Typically, the week of Valentine's is surrounded by the topic of love, a subject that a lot of singletons don't exactly like talking about.
Over the years, many rather unusual stories about love have come out, including a woman in the UK who got married to a ghost last year.
Another atypical romance is a woman from the US who actually got married to herself.
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30-year-old Danni told her story of how she spent $4,000 to wed herself on a Valentine's episode of Dr. Phil.
In the episode titled 'Forget You, I'm Marrying Myself', Dr. Phil interviewed several women who committed to a loving relationship with themselves.
The general consensus from a lot of the women was that they've had a lot of trauma in their previous relationships, so decided on giving up on finding 'the one' and married themselves instead.
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In a video montage before her Valentine's interview, Danni said: "I overcame a lot of trauma, and it inspired me to marry myself. I realized I wasn't living for myself and this wedding was my chance to start over."
Alongside the extortionate price she paid for the solo wedding, she also revealed that she had nine bridesmaids.
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At the service, Danni kissed her reflection after the officiant proclaimed: "I now pronounce you a married woman, you may now kiss yourself."
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"There is no such thing as overdoing celebrating yourself," Danni said.
"Some people buy themselves a bag, some people buy themselves a nice cruise - me, I gave myself a wedding!"
While Dr. Phil praised Danni for embracing 'self-love', he did ask his guest why she decided to go to great lengths and hold a wedding for herself.
Danni responded: "I grew up going to weddings my whole life, and I was taught that they were about love, joy, commitment, you know, so I wanted to show that and share that with my family and my friends.
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"[I] experienced a lot of traumatic things growing up and in my younger days, and so I didn't always have self-love, I didn't always give myself everything that I needed, and I went on this long therapeutic journey.
"I stopped drinking, stopped having sex, and I said now it's time I went to therapy, it's time to marry myself. I have something that I've never had before, and my cup is full."
Danni added that her intent with the wedding was to share her 'self-love' with her friends and family, though some of them did not get on board straight away.
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Both of her parents thought that she was 'crazy', though they did come around and understand why Danni wanted to get married to herself.
Topics: Sex and Relationships
Callum Jones