Antoine Cheval, a French citizen, decided that he would no longer depend on anyone to feel complete. After enduring 17 failed relationships and multiple rejections of his proposals of love, he chose sologamy: marrying himself. The ceremony, symbolic and without legal validity, was an act to celebrate self-love.
His story caused a stir on social media. Some users applauded his gesture as an act of self-affirmation and personal empowerment. Others, however, criticized it, considering it a desperate response to romantic frustration or an extreme display of individualism.
Sologamy is a phenomenon that has gained visibility in recent years as an expression of emotional self-sufficiency. Cheval’s case is one more example of how traditional concepts of marriage continue to be questioned in a society seeking new ways of relating to itself.
