File this under who-needs-a-man: Tired of waiting for someone to come along and make her happy, 36-year-old Nadine Schweigert realized that she's already got that someone ... herself! So she decided to get married:
The best thing is that she doesn't have to change her last name! Tammy Swift of Inforum has the story: Link - via ShineNadine Schweigert says her wedding went so perfectly that it left her in awe.
The bride wore a long, satiny dress in peacock blue and carried a cluster of white roses. Schweigert’s best friend stood up for her. After the ceremony, guests enjoyed white wedding cake enrobed in peacock-blue fondant and New Orleans-style king cake.
The affair was missing just one, teensy detail: a groom.
In a purely symbolic ceremony, the 36-year-old “married” herself before a crowd of 45 friends and family members Saturday at Ecce Gallery in Fargo.
During the observance, the Fargo woman read her vows: “I, Nadine, promise to enjoy inhabiting my own life and to relish a lifelong love affair with my beautiful self.” She presented herself with a ring and invited all guests to “blow kisses to the whole world” at the point of the traditional, bride-groom lip-lock.
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/23/woman-engaged-to-marry-herself/
(That link isn't the same story posted here, but a similar one Neatorama found a couple of years ago.)
This somes like some really bizarre publicity stunt, because what sane person could do this? I imagine the audience is composed of the sort of people who slow down to look at car accidents, or someone would have said, "This is the stupidest idea you've ever had."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMQyZKS8yAI
It's an unusual situation, but I don't think it's really all that different than a wedding to another person in terms of motivation.