WTF: Woman Marries Herself

I have heard of self love but never enough to make someone actually walk down the aisle...with themself (though a few guys I have dated could definitely be candidates for it).

Today Metro UK, an online news site, reported that Chen Wei-Yih, a 30 year old woman in Taiwan will marry herself. She has rented a banquet, hired a wedding planner and has even posted pre-wedding pictures in her $5675 dollar wedding dress to her Facebook page. And then had to face up to 1800 comments from people asking what she was doing.


So what's the back story? Like many 30 year old women, Chen was catching heat for her single status from family and friends. But instead of rushing down the aisle with a guy she was lukewarm about she decided to marry someone she really loves--herself. When asked about her bold decision, she has told reporters the following "It's not that I'm anti-marriage. I just hope that I can express a different idea within the bounds of a tradition." Her quote actually sounds pretty enlightened. Well at least she won't catch any sh*t for wearing white! Seriously though, what do we think? Is marrying yourself an I "do" or "don't?"

A Man's Guide to Love

Guy talk can be down right nasty. My most recent encounter with it included two guy friends chatting about using "mud tires" for non-missionary female relations.

For male conversations that do not include phrases like Gilfs and "fun bags," check out The Man's Guide to Love, a newly spawned website that provides advice on love, man to man. The posts are so honest and insightful it's hard to imagine that they aren't outtakes from When Harry Met Sally. My favorite is "Stay the course," a 30 sec vlog from a sixty something man named Jay that talks about how his marriage keeps getting better every year. Of course his wife is right next to him during his confession with an internal monologue that probably included a few Hail Marys that he wouldn't mention Cialis or the time she found his Mike in Brazil Collection.