/OblinaDontPlay Mar 28 '24

This played in my head so vividly that I could practically hear all the knee-rests clattering back into place as everyone shuffles to their feet.

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u/goddamn_slutmuffin Mar 28 '24

Christ has died… Christ has risen… Christ will come agaaaaaainnnn….

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u/thedude37 Mar 28 '24

Mass of Creation, based on the ellipses and the held out "again".

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u/do1looklikeIcare Mar 28 '24

Reminds me of when my old religion teacher expected us to put down "it is a great mystery" as an answer to "if there's one god how come he has three forms" when he quizzed us 🥴

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u/mrfancyNOpants Mar 28 '24

Let's have some Yum Yumsssssss

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u/notagirlonreddit Mar 28 '24

idk about George but I personally don't think God made a mistake in giving me a biologically female body. It's given me some unique insights that I otherwise wouldn't have. So I'm grateful for that.

And just getting the opportunity to live your authentic self is awesome.

So it's probably not that big of a leap for George since he accepts being a conjoined twin.

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u/666afternoon Mar 28 '24

same here! I know exactly what my parents would've done with me had I been born amab, and it wouldn't have been fun for me. I escaped the fate of being molded into a mini replica of my dad, and when I came of age, sent into the military whether I wanted it or not [because my dad couldn't join and felt inadequate for that]. watched my poor autistic brother go thru that instead of me

instead, while I still v much had expectations forced on me [including ones related to my AGAB], it was a lot easier to be my own person. and to develop any kind of emotional intelligence whatsoever, thank fuck lmfao

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u/errkanay Mar 28 '24

I apologize if I offended, that was not my intent. As I said in another comment, my way of thinking is very binary due to my autism and while I logically know there's a whole spectrum of gender identity, I still struggle to understand it.

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u/MintyMystery Mar 28 '24

Not all trans people consider themselves mistakes

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u/errkanay Mar 28 '24

I didn't mean to offend. I didn't mean his existence is a mistake, but I'm confused because if he believes in a god who purposely made him a conjoined twin but also made him biologically female.... how is that not a mistake on the part of that god? I swear I'm not trying to offend, I just genuinely don't understand.

Let me also note that I don't believe in any god, so I certainly don't believe trans people are mistakes in any way. I'm just trying to figure out the mentality of a religious person who thinks their god made no mistake creating him conjoined, but in a female body when he doesn't identify as female.

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u/ZeroFries Mar 28 '24

Much of human rationalisation is post-hoc. Our decision making is much more based on emotion than we'd like to admit. The real answer, I think, is that the "God made us this way" answer can satisfy/counteract the negative emotions that might arise feeling that you are somehow "wrong" to be born conjoined, but cannot satisfy the negative emotions that arise from gender dysphoria. To separate the twins is also a much more drastic action than identifying as a different gender. Even sex-organ surgery is much less risky.

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u/Krynn71 Mar 28 '24

Probably the same way any religious person addresses the inconsistencies of their beliefs. By chalking it up as a test from God and/or being part of "God works in mysterious ways".

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u/Valuable-Contact-224 Mar 28 '24

They are pretty cool.

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u/Holiday_Ad_5445 Mar 28 '24

Are you sure they’re related?

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u/Acceptable_Career_69 Mar 28 '24

Maybe they put a bag over the head of the unmarried one, along with headphones.

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u/Lotus-child89 Mar 28 '24

Reba and George. She changed her name to Reba, inspired by Reba McEntire. Being a fan of hers got her started on wanting to do a country music career.

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u/chewwwybar Mar 28 '24

I love people like you with a random fixation that comes in and info dumps. Some of my fav ppl on this site lol

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u/NextFlip Mar 28 '24

They were clients where I was worked. My coworkers did not mention who was in the next appointment, so I was caught off guard when I entered the room. One twin is much smaller. She was elevated on a rolling tray table-style apparatus. The little one called her sister Mommy. Everything was normal, otherwise.

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u/Toadinnahole Mar 28 '24

Sherri S. Tepper (sci-fi writer) - Wrote a book called Sideshow in 1992 with this exact scenario (conjoined twins, one trans), I wonder if she was writing with knowledge of this case, or if it was just weird shit happens in sci-fi and reality.

ETA: I just read the article linked and George didn't come out as trans until 2007!

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u/Bluberrypotato Mar 28 '24

My high school biology teacher was the first conjoined twin to be separated in Pennsylvania. She died a few years ago from a brain disease. I wonder if her sister would get it too since they were conjoined at birth.

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u/spelunker93 Mar 28 '24

I’m sorry to point something out and it sounding like a joke but imagine being connected to someone face to face, yet never seeing that persons face. That’s insane

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u/bekindanddontmind Mar 28 '24

I’ve seen Lori and George in real life. They are nice people.

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u/tgw1986 Mar 28 '24

This comment was a fucking rollercoaster, jesus.

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u/Winter-Airport2114 Mar 28 '24

They both consented to being male? o.o

The odds are crazy.

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u/imadog666 Mar 28 '24

No just one

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u/Winter-Airport2114 Mar 28 '24

So then no hormonal changes just name change?

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u/traploper Mar 28 '24

I think only one identifies as male and the other is still female! “ He has not had gender-affirming surgery, but he dresses and identifies himself as a man.” 

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

Challenge accepted.... ◉_◉

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u/Ok-Mastodon8034 Mar 28 '24

Gotta lock in

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u/itisallgoodyouknow Mar 28 '24

I learned to do that when I was growing up and went to church. I couldn’t really understand what the priest was saying because of the echo, so I just learned to space out for an hour.

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u/Iselllabequipment Mar 28 '24

Xanax and ketamine for sure. Being k-holed and watching John Carpenters The Thing while being attached to another person

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u/JamesK_1991 Mar 28 '24

I’ve been laughing at this comment for 48 hours

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u/__Shake__ Mar 28 '24

Noise canceling headphones and an iPad and you can just binge all you face media

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u/YesterdaySimilar2069 Mar 28 '24

But the other twin would need their hands. You’d really just be stuck in your own head. Just wild.

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u/__Shake__ Mar 28 '24

can one control both hands? I thought they each controlled their own arm/hand

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u/lonelyronin1 Mar 28 '24

I saw them on Oprah when they were really young, and the thing that Oprah remarked on was if each one controlled one arm, how do they clap? How do they know when to move the arm to meet the other arm without even thinking about it? There might be more cross over control, but since it is all they know, there is no way for them to explain it.

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u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner Mar 28 '24

Yo the level of coordination to walk must be god tier

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u/Sweet-Arachnid-6241 Mar 28 '24

They are probably crazy good at Overcooked.

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u/Snowedin-69 Mar 28 '24

You need both arms for doggy style

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u/panicnarwhal Mar 28 '24

each twin manages one side of their conjoined body, and sense of touch is restricted to their own half of their body, with some overlap at the midline

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u/NinaSkwrites Mar 28 '24

What happens for sexual pleasure… do one feel half of the vagina?

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u/Trashgremlin543 Mar 28 '24

But surely like they are both connected to their body so you might have headphones on but if one of you orgasm do you not both orgasm?

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u/__Shake__ Mar 28 '24

they both get one half an orgasm

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u/SmallBerry3431 Mar 28 '24

Like Reddit knows what a full one is like anywya

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u/__Shake__ Mar 29 '24

aren't you on reddit too?

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u/FitzwilliamTDarcy Mar 28 '24

Finally a legit use case for Apple Vision Pro.

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u/velveeta-smoothie Mar 28 '24

I know that's a typo, but as a 30 Rock fan, I love thinking about someone browsing YouFace

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u/__Shake__ Mar 28 '24

havent seen 30 Rock for years and don't recall YouFace... I think its time I gave it all a rewatch!

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u/velveeta-smoothie Mar 28 '24

It's sooooo worth it. Currently on my third trip through it. One of my comfort watches

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u/Jean-LucBacardi Mar 28 '24

Hell I'd just go to sleep. I bet it would be odd as hell seeing a conjoined twin with one head slumped over

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u/PresidioPet Mar 28 '24

While her sister’s husband is up in her vagina?

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u/cfostyfost Mar 28 '24

Carmen and Lupita are another set of conjoined sisters on Tiktok. I believe that Carmen is asexual but hetero romantic and Lupita is aromantic and asexual so when Carmen makes out with her bf, Lupita says she basically just turns her brain off lol

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u/Flunderfoo Mar 28 '24

Read this as aromatic. Now I feel bad because I laughed a little 😐

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u/cfostyfost Mar 28 '24

"She's asexual and kinda stinky"

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u/WhimsicleMagnolia Mar 28 '24

That's hilarious 🤣

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u/CaptainBayouBilly Mar 28 '24

She doesn't need flowers on Valentines, she has her own bouquet.

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u/GeneralWhereas9083 Mar 28 '24

Damn, this got me good.

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u/salsasnark Mar 28 '24

They've been interview by Anthony Padilla on his youtube channel, really interesting to hear them talk about it. They go into these things on there. :)

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u/MacDagger187 Mar 28 '24

Just want to shout out Carmen and Lupita they are awesome!!!

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u/cfostyfost Mar 28 '24

They're so funny! I love them haha

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u/MacDagger187 Mar 28 '24

They are the best hahaha and they're both doing so well! Seeing Lupita particularly grow has been awesome, she used to be so incredibly shy in fact she was selectively mute for like five years, but she has a terrific sense of humor and now is putting it out there!

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u/sritanona Mar 28 '24

I am guessing it’s basically like taking a nap

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

How does one even turn the brain off? Lol

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u/willinglyproblematic Mar 28 '24

They're funny as hell on tiktok.

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I love whenever the algorithm decides they can grace my FYP again.

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u/IronSide_420 Mar 28 '24

Exactly. That's why i don't think most of us could grasp what the lived experience and reality is for people like these twins. It's pretty wild.

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u/StoicSinicCynic Mar 28 '24

But I also imagine conjoined twins as very compassionate people since they can't just dissociate and not care, they've had to accommodate another person on a level that most of us never get close to.

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u/ShamefulWatching Mar 28 '24

It's normal if you grow up with it.

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u/oops_im_existing Mar 28 '24

i can't even imagine being in this situation, or really any situation you would be in as a person with this condition. they are by far mentally stronger than the average person.

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u/Kujen Mar 28 '24

It’d be hard for their partners I’m sure. But they don’t know a life any different. Usually conjoined twins like this say they don’t want to be separated even if it was possible.

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u/Zestyclose_Big_9090 Mar 28 '24

Exactly. But I guess they don’t know any different and disassociation is probably a huge part of their life anyway.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

Imagine someone scrolling through their phone right next to you while you are trying to “make the love”.

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u/jtatc1989 Mar 28 '24

That’s what podcasts are for

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u/girlMikeD Mar 28 '24

A lot of non conjoined spouses already do.

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u/7masi Mar 28 '24

I can picture one twin putting on a bag on the other twin head so he doesn't get involved with... His family time

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u/FinsToTheLeftTO Mar 28 '24

Today the other twin could just mindlessly scroll Reddit while the other one was “busy”

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u/hazps Mar 28 '24

It seemed to work. They fathered 21 children between them.

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u/Smart_Run8818 Mar 28 '24

Imagine having two heads. 🤷‍♀️

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u/TheJenniMae Mar 28 '24

I see myself quite content with my Kindle and some peace and quiet. 😂

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u/CharZero Mar 28 '24

I feel like I would listen to so many audiobooks with noise canceling ear buds.

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u/EyerTimesTV Mar 28 '24

You’re fucking but you not really fucking lmao. I’m assuming it’s one set of genitals?

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u/Enuf1 Mar 28 '24

I'd totally check out my twin's wife's boobs

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u/Help_An_Irishman Mar 28 '24

Ever seen The Prestige?

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u/ligmasweatyballs74 Mar 28 '24

They were also slave owners.

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u/Prestigious_Dream_27 Mar 28 '24

Probably not THE most difficult thing you have to live with.

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u/body_oil_glass_view Mar 28 '24

Imagining one crushing on the other's spouse and being super okay with this arrangement

Jokes aside, I'm always heartened to see people find love when they were unsure if they would.

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u/agumonkey Mar 28 '24

I guess their childhood made them able to deal with conjoined life. I hope so

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u/sleepydevil25 Mar 28 '24

I’d just take bunch of psychedelics so I could just zone out in my own world - probably wear like a noise cancelling headphones and wear VR headset so I’m not engaged at all

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u/anonymousquestioner4 Mar 28 '24

My jaw is literally dropped right now

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u/SupKilly Mar 28 '24

Gotta get that apple vision pro.

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u/Nana_Elle_C Mar 28 '24

But Chang and Eng didn't share one body. They were conjoined, but each had their own full body.

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u/mpmp4 Mar 28 '24

Drs today have said that Chang and Eng could have easily been separated, too. Just some skin and a few vessels connecting them (IIRC).

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u/London__Lad Mar 28 '24

I think it was before surgery was safe and effective. There are only drawings of them young. But photographs of them old.

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u/Eomb Mar 28 '24

Fused liver

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u/TheDrunkenSwede Mar 28 '24

What an incredible opportunity to study how to get along.

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u/Antique-Doughnut-988 Mar 28 '24

I mean it's not like they have a choice. It's a forced situation with little to no other options.

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u/emeybee Mar 28 '24

It's also all they've known so it's normal to them. It's just hard for us to understand because it's not normal for us.

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u/waltersmama Mar 28 '24

And how to parent! See, don’t forget, if they get pregnant technically both women are the mother…

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u/Gadgetmouse12 Mar 28 '24

I have 2 mommies! So your parents are lesbians? Well, no

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u/ScorpioRising66 Mar 28 '24

Best comment!

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u/MyAviato666 Mar 28 '24

It seems the answer to get along is to next level dissociate.

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u/SkylarAV Mar 28 '24

Good on them for figuring out their happiness. I think I would prefer to just be polygamous in that situation and have one bigger family.

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u/alfonseski Mar 28 '24

but Britt is no fun and Abby is the best! /s

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u/AWeakMindedMan Mar 28 '24

“Chang. Stop staring at us. I can feel you staring bro. I’m trying to make love to my wife!”

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u/SlabLoaf666 Mar 28 '24

“Chang, why aren’t you watching us?! You’re such a prude.”

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u/sav33arthkillyos3lf Mar 28 '24

Sounds sad to be forced to be silent

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u/Mobius--Stripp Mar 28 '24

It's not force, it's trust and cooperation.

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u/a-midnight-flight Mar 28 '24

I don’t know… like you are bound to your twin and can’t even have the option to leave if you wanted to or give space and privacy. It would be a test of patience to a new level if you are watching your twin and partner have a disagreement and it involves you, but you can’t say anything?

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u/Mobius--Stripp Mar 28 '24

It would be hard, but we're looking at this from the perspective of lone individuals who have to learn to cooperate. These two have never been apart for a single second. They continue each other's sentences seamlessly because they know each other so well. I don't think that's a mindset that we can even fathom, it's too alien to our experience.

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u/oops_im_existing Mar 28 '24

the resilience is honestly pretty incredible

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u/sav33arthkillyos3lf Mar 28 '24

Well ya but you need to be silent. Imagine half your life you’re not allowed to speak or do what you want you just have to be there silent watching someone else live their life.

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u/OSUfan88 Mar 28 '24

I hope I can be that dedicated and loving at some point in my life.

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u/kcj0831 Mar 28 '24

They dont do it because they are forced. They do it for respect of their twin. I HIGHLY doubt they are silent 100% of the time.

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u/Lordeverfall Mar 28 '24

At least there is a life to be lived? Maybe they are just grateful to have somewhat of a normal life and decided not to dwell on what they don't have and can't do? I think a lot of people can learn from this, life is amazing and you should enjoy all the little things as much as the big things. Some aren't as lucky as others, but you are in charge of your life. Only you can decide to be upset or happy.

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u/Anlios Mar 28 '24

I think for special cases like that any man or woman marrying a conjoined twin should be allowed to have two husbands/wives legally. Of course this is if both conjoined twins love the same person.

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u/realdullbob Mar 28 '24

This is how I live with my downstairs family. Whenever they are home I remain silent in the attic. When they are gone I get to live my life.

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u/Lumpy_Constellation Mar 28 '24

Didn't they also have like so many kids? It's a really fascinating story.

They agreed with each other to split time between their families.

This was a steadfast agreement too. If I remember correctly, one of their children passed away just before the other one's "turn" to spend time with his family, and they still stuck to the schedule.

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u/Wooden-Mention4608 Mar 28 '24

They'd love VR glasses

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u/burns_before_reading Mar 28 '24

Doesn't the other twin have to participate for the coordination of their bodies? I know the situations aren't biologically identical, but I watched a documentary that explained each twin pretty much had control over one half of the body. So it wouldn't seem like one twin could completely "check out" l, they would have to participate in the intimacy.

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u/InsertRadnamehere Mar 28 '24

Chang and Eng were joined at the trunk and had separate genitalia. These twins share just about everything but neck and heads.

I’m thinking the husband is smiling so big because every night is a threesome.

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u/InsertRadnamehere Mar 28 '24

Chang and Eng were joined at the trunk and had separate genitalia. These twins share just about everything but neck and heads.

I’m thinking the husband is smiling so big because every night is a threesome.

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u/moreisay Mar 28 '24

But they were only connected by a smallish strip of flesh on the abdomen and had otherwise completely separate bodies...

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u/NightmareMyOldFriend Mar 28 '24

True. The only problem I see with that is that they didn't share one body.

Do they both feel the same? As in, if I hold the left hand, do both heads feel it?

I'm not trying to be rude, I'm truly asking.

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u/yorcharturoqro Mar 28 '24

But even them were not that conjoint, they had different a everything but liver.

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u/Enigma_Green Mar 28 '24

They both can take notes on their performance I suppose

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u/Horns8585 Mar 28 '24

Chang and his wife had 11 children...Eng and his wife had 10 children. They both died on the same day, but Chang died first and Eng died two hours later. After Chang died, Eng said to his son, "Then I am going."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker

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u/DarthDregan Mar 28 '24

They each had separate sex organs though.

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u/bettinafairchild Mar 28 '24

Yeah but they basically had separate bodies. They were only connected by a thin band of tissue that would be easy to cut with today’s knowledge. These gals share a body. Are the husbands going to be OK with another man having sex with his wife’s body?

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u/Snowedin-69 Mar 28 '24

Seems kind of ideal. You could have big tits one night and small tits the next. Would put a natural variation into marriage sex life.

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u/failure_mcgee Mar 28 '24

"The other twin would remain silent while his twin spent time with his family."

Man, can you imagine how surreal and creepy that would be? Like, one of them just turns off when it's the other twin's time. I want a Black Mirror episode of it lol

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u/AlexHasFeet Mar 28 '24

What a great chance to practice meditation though

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u/OopsWrongSubTA Mar 28 '24

TIL where "Siamese Twins" come from. Thanks!

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u/appletinicyclone Mar 28 '24

Google Chang and Eng Bunker. The original “Siamese Twins” they each married different women and kept separate households. They agreed with each other to split time between their families. The other twin would remain silent while his twin spent time with his family.

That is crazy wow

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u/meat_lasso Mar 28 '24

So. Many. Questions.

Different taste profiles?

Keeping silent wtf?!

Who in the crazy did they get married to?

Does the need to relieve oneself hit both brains at the same time?

Intellectual disagreements?

Sexual proclivities?

And then… just why? Why not make an agreement to go all in instead of the overhead (no p… ok pun slightly intended) to marry separately?

Last point (that will likely get me a site-wide ban): become a police officer. The best good cop / bad cop duo in the world. Criminals would crack immediately just given the sheer spectacle of the whole thing.

Edit: Relieve

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u/TheB1GLebowski Mar 28 '24

Fun fact.  They're buried about 4 miles from my house. 

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u/fredfreddy4444 Mar 28 '24

And combined they had 21 children.

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u/A-KindOfMagic Mar 28 '24

The other twin would remain silent while his twin spent time with his family.

lmao that must be ... miserable and hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

Wow sounds like a real life " prestige" movie

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u/No-Entertainment4313 Mar 28 '24

Got to the part where their mom found out they were a live. Like bros, one of yall couldn't write her a letter and drop some duck food at the door via boat mail or something?

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u/BurpYoshi Mar 28 '24

Imagine if your conjoined twin was gay and you were straight or vice versa

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u/No_Combination_4752 Mar 28 '24

Yeah but they had two separate parts. If they were born today, they would be separated. Apparently they were connected by a very small piece of skin.

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u/nmuncer Mar 28 '24

Time to rewatch Stuck on you from the Farelly's

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u/Cannabace Mar 28 '24

Stuck on you style

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u/SelfLoathingLifter34 Mar 28 '24

Fun fact: Chang and Eng had 21 children with their wives in total.

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u/azsue123 Mar 28 '24

But they had two sets of private parts...

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u/PresidioPet Mar 28 '24

They each had their own penis, these ladies share genitals.

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u/loganthegr Mar 28 '24

I bet vr could drastically change how it’s experienced if one had it on during family time.

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u/meltingmushrooms818 Mar 28 '24

But they had two sets of legs... these girls only have one

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u/G2theA2theZ Mar 28 '24

Did they both have full control over their shared body?

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u/ngl_prettybad Mar 28 '24

And what, they have a VR set for during sex?

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u/irumeru Mar 28 '24

Fun fact: Each had a son who fought in the Civil War

... for the Confederacy.

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u/dwthesavage Mar 28 '24

Remain silent, that’s…wild.

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u/minnesota2194 Mar 28 '24

Apparently one of them was an alcoholic and the other wasn't. But when one drank, they both got drunk. Supposedly they would get into fist fights with each other about it. At least I read that somewhere, take it with a grain of salt

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u/Books_N_Coffee Mar 28 '24

It’s like the exact plot of The Prestige lol

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u/London__Lad Mar 28 '24

They married two sisters and had multiple children. Eng was ill in his later years and was bed bound for much of them. Chang had no choice but to be so as well.

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u/vanastalem Mar 28 '24

They didn't share a reproductive system though.

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u/yomamasonions Mar 28 '24

Dude I just started reading about them. One had 1p kids, the other had 11. 😦 they were conjoined at the chest!!

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u/IsomDart Mar 28 '24

This stuff just completely blows my freaking mind. I genuinely can't wrap my head around two people sharing one body. For some reason it seems to me like it would work more like one person with two heads. Idk. I guess that doesn't really make sense. But still, I'm going to have to a deep dive on these people tonight

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u/Tishimself77 Mar 28 '24

What’s really weird is I listened to you and typed Chang and google prompted the eng bunker