The popular phrase that we find love in strange places has never been more realistic before these odd couples came on board. It’s true that love is complex however, these couples have gone over the bar to redefine it.
While we have seen husbands fall out of love with their wives to be with secretaries at work, and wives seeking out hunks, others have simply excluded themselves from the love rally. In this article, Tracey got married to a rock, Linda fell for a roller coaster and Lui Ye made himself his bride. More fascinating is that Bimbala married a snake who couldn’t be present at the wedding and Lee Jin-gyu’s Heart was stolen by a pillow.
In all these, we’ve all learned to say things like “love happens, you can’t dictate to the heart what to love”. Well, that’s lame, but love is lame too.
Meet 10 Odd Couples Across The Globe
1. A Brit Woman Once Married a Dolphin
Don’t ask us if the marriage was consummated, we all know that’s not possible. You can’t make love to a dolphin, can you? The Brit, Sharon Tendler reportedly met Cindy the Dolph at Dolphin Reef in Eilat, a City in Israel.
Apparently, Tendler was completely swept off her feet the first time she met Cindy; the attraction was instant. She nurtured her feelings for Mr. Cindy for 15 years before she decided to make the dolphin her life partner. She married the aquatic mammal in a little gathering at the Dolphin Reef; that was sometime in 2006.
Of course, people believed Tendler was out of her mind. But, she says she isn’t. According to her, marrying the love of her life isn’t a perverted thing to do. “…I do love this dolphin…It’s not a bad thing…I love him,” she maintained.
It’s unfortunate that she was widowed after a few years. Her dolphin died as a result of a stomach problem in 2021. He was only 40 years when this happened and Sharon has also concluded that she will not be remarrying. What they had was possibly stronger than the sting of death.
2. Eija-Riitta Got Hitched With the Berlin Wall
Why would anyone fancy the guarded wall built by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) to keep Berlin apart that much? The answer isn’t far-fetched. Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer is attracted to all long and slim things with horizontal lines. She finds them very sexy.
As the story goes, Berliner-Mauer fell in love with the wall at the age of 7 since it appeared on television. She nurtured her feelings for the structures and then decided to create a lasting bond between them. Berliner-Mauer started saving and planning for the wedding. Eventually, she got to marry the wall and had a small occasion to mark the union in 1979.
Surprisingly, the Berlin wall wasn’t the only one she had a thing for. Berliner-Mauer also had a soft spot for the Great Wall of China. Nonetheless, she expressed that her “husband is sexier” compared to the China wall which is too thick. If you think Berliner-Mauer is sick in the head, you are not totally wrong. She was diagnosed with Objectum Sexuality – a psychological condition that makes people have a strong affection for an inanimate object.
3. Another Woman Exchanged Vows with Paris’ Eiffel Tower
Erika Labrie’s passion for the Eiffel Tower was very strong that she had to adopt Eiffel as her surname. All through Erika’s life, she has fancied inanimate objects as a love partner. Although her unusual affection for things that can’t return the feeling has caused her pain, Erika, a professional archer believes her fondness for lifeless objects has made her achieve great things in life.
In her words, “…I am a four-time world champion due to the loving relationship I’ve had with my Japanese sword, archery bow, and even my tower crane that I operate,” she said.
Following the massive global condemnation Erika received after she celebrated making the tower her life partner, she could only keep the affairs for 10 years. She has moved on but her tenderness for the tower remains.
4. Yet Another Made a Rock Her Husband
Tracey Emin is famous as a British artist and, is regarded as one of the most powerful women in the United Kingdom. At a point in her life, she found such love that would endure forever in an ancient stone sitting in her garden. To her, the stone was “very nice and very impressive”. Considering that, Emin decided to take things seriously with the rock – she made it her husband.
If you are reluctant to proclaim that Emin has a twisted mind, you will hastily do so when you learn she married the stone wearing her father’s grave clothes as the wedding dress.
But then, no matter how unstable we think Emin is, the least we could all do is to see things from her perspective a bit. The artist once disclosed that she found protection in the “monstrous and scary” stone. “…I saw it as a protection thing as opposed to a fearful thing. The other thing with the stone is it’s not going anywhere,” she explained.
5. Liu Ye Decided To Marry Himself
If “self-love” was a name, it would give deeper meaning when replaced with “Lui Ye”. It is said that the Chinese man decided to tie the knot with a large photo of himself in order to get a grasp of reality. He got himself dressed in a bridal dress, captured an image of himself in the dress, and then married the picture.
Liu Ye was quite serious about the whole getting married to himself thing. The marriage ceremony was like every other marriage ceremony that happened in China village. The big deal was the fact that the bride was a picture of the groom.
Liu Ye dismissed suggestions that he was gay following the unusual union. Nonetheless, he admitted that it’s probable he admires his physical appearance a great deal. What he did was surely triggered by a narcissistic personality disorder. Yet, we will give anything to know what’s up with the marriage at the moment.
6. Linda Wedded Bruce – A Rollercoaster
56-years-old Linda (2015) dated trains and planes in the past but it was Bruce, a 70ft tall rollercoaster that she decided to settle for. When Linda made the rollercoaster her life partner, she disclosed that she has been loving the park ride for a long, long time (26 years).
According to her she met and fell for Bruce when she was employed to work at the park that owns the rollercoaster. We like to assume things didn’t work out at first for the couple, causing Linda to have some fling with a plane and a train. We also like to think the flings got her to realize that Bruce is irreplaceable.
She returned to her first love, expressing her attraction to his tall and colorful personality. According to her, “…Bruce is just amazing when he stands up and spread out,”. It is said that the American woman spends most of her time on the rollercoaster. She even sleeps over at Bruce’s place from time to time.
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7. The Marriage Between a Sudanese Man and a Goat
Not kidding, a man from Sudan named Tombe once married a goat even though it was an arrangement done by the elders of the community. This was agreed upon when the goat owner, Alifi caught Mr. Tombe humping the goat on the eve of 2006 Valentine.
Following this, it was declared that Mr. Tombe had a thing for the goat but was probably shy to declare his feelings. The elders ruled that Tombe should marry the animal. He was ordered to pay Alifi 15,000 Sudanese dinars as dowry.
8. Elizabeth Hoad Married Her Dog
After many years of being heartbroken by men and reportedly going for 220 dates, Elizabeth decided to give love a chance one more time with her dog Logan Humphrey during a show program in 2019.
For the ceremony, she wore a white gown while the groom was dressed in an all-expensive tuxedo. The pair exchanged vows in the presence of their family and friends as she officially goes off the market. Elizabeth claimed that they both rescued their lives. According to her she wouldn’t need to compete for Logan’s attention and would be with him every time and anytime.
9. Somewhere in India, a Woman Married a Snake
This happened sometime in mid-2006. As the story goes, the woman fell in love with the snake, a cobra after she severally visited the hill where the creature lives without being harmed. Bimbala Das who was 30 years old then said there is a strong bond between her and the reptile, they understand each other and even communicate. According to her, she would visit the snake in the hills and leave milk near its hole. She also added that she gets to see the snake drink the milk.
Surprisingly, everyone was happy with Bimbala’s decision to wed the reptile. Her mom, Dyuti Bhoi told local media that her daughter is so much in love with the elongated, legless creature. According to her, this is because the snake healed her. She was sick, started visiting the snake and bringing it milk, and then, her health was restored.
The marriage was attended by over 2000 people most of whom are members of the community. They were excited about the unusual union. Apparently, there was a prophecy about a marriage between a woman and a snake that would bring good luck to the community.
Anyway, the snake didn’t attend its wedding but it was as though this was suspected, a brass replica of the snake was readily available to represent the groom.
10. Lee Jin-gyu’s Heart was Stolen by a Pillow
As earlier stated, people truly find love in strange places. For Lee Jin-gyu, the only thing that is worth his time, love, and commitment was a pillow. Not just any pillow but a specific one with a picture of Fate Testarossa, a fictional character from an anime series.
He dressed the pillow up in a wedding dress and invited a local priest to proclaim them man and wife. He got everyone wondering if he’s sick in the head. Of course, they are odd couples but we don’t have to bother about anything, love happens and Jin-gyu has found his.
