Woman Spends $12,000 To Marry Herself, Still Happy One Year Later
Weddings are seen as one of the penultimate events of someone's life. A joining of two people and their families, a commitment to the person you love that you're going to spend forever together. Or, as long as you can manage, anyway.
But what if the person you love is, well, you? What if the person you want to make that promise to is yourself? One woman from the U.K. did exactly that after spending too long waiting for a partner and realizing she could have that same joy all on her own.
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Her Own Celebration
Sarah Wilkinson, a 42-year-old woman from Suffolk, England, turned a traditional ceremony on its head when she decided to plan a wedding. Except there was no partner and no joining of families. She was marrying herself.
Wilkinson has been saving for roughly 20 years for her marriage, putting money away every month and adding any extra bingo wins or other superfluous cash she got. She'd been waiting for the right partner, but they never came along, so she decided to throw herself a big day anyway.
Flying Solo
The idea originally came to her when she turned 40 and decided to buy herself a diamond engagement ring that she always wanted. She figured if she already has the ring, why not have the wedding too?
"I think you get to the point where you think 'I might not have this with a partner by my side, but why should I miss out?'," she said during an interview with BBC. "It was a lovely day for me to be centre of attention. The ceremony wasn't an official wedding, but I had my wedding day."
Promises To Herself
The whole event cost her roughly £10,000, or $12,750 since she pulled absolutely no stops for her big day. "That money was reserved for my wedding. It was a case of it's there and why not use it for something I want to do."
There were 40 guests in attendance for the ceremony and another 40 for the reception afterward. During the ceremony, she recited the 14 vows she'd written for herself, including a promise to never relinquish control of the TV remote.
A Day Of Fun
She wore a white sequined dress, had a tiered wedding cake topped with a statuette of a bride kissing a frog, and her mother even walked her down the aisle.
"No-one stopped smiling all day and everyone said what an amazing time they had," said Wilkinson. "Nearly every single one said 'that's such a Sarah thing to do.'"
As Wilkinson's friend and the one who conducted the ceremony, Katherine Cresswell, put it, "As much as it was about Sarah, it was about bringing everyone together. There's always a need to celebrate and I think we need it more than ever right now."
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A Different Path
The wedding didn't mean that Wilkinson was swearing off ever finding a partner, though. "Not at all... but it was just a case of giving up looking because it's a lot of effort."
"I'm not saying no to finding anybody, if that happens and it's great and lovely, then wonderful, and if it doesn't happen, that's going to be OK too," she said.
"[...] you're pre-programmed to want the husband, the house, the 2.4 children, but life doesn't always work out like that and it's still nice to have the day."
Still Happier
Her wedding took place in late 2023, and one year later, she's still happier than ever with her self-marriage. Now 43, Wilkinson celebrated her 1-year anniversary by buying herself flowers and treating herself to a steak and champagne dinner.
She still believes strongly in the point she was making with her wedding, that "I'm OK as I am; you don't necessarily need someone to complete yourself."
When asked if she had broken any of the vows she wrote for herself, she did say, "I did vow I wouldn't run out of loo roll and milk and I've run out of both at least once, so I need to address that."
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