A 36 year old US woman, Nadine Schweigert, who is tired
of living single and tired of men recently walked the aisle with
herself.
At the wedding ceremony, attended by 40 of her friends, Nadine read
her vows: “I, Nadine, promise to enjoy inhabiting my own life and to
relish a lifelong love affair with my beautiful self” and presented
herself with a ring and invited all guests to “blow kisses to the whole
world”. According to Schweigert, who works at Swanson’s Health and
teaches yoga “I have never been happier…I married myself to celebrate
the progress I have made in life after being divorced 6years ago.”
Ms Schwigert said she went through a painful time when her two kids chose to live with their father after her divorce.
“I was waiting for someone to come along and make me happy,” she says.
“At some point, a friend said, ‘Why do you need someone to marry you to
be happy? Marry yourself.’”
When Schweigert first mentioned the idea a year ago, she was
discouraged by several female friends who thought it was weird but when
the idea resurfaced some months ago she embraced it “It was just one of
those things where you get an idea, and you know you just have to do
it…and this time my friends backed me up…two friends baked cakes,
another friend officiated and many others presented readings.”
So far, Nadine enjoys spending time with herself, going out on date
nights, buying treats and gifts for herself, and says she’s no longer
waiting for “someone to complete her.”
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