215 - Woman Marries Herself

Today I'm going to talk about a British woman that decided she had enough of the single life so she decided to marry herself. I'm also adding a link to the story from the The UK Telegraph in the description below. Anyhow, here's a bit of background on the story. "Grace Gelder proposed to herself on a park bench in Parliament Hill last November, and married herself earlier this year in Devon. She told The Guardian she decided to do it after hearing Björk’s song Isobel, which has the lyric: “My name’s Isobel, married to myself.” “I totally get that,” she said. “It’s about making this pact or promise to yourself and then somehow enacting that in how you live your life from that day on. “I’d been essentially single for almost six years and built up this brilliant relationship with myself. Nevertheless, I was aware of getting into a rut, where a relationship with someone else seemed like too much hard work. The article then goes on to say that, "Around 50 of her friends and family attended the wedding, where she made vows about promising to take more risks “in the matters of the heart”, gave herself a ring and wore a vintage wedding dress. But even though

Gelder, a professional photographer, is now married to herself, she is still “open to the idea” of marrying someone else in the future. She explained that she didn’t see her marriage as a feminist statement, but was something she did to give herself clarity, and to feel empowered. And she also says that "The day was obviously centered on me, the final event being a mirror for me to kiss, but it also felt like I was sharing something very special with my friends, giving everyone an opportunity to reflect on their own ideas of love and commitment." Well, that's what the telegraph has to say so where do I begin with this story. First of all I would wager that narcissism is the reason she married herself. It's not that a relationship is too much hard work but that is it possible that Grace is just a wee bit narcissistic thinking that relationships aren't supposed to be work? And the idea that she wouldn't be against marrying someone else in the future makes it appear that her self marriage stunt may be designed to attract attention to herself and possibly a guy out there that actually wants to marry her? After all she's still open to the idea of marrying someone else in the future.

Woman marries herself after hearing Björk song

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/wome...

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