SELF-LOVE

77-Year-Old Ohio Woman Marries Herself

Her first marriage lasted nine years—this one should last forever.

For Dorothy “Dottie” Fedeli, love has been staring her in the face for her whole life. On Saturday, the 77-year-old finally professed that love when she married herself at a ceremony in her southwest Ohio retirement home. Why? “Because this is something I’ve always wanted,” Fedeli told WLWT. “I wanted to get married and have a happy life but things didn’t work out that way and now I have a second chance in doing something that’ll make me happy.” Fellow residents at her retirement home gathered to celebrate the unique occasion. “She is a very incredible woman and she is full of life,” said Rob Geiger, the home’s property manager who also performed the ceremony. “She has always thought of others.” Fideli, a mother and grandmother, was married once before in 1965. That marriage lasted nine years—this one should last forever.