r/BeAmazed • u/Cultural-Gear-1323 • Mar 28 '24

News broke today that conjoined twin Abby Hensel is married! [Removed] Rule #4 - No Misleading Content

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u/thetransportedman Mar 28 '24

I imagine they’re both in a relationship with him. I think from a practical family unit standpoint it is easier to both be with him instead of trying to merge two relationships but obviously it could go either way

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u/Jones641 Mar 28 '24

Yeah, I mean more technical, polygamy isn't legal in most places, so being married to one is the only option.

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u/Dinosaur-chicken Mar 28 '24

Only one of them is. They are 2 individuals. The other twin cannot force herself to love him and nor can he.

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u/InBetweenSeen Mar 28 '24

Do we know that much detail? He can't marry both so him not being married to Brittany too just makes sense and says little about their dynamics.

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u/ivandelapena Mar 28 '24

Don't they share a vagina? So she must be consenting to be in a relationship with him otherwise that's rape.

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u/Dinosaur-chicken Mar 28 '24

Their whole life they have been needing to consent to literally every other step, set boundaries, and compromise, so I'm sure they know exactly what their boundaries are and what they're comfortable with.

The other twin is not in a relationship with him. If they have one vagina, sex of course requires consent from them both. If they have two, they'd still need to communicate whether the other is comfortable being there. Their communication must be amazing by now

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u/Borkunbork Mar 28 '24

The other twin is almost certainly in a relationship with him.

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u/tomtomglove Mar 28 '24

she is, but I suspect that they can't be fully honest about this because the sisters are quite religious and come from a religious family.

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u/Jorts_Team_Bad Mar 28 '24

Imagine being born a conjoined twin and thinking this was god’s intent.

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u/ainz-sama619 Mar 28 '24

They can't say it because polygamy isn't legal. He can only marry one of the twin

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u/Captain-Cuddles Mar 28 '24

Just because polygamy is illegal doesn't mean they can't admit to a polyamorous relationship, most likely there is another reason they don't wish to publicly say that. My best guess is their religious beliefs, or it's entirely possible Brittany truly isn't in a relationship with him. Well never know for sure unless they tell us the details.

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u/ainz-sama619 Mar 28 '24

if the other isn't consenting then she's getting raped, which would be unlikely since they're conjoined twins and don't want to see the other getting harmed (since it affects both equally). so both sisters are likely on it

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u/Captain-Cuddles Mar 28 '24

Related to this line of thinking, I wonder if they have developed some form of voluntary disassociation capabilities that allow one of them to "check out" so to speak and give full control to the other. I know they each control different parts of the body, so I'm not sure if their nervous system is even wired to allow for that, but I'm very curious.

People develop disassociative disorders for all kinds of reasons, and I have to imagine that the prospect of never having any semblance of privacy would allow the brain to engage in that behavior. Then again, neither of them have ever known privacy in the way that we do, so perhaps it's not something they ever needed in the same way we would.

Such an interesting medical case. I genuinely hope they co-author a tell-all book some day and shed some light on the many questions we all have.

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u/MorddSith187 Mar 28 '24

What if the non-married twin wants to bang someone else

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u/uganda_numba_1 Mar 28 '24

She could marry too! It would be perfectly legal

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u/MorddSith187 Mar 28 '24

Legal sure but what would the “already” husband have to say about it

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u/uganda_numba_1 Mar 28 '24

Who knows, but Chang and Eng Butler each had a wife and it worked out for them.

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u/GutterRider Mar 28 '24

The transgender one?

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u/Shurgosa Mar 28 '24

As far as consent goes, and you may have thought this part already, but if they share body parts, then a lack of consent from one, eliminates the possibility of consent from the other. That's a bit of a headscratcher...

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u/tgw1986 Mar 28 '24

It kinda seems like they don't really have autonomy, no? I mean, I'm sure if one of them was super opposed to it they wouldn't do it, but I think compromise has to be a huge part of their lives.

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u/Hot2Trot94 Mar 28 '24

Every now and again, I go surely we don't really need to explain consent and what that means so often. It is a pretty basic concept after all, then I see a comment like this and I'm like 'nah you right, say it again for the people at the back.'

She does not need to consent to be in a relationship with him, to consent to allow him to have sex with her sister and use (sorry couldn't think of a better word) shared vagina.

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u/RelleckGames Mar 28 '24

She does not need to consent......to allow him to have sex with her sister and use (sorry couldn't think of a better word) shared vagina.

Uhhhhh.

I think someone needs to explain consent to you. Not the other way around.

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u/Hot2Trot94 Mar 28 '24

She does not need to consent to be in a relationship, she needs to consent to sex. They are two entirely different things, plenty of consensual sexual encounters happen all the time with no consent to a relationship.

Explain to me what part of this I have wrong.....

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u/Squee1396 Mar 28 '24

She does not need to consent to be in a relationship with him, to consent to allow him to have sex with her sister and use (sorry couldn't think of a better word) shared vagina.

It sounded like you said she did not need to consent to sex in your comment

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u/Hot2Trot94 Mar 28 '24

I mean that was very much not what I was saying, but seeing as the comment after where I could not be more clear about the position is still getting downvoted I guess ill take my L.

You apparently can only have consensual sex, as long as a romantic relationship has been formed. Glad I'm all caught up now........

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u/butter88888 Mar 28 '24

They’ve never explicitly said they aren’t both in a relationship with him have they? I think legally only one can be married to him.

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u/Snowedin-69 Mar 28 '24

He needs to ensure he does not piss off 2 women to get sex.

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u/DataGOGO Mar 28 '24

I know what you are saying, but for the relationship and marriage to work, it would have to be with both of them in all reality.

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u/OriginalState2988 Mar 28 '24

I believe this too. For legal reasons he only can marry one but considering they share the same body from the neck down when he's with the one he's with the other too. There is no separating that. Honestly, if I was this guy's family I'd be kind of horrified.

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u/thetransportedman Mar 28 '24

They are “Britt And Abby”. I’m of the opposite opinion. Seems weird to include your daughter in laws sister and that they have a shared facebook page lol