A few months after her divorce with Sam Asghari, the singer appeared again in a wedding dress on social networks. “This is the brightest thing I have ever done,” she says. But what exactly is sologamy and where does it come from? Decryption.
Britney Spears often lives tumultuous love stories with his companions. Last May, the singer divorced Sam Asghari with whom she seemed to live perfect love. But this October 20, 2024, the singer created the surprise with her subscribers by publishing on Instagram a video on which she appears in a wedding dress. But who will she marry this time? To be sure not to be mistaken and be happy with the rest of his life, Britney took the plunge with herself. “”I remind you because it may seem embarrassing or stupid, but I think it’s the brightest thing I have ever done!“, She writes in legend.
And this is not the first time that the interpreter of Toxic has married solo! In December 2022, she had already succumbed to herself. She shared a photo with a bridal veil and declared: “Yeah, I got married to myself !! I was bored, I love to wear my sail and I said to myself:”Is it crazy? Is this something that is done? ” To marry yourself is what is called sologamy, and if the concept may seem surprising and shocking, know that it is not the only one to adopt this trend.
So who are these women who get married without anyone else and where does sologamy come from? Beyond a solo marriage, this especially involves reconciling with your own person, celebrating its independence and being able to be happy by showing that you are enough for yourself. In some cases, sologamy can also be a way of showing your desire to forge a shell after tests. Finally, for some people, it is also a way of showing that they do not return the mold that society wants to impose them. In addition, the fact of self-manar does not prevent the event with his loved ones, quite the contrary. In the United States, in particular, specialized agencies even offer to organize these famous solo weddings.
But this concept has been talking about him in Canada and the United States for 20 years. An episode of the series Sex and the city He was even devoted in 2003. He then exported to other countries, such as Australia and Japan, before starting to land in Europe and France a few years ago. In addition, the term “sologamy” entered the dictionary Oxford English Dictionnary In 2022. But the very first self-mariage that was really documented is that of Linda Baker in December 1993. Although other women followed her example later in equivalent situations, it is sologamous marriage of this Californian who served as inspiration for the Canadian TV movie My marriage to me in 2007.
In 2017, the influencer Jeremstar had also decided to marry himself, and this is the first time that a self-mariage has been publicized in France. Of course, self-mariage is not recognized by any law. These sologamous marriages therefore have only a purely symbolic value, without any legal dimension.
