XPost: uk.politics.misc, uk.legal   
   From: rjac@TheWor1d.com   
      
   On Mon, 15 May 2017 16:25:06 -0400, burfordTjustice   
    wrote:   
      
   >Women Who Married Themselves Talk About How It Feels   
   >   
   >   
   >Last year VICE reported on the trend of "Sologamy," the practice of   
   >marrying yourself as a way of boosting or affirming your self-esteem.   
   >Reports were coming in of women from California to the UK, mostly in   
   >their thirties, taking the next step with themselves, saying, "Alright,   
   >I'll take your outmoded tradition, your patriarchal road to ruin, and   
   >I'll make it about myself in every single way."   
   >   
   >Sologamy isn't recognized in the US or Europe. However, while it might not be   
   a legally binding union, it is part of a growing self-empowerment movement.   
   The benefits are plentiful—no pressure to change your perfectly decent   
   surname, no doing sex with    
   the same body again and again, no resentment over a lopsided chore schedule.   
   It's all about real self-love. So you can see why people are into it.   
   >https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/life-after-marrying-yourself   
      
   Presumably you can divorce yourself if it doesn't work out.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)