Why Singles Should Say ‘I Don’t’ to The Self-Marriage Movement

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It happened on Glee and in Sex and The City, and now in Japan women can marry themselves. But is self-marriage liberating, or a depressing absurdity?

Senior Editor and Writer

Published Dec. 30 2014 5:50AM EST

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At Christmas, with images of families sitting around tables overflowing with food and tinselly cheer, singles could be forgiven cheering the news that “solo weddings” are being offered to single women to Japan.

Tim Teeman

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Why Singles Should Say ‘I Don’t’ to The Self-Marriage Movement

It happened on Glee and in Sex and The City, and now in Japan women can marry themselves. But is self-marriage liberating, or a depressing absurdity?

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Tim Teeman