It seems that same-sex marriages or marrying themselves - this is no longer news. Today there are cranks who can easily swear to live in "love and fidelity, illness and health" with an inanimate object!
Until recently, a marriage was considered a voluntary and equal union of a man and a woman, which was to create a family and gave rise to reciprocal rights and duties. But today, in a number of countries, even married couples are legally married. Only this we are no longer surprised ...
Do you remember that Italian girl who, having not met half before the age of 40, married ... herself? So, and even this was not a shocking extreme, because we found 10 madmen who swore to live in love and faithfulness with inanimate objects!
1. Married for a merry-go-round
In 2015, Florida resident Linda Ducharm took part in the TV show "My Strange Dependence", although she insists that she does not have those, but ... The woman is not just obsessed with entertaining attractions - she is in love with them! Especially in the wheel of the review of Bruce, whom she met back in 1982. Before uttering a marriage vow before him, Linda 30 years proved that she was ready to love and honor the 21-meter-high iron structure in "illness and health". And she did not deceive - after the storm in 1986, a woman spent more than $ 100 thousand for his recovery, and this is not counting all the everyday things spent together and even candlelight dinners. By the way, Bruce - this is the third "inanimate" husband of Linda, before that she officially married a train and plane!
2. Robot in Wives!
After the pressure of his relatives about the lack of an engagement ring on his finger by the year 31, the engineer for artificial intelligence Zheng Jiajia surrendered and was already ready to find the bride, but it turned out that in China today this problem - women are not enough for men. Actually, the guy did not lower his hands, but created himself a robot named Inging, and married her. By the way, the wedding ceremony was rather modest, but traditional with family and friends. To date, the programmed inging is able to recognize simple images and pronounce a few words. A loving spouse is working so that she also learns to walk!
3. The warehouse bride
Just do not think that we are crazy - the marriage of Babylonia Ayvag with a 107-year-old warehouse, preparing for demolition, for the sake of clearing a place for the construction of a new apartment building is indeed registered in Seattle in 2012 in the face of 50 witnesses! Thus, the girl wanted to draw attention to the problem, and became famous throughout the world!
4. Family with a doll
The first wife of Cheng Heath-Hsum - Tsai ended her life by suicide. At such a desperate step the girl went, because her family did not approve of their marriage. A few years later, Cheng married again, but was internally convinced that the first wife is not happy about this. In order to reassure her spirit, the guy took and married the Barbie doll, as the personification of Tsai here on Earth, and the second spouse did not resist it at all. The ceremony for an unusual couple was held in a Buddhist temple, where the bride doll "came" in a wedding dress and a gold necklace. The main gift of Cheng was the toy red Mercedes, which, after being burned, should be in the spiritual world where Tsai now resides. In general, such a "spiritual union" for China is not uncommon, and this time the parents of the deceased marriage approved!
5. Wedding with a stone
Once inspired by the passionate relationship between Pope John Paul II and Anna-Theresa Tyminetsk, who remained on paper and did not grow into the physical, outrageous London artist Tracey Emin, she thought - what's worse? In general, in 2015, a woman officially married a stone, thus proving that spiritual ties are more important. Today, the unusual second half "lives" in the garden of her house in France, and she calls him only as her last husband ...
6. Polygamy with trees
Ecologist Richard Torres did not find a better way to attract attention to cutting down trees and preserving the environment, how to start officially marrying them. You will not believe it, but the first tree Torres pronounced "a marriage oath" was in Peru, the second from Argentina, the third from Colombia. In 2016, the ecologist married a cypress tree in Mexico - one of the oldest and most famous in the world, and the last to date his marriage is with a tree in Guatemala!
7. "In sickness and health" with a bridge
Devil's or Stone arch bridge in the south of France, from the moment of its construction in the 14th century told a lot, but what will happen to it in 2013, just did not expect. It turns out that he decided to marry him Jodie Rose, who for a long time studied the bridges of the world, recording their sound vibrations to create music. The girl is confident that she loves her inanimate husband to unconsciousness, because as soon as he helps her to fully experience the connection with the Earth!
8. Play before the wedding.
Today in an age of virtual relationships and game simulations of all that is possible, it is not at all surprising that someone transcends an invisible line and begins to perceive everything too close to the heart. You guessed it, what are we talking about? Yes, before the real wedding in a tuxedo and the guests, the guy from Japan under the nickname "Sal 9000", who not only twisted his relationship with a virtual character named Nene Anagasaki, even played a game with Love Plus, and even bought a non-existent girl flowers, gifts and more three months "led" on a date!
9. Marriage with a cardboard vampire
When, in her teens, Lauren Adkins was read by the "vampire saga", she realized already then that Edward Cullen had settled in her heart for a long time. Well, even more surprise for the girl was the screen version of the novel, because in the main character, which was performed by actor Robert Pattinson, she fell in love immediately, to the ears and forever. But adequately assessing the chances of a meeting and a wedding with a star in real life, Lauren was not at all desperate, but just found a Pattinson cardboard copy of life-size and married her. By the way, the wedding took place in 2014 in a chapel in Las Vegas, surrounded by 50 guests, well, a honeymoon couple spent in Los Angeles.
10. The station "Love"
Whatever you say, and at the railway stations - a special magic. It is there that people meet, say goodbye, and, in general, experience very touching and sincere feelings. No exception was the girl named Carol, who at the age of 9 first visited the railway station "Daidra" in San Diego, the department of "Santa Fe Depot", and could not forget it. Moreover, at 36, Carol decided to finally associate her fate with her, officially marrying! Today she assures that every day allocates 45 minutes to be with an unusual wife, and mentally engaged with her sex! Well, the fact that Carol avoids visitors to talk to the station, cuddle up to her and so on, not because she is embarrassed by the feelings, but only because she is afraid of the future ban on visiting this place, which has already happened to Eric Eifel, the wife of Eiffel towers, after public displays of affection!