People are marrying themselves, it's called 'sologamy'

[timosman]

http://www.thv11.com/news/special-r...ying-themselves-its-called-sologamy/439328814

May 12, 2017





BROOKLYN (CBS) - If the secret to a happy marriage is finding the right person, we can all stop looking. At least, according to "sologamists." They're part of a growing relationship trend, in which people are tying the knot to themselves.

Erika Anderson is one of them.

“I would describe it as women saying yes to themselves,” Anderson said. “It means that we are enough, even if we are not partnered with someone else."

In many ways, the 37-year-old bride looked like any other on her wedding day. She wore a white dress and had a bouquet. Anderson looked stunning with the Brooklyn bridge and New York City skyline behind her.

Except when she walked down the aisle, no one was waiting for her. That’s just the way she wanted it.

Anderson said she grew tired of people asking why she was still single. So, in front of family and friends she married herself.

Self-marriage—or sologamy—is growing. Partly because it’s popping up in pop culture, like when an episode of ‘Sex and the City’ floated the idea.

Now, the movement has gone global and companies are trying to capitalize.

“Marry Yourself” in Canada offers consulting and wedding photography. There’s also IMarriedMe.com, launched by San Francisco man Jeffrey Levin. His site offers sologamy ceremony kits, which includes a wedding band, daily affirmation cards and vows.

"I think it's increased over the years, and it's something that's becoming more understood and more accepted,” Levin said.

Anderson married herself to celebrate independence and believes others should, too.

"You're worth it!" Anderson exclaimed.

Anderson just celebrated her one-year anniversary with a solo trip to Mexico. She said even though she's married to herself, she's dating and open to marrying another person.

After all, in the eyes of the law, self-marriage is not a legally binding union.

 

[Dr.3D]

Well, crap, if it's not a legally binding union, I couldn't claim my spouse as a dependent and we couldn't file jointly.

 

[Suzanimal]

I bet the wedding night is exciting, lol.

 

[Dr.3D]

I bet the wedding night is exciting, lol.

I dunno, if a person has been sleeping with his spouse, all his life, it might seem kind of hum drum.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

It used to be you had to get a license from the state to have children. WTF is this exactly, a license to masturbate?

How long until people start popping up as "sologamysts with an open marriage?"

 

[Danke]

Finally HB can find someone and stop spending so much time searching at those Phoenix bath houses.

 

[phill4paul]

It used to be you had to get a license from the state to have children. WTF is this exactly, a license to masturbate?

How long until people start popping up as "sologamysts with an open marriage?"

A "solopolyamorist." Bwahaha! I think you've won today's interwebz.

 

[Dr.3D]

It used to be you had to get a license from the state to have children. WTF is this exactly, a license to masturbate?

How long until people start popping up as "sologamysts with an open marriage?"

I can just imagine somebody committing suicide over having cheated in such a relationship.

 

[euphemia]

The divorce would be painful and expensive.

 

[Matt Collins]

These people have a mental disorder

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Finally HB can find someone and stop spending so much time searching at those Phoenix bath houses.

HB is Orthodox and won't do this sort of thing. Nor does he go to bath houses. But the good news is you now have an option if eduardo leaves you for good and you can't find another boy. ~hugs~

 

[heavenlyboy34]

n/m

 

[angelatc]

http://www.thv11.com/news/special-r...ying-themselves-its-called-sologamy/439328814
“I would describe it as women saying yes to themselves,” Anderson said. “It means that we are enough, even if we are not partnered with someone else."

In many ways, the 37-year-old bride looked like any other on her wedding day. She wore a white dress and had a bouquet. Anderson looked stunning with the Brooklyn bridge and New York City skyline behind her.

Except when she walked down the aisle, no one was waiting for her.

Cats won't sit still for that crap.

 

[nobody's_hero]

I'm not married but I don't think I'd go so far as to marry myself.

Should I ever get divorced, I wouldn't want to lose the dog.

 

[Jackson]

I'd say embarrassing, but I bet they're not embarrassed.

 

[Suzanimal]

I dunno, if a person has been sleeping with his spouse, all his life, it might seem kind of hum drum.

I wonder if she's going to cut herself off now that she's married.

 

[specsaregood]

I feel like I'm being trolled with this "news" article.

 

[Dr.3D]

I wonder if she's going to cut herself off now that she's married.

She will probably have a sudden increase of headaches and not want to indulge.

 

[timosman]

I feel like I'm being trolled with this "news" article.

Wait, you haven't met the rest of the SJW team.

 

[Occam's Banana]

I feel like I'm being trolled with this "news" article.

With a few notable exceptions (Glenn Greenwald, Ben Swann, etc.) you're being trolled by just about every "news" article/story.

It's just a matter of degree ...