Woman marries herself

lovesclimbing · January 2015

Did you guys hear about this one?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/29/woman-marries-herself-houston/22519099/

larrygaga · January 2015

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

novella1186 · January 2015

Oh man, that's kind of sad. And I would be embarrassed to be the MOB, officiant, bridesmaid, or whatever. I mean I guess the message behind it is ok, but there are plenty of other ways to "celebrate love and life" without going through the whole farce of a fake wedding like "LOOK AT ME, I'M STILL ALONE AND SINGLE AND I NEVER GOT TO HAVE A WEDDING SO I'LL HAVE ONE ALONE! HAHA YAY ME!" Makes me cringe.

But hey... if Dennis Rodman can do it, I guess this chick can do it.

NowIAmSyp · January 2015

I LOVE the confidence... her self-esteem is kick-ass.

But still, no... no no no.

Inkdancer · January 2015

I'd marry me. I am a rad as hell bitch!

Oh, you mean literally? Hells naw.

kmmssg · January 2015

Now THAT is the ultimate PPD

KatWAG · January 2015

She even took herself on a honeymoon. Now that is taking self- love to a whole other level.

novella1186 · January 2015

What will she do now if she ends up meeting the love of her life? "Sorry, but I already had my wedding" ?? Or will she make all her friends and family go through the whole thing again?

kat1114 · January 2015

Truth be told, if she hosted it properly and didn't register for gifts, I'd be less offended by this compared to a honeyfund-cash bar-dollar dance wedding.

arrippa · January 2015

This has happened before.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2783665/Single-woman-failed-love-six-years-single-decided-marry-proposed-park.html

southernbelle0915 · January 2015

WHY?

cupcait927 · January 2015

No. Just no. Nuh uh.

dcbride86 · January 2015

I can't even IMAGINE how complicated this divorce would be

afox007 · January 2015

Did she register? I mean the whole point of getting married is the dress AND getting a new toaster right?!

VulgarGirl · January 2015

This is really sad because it says a lot about how much pressure there is for women to get married. Or at least get partnered up. Least you end up the old maid.

My grandma is 62. She's been married before and never wants to do it again. She has no plans or desire to marry and in fact finds the whole institution outdated and "silly". According to her, just get together, be together, and then when you get sick of each other go your seperate ways.

I have heard many people talk about how "lonely" she must be. And how it'd be nice if she had a partner. But...she doesn't want that. She's not somehow less complete or missing out on life. She's not bitter about it. She seemed happy at my wedding.

But this "marrying yourself", it's saying "As a woman, I feel less complete because I'm not married. So I'm going to marry myself and call it having self-esteem".

VulgarGirl · January 2015

Also, Sue did it in a tracksuit dress.

lyndausvi · January 2015

As someone who got married for the first time at age 39 I think it's sad and stupid. There is more to life the getting fucking married.

If you think getting all dressed up and throwing a party if the be all, end all you are sadly mistaken.

And the honeymoon? FFS. When I was in my 20's I traveled the world. I didn't call a fucking honeymoon. I called it a vacation. Vacations that that I cherish, because now that I am married have have different responsibility and/or now have someone else to have consider when planning.

I love my husband, but he is doesn't like the same things in way of travel that I do. I'm glad I was able to not sit around feeling sorry for myself and instead did things and visited places I doubt I would do/visit with him.

mikenberger · January 2015

MagicInk said:

This is really sad because it says a lot about how much pressure there is for women to get married. Or at least get partnered up. Least you end up the old maid.

My grandma is 62. She's been married before and never wants to do it again. She has no plans or desire to marry and in fact finds the whole institution outdated and "silly". According to her, just get together, be together, and then when you get sick of each other go your seperate ways.

I have heard many people talk about how "lonely" she must be. And how it'd be nice if she had a partner. But...she doesn't want that. She's not somehow less complete or missing out on life. She's not bitter about it. She seemed happy at my wedding.

But this "marrying yourself", it's saying "As a woman, I feel less complete because I'm not married. So I'm going to marry myself and call it having self-esteem".

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My great grandma was similar. She was married, got divorced, she decided to never marry again. So she had boyfriends (Never more than one at a time...to my knowledge. Either way, get it Granny.) that she'd go places with, they'd have dinners and parties and trips and when they didn't want to see each other any more, that was it. She maintained her own condo, her own car, her own independence. She never placed value on herself by the man companion she kept.

Pour one out for my granny long gone. She was a pretty cool lady.

ElcaB · January 2015

This fucking stupid. She didn't marry herself, because you can't. She had a fancy party and then planned to go places. The end.

Jen4948 · January 2015

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeird. And taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacky.

hellohkb · January 2015

I really do admire her self love and confidence, but it's so sad that marriage is deemed so important that we have to marry ourselves if we don't find someone else.

OliveOilsMom · January 2015

Did she register for a single pair of Manolo Blaniks?

novella1186 · January 2015

hellohkb said:

I really do admire her self love and confidence, but it's so sad that marriage is deemed so important that we have to marry ourselves if we don't find someone else.

Yeah, I agree with you and Magic. I feel like there's a stipulation that the real goal in life is the wedding. Not the partnership, the companionship, the love, the support, but the wedding. It's so important that if you can't have one with someone else, you better have one by yourself!

I know people with this mindset. They didn't seem to care about being married, but they really really really cared about having a wedding. They ALL got divorced within 2 years. One of them was divorced after 4 months. But I guess that's ok, because they got the important part, which was the big fancy party with the poofy white dress...

beethery · January 2015

Shit gives me secondhand embarrassment.

ohannabelle · January 2015

I'm not marrying me. I'm going to just live together.

lyndausvi · January 2015

ohannabelle said:

I'm not marrying me. I'm going to just live together.

You are such a SINNER

ohannabelle · January 2015

There goes any hope of getting a 130 dollar toaster.

photokitty · January 2015

Not as bad as when Carrie registered bc she was bitter about having to buy ask her friends shower, wedding and baby registry gifts on sex and the city.

Jen4948 · January 2015

Can she divorce herself? That would be some alimony she'll have to pay herself.

novella1186 · January 2015

Jen4948 said:

Can she divorce herself? That would be some alimony she'll have to pay herself.

I feel like if she ends up meeting a man she wants to marry, she'll throw herself a big hot mess of an over-the-top divorce party, AND THEN have a big hot mess of an over-the-top second wedding.

redwoodoriginal · January 2015

Ughhh my gif won't load

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