Britney Spears marries herself: 5 unique incidents where women from across the world married themselves

American singer Britney Spears' controversial life never ceases to surprise her fans across the world. In a new video, which Britney posted on October 21, the pop singer shared that after three divorces, she has finally married herself. Yes, you read it right! In the video, Britney Spears is seen dressed as a Christian bride wearing a white gown, complete with a veil. Her caption along with the video read, "The day I married myself. Bringing it back because it might seem embarrassing or stupid, but I think it’s the most brilliant thing I’ve ever done."

In 2022, an Indian woman named Kshama Bindu made the headlines for becoming the first person in the country to marry herself or perform sologamy. Kshama Bindu hails from Gujarat, India, and she was inspired by a Netflix show to marry herself, as per reports. Her reason for this was that she wanted to become a bride someday, but not somebody's wife!

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Tired of not being able to find a suitable partner, a Brazilian influencer-model named Suellen Carey married herself in 2023 as an act of self-love and independence. However, a year later she made the headlines again-- this time for divorcing herself after a year of marriage! As per reports, even after marrying herself, Suellen Carey felt lonely at times and she even went to therapy for it herself.
After 10 therapy sessions, she realised that she needed a real partner in life and that's when she decided to quit her sologamy.

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In the UK, a woman named Sarah Wilkinson decided to marry herself at the age of 42 and she even held a proper wedding ceremony for herself which was attended by her close friends and family! As per reports, Sarah Wilkinson was saving for her marriage for roughly 20 years, however, since she couldn't find a suitable partner, she decided to nonetheless go ahead with her wedding at Suffolk. "The ceremony wasn't an official wedding, but I had my wedding day. I think you get to the point where you think 'I might not have this with a partner by my side, but why should I miss out?' That money was reserved for my wedding- it was a case of it's there and why not use it for something I want to do," Sarah told the BBC. For her wedding, Sarah wrote 14 vows, with the first being a promise never to relinquish control of the TV remote, reported the BBC.

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In 2021, a woman named Cris Galera from Brazil made the news for marrying herself. The reason: Back then, she said it was an act of self-love for her. However, in just three months (90 days), Cris also divorced herself as soon after her self-marriage, she fell in love with someone to whom she wanted to get married. Well, the Universe surely had better plans for her!

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In a strange turn of events, a woman named Sofi Maure (25 years old back in 2023) announced that she married herself. "Today, in the most spurious moments of my life, I bought a wedding dress and cooked a wedding cake to marry myself," she tweeted in February 2023. However, her self-marriage didn't go as planned within 24 hours, Sofi shared on X that she was considering a divorce. However, on February 21, Ms Maure tweeted that she is considering getting a divorce. "Update: one day I'm married to myself and I can't take it anymore, I'm seeing how the divorce issue is just in case," she had tweeted. This got her a lot of flak on social media, with some people accusing her of using sologamy to gain attention.

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Self-marriage is an expression of self-love. It is a promise that one makes to oneself-- that no matter what happens, they would not abandon themselves and would always love, support, and take care of themselves. While marrying oneself might sound absurd, it is a beautiful promise of self-love and self-care especially for sensitive people.