Taiwanese woman marries herself?

[Gawan]

I heard about this in the radio this morning and thought this sounds quiet funny:

Taiwanese woman marries herself?

Are you still searching for “The One” with no luck? Try this simple trick. Are you ready?

First step: Get a mirror. Next, face the mirror and get down on one knee. Step three: Feign surprise. Because you’re now looking at your new bride/groom-to-be!

Perhaps it may seem a little far fetched, but one woman from Taipei decided to take the plunge — with herself.

Like most people in today’s world, Chen Wei-yih felt pressure to settle down, but there just wasn’t anyone good enough. But then she realized that the person she was meant to be with had been there all along (like you see in the movies). And that person was Chen Wei-yih.

To be fair, Chen isn’t really in love with herself. She just wanted to add some spice to the age-old tradition and enlisted a wedding planner, bought a dress and made plans for a reception next month.

From Reuters:

“I was just hoping more people would love themselves,” said Chen, who will go on a solo honeymoon to Australia.

“If I had a steady boyfriend, I wouldn’t do this… it would be offensive to him, anyway.”

She started an online campaign that was filled with mostly sympathetic comments. But perhaps the rest of the world just hasn’t seen the light — maybe her idea has some merits. No nagging, no whining, no messy divorce, no in-laws!

Too bad Chen’s self-marriage is only a symbol — you can’t actually register a marriage to yourself. It should also be noted that no country recognizes human-animal marriages. So perhaps the only answer is to venture out in the real world. Apparently that works for some people.

_http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/10/23/taiwanese-woman-marries-herself/#ixzz14avBCQ7A

 

[Aiming]

Well, she surely has a message there. "Love yourself!" But then, she herself doesn't seem to love herself,
and also, what are people to do with this message, as the majority has no way to put that into practice
without falling into self-importance and egocentricity, osit.

Loving myself seems so far away currently that even 'knowledge context' of 'objective love' doesn't help much,
on a practical, that is, immediate level.