SAY YES TO YOU
Club|May 2022
SELF-MARRIAGES ARE GROWING IN POPULARITY IN JAPAN AND THE US. WE EXPLORE THE HYPE AND FIND OUT WHETHER THIS TREND IS CATCHING ON IN MZANSI TOO
SILKE COLOUHOUN
SAY YES TO YOU

A DIFFERENT KIND OF COMMITMENT

The lives of Hollywood celebrities Selena Gomez and Rita WoodallTerblanche may be a gazillion miles apart in terms of glitz and glamour, but they have one thing in common: they are both committed sologamists. In other words, they are part of a global movement of individuals (mostly women) who choose to marry themselves. Rita, who is in her sixties, became the first person in South Africa to tie the knot with herself in 2019. Her low-cost private ceremony took only one hour to plan but made national headlines. She said, "No one can love you as much as you love yourself. You can also never trust anyone as you trust yourself.""

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