Why marrying yourself is the start of a great love story

In 2011, ten women in Bilbao, Spain, got together to publicly proclaim their self-love and marry themselves. It started out as a fun, rebellious act against traditional marriage, but in fact, they were tapping into something already underway globally. It’s called sologamy.

Traditional marriage is no longer a key goal for some women. Instead, they’re choosing to make a commitment to love themselves before others.

Is this self-love gone too far or a surprising new twist on an old tale?