A few months after her divorce from Sam Asghari, the singer once again appeared in a wedding dress on social networks. “It’s the most brilliant thing I’ve ever done,” she says. But what exactly is sologamy and where does it come from? Decryption.
Britney Spears often has tumultuous love stories with her companions. Last May, the singer divorced Sam Asghari with whom she seemed to be in perfect love. But this October 20, 2024, the singer surprises her subscribers by publishing a video on Instagram in which she appears in a wedding dress. But who will she marry this time? To make sure she didn’t make a mistake and be happy for the rest of her life, Britney took the plunge with herself. “I bring this up because it might seem embarrassing or stupid, but I think it’s the most brilliant thing I’ve ever done!“, she wrote in the caption.
And this is not the first time that the Toxic singer has married solo! By December 2022, she had already succumbed to herself. She shared a photo with a wedding veil and declared: “Yeah, I got married to myself!! I was bored, I love wearing my veil and I was like, “Is this crazy? Is this something that’s being done?” Marrying yourself is what we call sologamy, and while the concept may seem surprising and shocking, know that she is not the only one to adopt this trend.
So, who are these women who marry without anyone else and where does sologamy come from? Beyond a solo marriage, this above all involves reconciling with oneself, celebrating one’s independence and being able to be happy by showing that one is sufficient in oneself. In certain cases, sologamy can also be a way of showing one’s desire to build a shell after trials. Finally, for some people, it is also a way of showing that they do not fit the mold that society wants to impose on them. In addition, the fact of getting married does not prevent you from celebrating the event with your loved ones, quite the contrary. In the United States, in particular, specialized agencies even offer to organize these famous weddings solo.
But this concept has been especially talked about in Canada and the United States for 20 years. An episode of the series Sex and the City was even dedicated to it in 2003. It was then exported to other countries, such as Australia and Japan, before starting to arrive in Europe and France a few years ago. In addition, the term “sologamy” entered the dictionary Oxford English Dictionary in 2022. But the very first self-marriage that was actually documented was that of Linda Baker in December 1993. Although other women subsequently followed her lead in equally high-profile situations, it was sologamous marriage of this Californian who served as inspiration for the Canadian TV film My marriage to me in 2007.
In 2017, the influencer Jeremstar also decided to marry himself, and this is the first time that a self-marriage has been publicized in France. Of course, self-marriage is not recognized by any law. These sologamous marriages therefore have only a purely symbolic value, without any legal dimension.
