{"id":7350,"date":"2025-01-08T15:18:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/?p=7350"},"modified":"2025-01-08T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:18:06","slug":"meet-antoine-cheval-the-french-man-who-married-himself-after-repeated-rejections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/meet-antoine-cheval-the-french-man-who-married-himself-after-repeated-rejections\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Antoine Cheval: \u201d The French Man Who Married Himself After Repeated Rejections\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Antoine Cheval, a French individual, garnered attention by opting to marry himself following a series of romantic disappointments. By embracing the concept of \u201csologamy\u201d\u2014the practice of self-marriage\u2014he expressed his dedication to self-love and autonomy through a traditional ceremony that included vows, guests, and a reception. Antoine\u2019s decision underscores a rising trend that emphasizes personal fulfillment over conventional societal norms regarding partnerships. Although sologamy lacks legal recognition, it serves as a significant affirmation of self-worth, highlighting the notion that true happiness originates from within. Prominent advocates of self-marriage include Sophie Tanner from the UK, Laura Mesi from Italy, and Kshama Bindu from India, each of whom is reshaping the definitions of love and empowerment. This movement promotes introspection, personal development, and the dismissal of external validation. By choosing to marry themselves, individuals like Antoine challenge traditional perceptions of happiness, illustrating that self-love can lead to profound fulfillment. Ultimately, sologamy presents an alternative perspective: that a rich and meaningful life can be achieved by honoring one\u2019s identity, independent of romantic relationships. Antoine\u2019s narrative encourages broader acceptance of varied pathways to joy and self-empowerment.<br>\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-embed' is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio><div class='\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"'>\n<iframe loading='\"lazy\"' title='\"Shuler' king he married himself width='\"500\"' height='\"281\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.youtube.com%5C/embed%5C/3vikyvIG184?feature=oembed%5C%22" frameborder='\"0\"' allow='\"accelerometer;' autoplay clipboard-write encrypted-media gyroscope picture-in-picture web-share referrerpolicy='\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"' allowfullscreen>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class='\"mh-excerpt\"'><p>Antoine Cheval, a French individual, garnered attention by opting to marry himself following a series of romantic disappointments. By embracing the concept of \u201csologamy\u201d\u2014the practice <a class='\"mh-excerpt-more\"' href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/sciencesandnatures.com%5C/meet-antoine-cheval-the-french-man-who-married-himself-after-repeated-rejections%5C/%5C%22" title='\"Meet' antoine cheval: the french man who married himself after repeated rejections>[&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7353,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7350\/revisions\/7353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</a></p></div></iframe></div></figure></p>