One of the Conjoined twin from TLC’s ‘Abby & Brittany,’ is now Married!

[itsalanisbitch]

Conjoined twin Abby Hensel, of TLC’s ‘Abby & Brittany,’ is now married to an army veteran https://t.co/THrUEMB31u pic.twitter.com/FisNHDSBii
- New York Post (@nypost) March 28, 2024

Abby Hensel, now 34, from Minnesota, secretly tied the knot with Josh Bowling, 33, a nurse and army veteran in 2021.

Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany
Hensel first

Comments

[peroxidelace]

Are they still making only one salary for teaching?

[artemisofluna]

No, it doesn't matter! Lots of classes have two teachers. I had two teachers in my 6th grade classroom and they sure as hell both got paid.

It's really not fair. They are two different people. I understand schools are broke, but they are two humans. They should be paid two salaries.

[crazyfreakyaj]

I work in the schools. Most classes do not have two teachers. If they do, it’s one is general education and one is sped for an inclusion classroom. It absolutely matters because schools are broke and there is a huge teacher shortage, to the point where they can’t hire enough teachers to cover one per classroom for all the classes that need one. So to just randomly be able to spend two full time salaries on one classroom because you hired conjoined twins does not make sense fiscally.

I assume your sixth grade year was a long time ago, as well, so that’s not really relevant since a lot has changed in education and funding since then. Plus do you know for sure that they were both licensed teachers? You’ll often see a teacher and an educational assistant in one classroom, but they are not both teachers.

[artemisofluna]

We are going to have to respectfully agree to disagree because I feel like it's ableist to pay two people one salary. But I respect your opinion too. They are apparently both registered teachers who had to both pay to do college and get separate degrees. They also both had to pass their driver's license separately. But I haven't lived in the US for over 20 years and you're right, I don't have the in person experience like you do. So while I think it's wrong, I am saying that from a position of living in a different country <3

HOWEVER, I am laughing so hard (actually, I am not being sarcastic or rude) about you pointing out my sixth grade class was a long time ago. FAIR POINT I am literally ancient lmao. I cackled so loud my parrots were spooked hhehehhehe

[crazyfreakyaj]

I don't think we disagree. Of course they both deserve their own salaries (and certainly should not have paid twice for their degrees). But it just doesn't make sense from a employer perspective to hire them if it it requires paying double a full-time salary, even if it sucks for them because they are both there the entire day. It's a very tough situation!

[frelling_tralk]

Honestly I was thinking the same, like of course it sucks for them as individuals and seems very unfair, but I can understand why they wouldn’t each get paid separately when they share the same body and can’t teach separate classes. I can’t think of many employers who would agree to paying out two separate salaries in those circumstances

It sounds like they themselves understand the logic behind it too, although hopefully they were eventually able to arrange a decent pay bump at least after pointing out that they are still doing the work of more than just one person as I guess that there could be times when one of the twins could be say assisting a student while another is marking papers

[curdlesnoots]

Apparently in 2018 the school they worked for paid them both separately at a part time salary. I suppose I understand the logic, as they’re not both able to fully teach two separate classes, but I hope it’s more than what a full time salary plus a full time teaching assistant salary is because that’s basically what they’re doing.

Along with separate degrees they also had to get individual teaching licenses and driver’s licenses.