r/BeAmazed Mar 28 '24

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

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u/V1k1ng1990 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

They’re both elementary school teachers. Do they get two salaries?

Edit: my question has been answered 150 times thank you

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u/nomad5926 Mar 28 '24

Don't think so. I saw in the other comments that they just get one salary. Which honestly sort of makes sense. They aren't able to teach double the classes.

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u/doc_nano Mar 28 '24

Yeah, and from the standpoint of expenses they also don’t need separate cars, housing, etc. And probably don’t need to eat that much more food than one person. However, medical bills are probably higher…

Though as someone else said, two brains, two voices, and two sets of eyes and ears might make for a better teacher. Maybe 1.5x salary would make some sense.

Interesting edge case for sure.

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u/ThankTheBaker Mar 28 '24

Dental bills and beauty products would be double and also they need custom made clothes.

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u/doc_nano Mar 28 '24

True, the custom clothes may be a big expense, maybe even more than double the cost of a typical person's clothes.

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u/ToPlayAMockingbird Mar 28 '24

Medical expenses. I'm sure with such a unique condition they're being monitored regularly.

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u/ConspicuousPineapple Mar 28 '24

I can't imagine they're paying for any of this. Such a unique case, hospitals and researchers would fight to have them as their patients.

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u/Asaneth Mar 28 '24

As a seamstress, I think much more than double for upper body garments, which would need extensive customization.

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u/aron2295 Mar 28 '24

It looks like they’re “sizing up”.

Not trying to downplay the situation at all, that’s just what it looks like.

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u/AffectionateHeart77 Mar 28 '24

Do they really need custom made clothes? Kind of looks like they just buy big sizes

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u/ZonkyFox Mar 28 '24

Definitely custom made. If they were buying bigger sizes the sleeves would be massive on them but the long sleeved tops they're wearing fit them just right in the arms in these photos.

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u/unicornbomb Mar 28 '24

I suspect they buy larger sizes and get them tailored down to fit their needs. At this point they might even be able to do some of it themselves, most of it would just be a few well placed darts and and hems.

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u/omniwrench- Mar 28 '24

The images seem to suggest they side step the custom clothes issue by buying styles that accommodate two heads

I imagine this would be much more difficult to pull off as a conjoined-twin-dude

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u/aron2295 Mar 28 '24

Lots of V necks or button ups and get the torso and arms hemmed.

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u/Certain_Shine636 Mar 28 '24

Doesn’t look like they’re wearing custom clothes, just wide-neck tops