Australian Couple Get Married at Costco Store
Some people dream about getting married on a mountain top, others in a beautiful church with stained glass windows, but not Sue Berkeley. All Sue cared about is that she and her husband-to-be, Eli Bob, tie the knot in a place near and dear to her heart, surrounded by all the things and all the […]
16-Year-Old Boy Marries 71-Year-Old Woman in Indonesia (No Joke!)
Selamat Riayadi, a 16-year-old boy from South Sumatra, Indonesia, recently married his sweetheart, 71-year-old Rohaya. The two are apparently so in love with each other that they threatened to take their own lives if their families didn’t give their blessing for the controversial union. It’s not exactly clear how and when Selamat and Rohaya fell in […]
Man Pays 200 Strangers to Act as Guests at His Wedding, Ends Up in Jail
What was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives turned into a complete nightmare for a young couple in China, after it was revealed that the groom had hired 200 random people to act as his friends and relatives at the wedding. The groom, known only by his surname, Wang, and his fiancee, […]
Japanese Video Game Lets You Marry Your Virtual Reality Anime Girlfriend in a Real Life Wedding
To make its newest romance video game stand out from the competition, a Japanese company is giving users the chance to marry their virtual girlfriends in a real life wedding ceremony, with the help of VR technology. At first glance, Niitzuma LovelyxCation is a romance and dating simulator like many others in Japan. It lets players court one of […]
Man Marries His Smartphone at Las Vegas Chapel
Last month, artist Aaron Chervenak drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, Nevada to finally take the love for his smartphone to the next level by marrying it at a small wedding chapel. And yeah, in case you’re wondering, he even put a ring on it. A study conducted by internet security giant Kaspersky found that a […]
Couple Who Have Never Met in Person Before Marry at Ontario Airport
Mere minutes after meeting in person for the first time, a California woman and a New York man got hitched at the Ontario International Airport on Friday. They’re now calling their meeting an ‘insta-engagement’ and ‘insta-wedding’, paying tribute to the fact that they first got in touch on Instagram in March last year. After three days […]
As Young Argentinians Shun Marriage, Many Are Paying to Attend Fake Weddings
Although most young Argentinians aren’t even thinking about marriage these days, they seem quite fond of wedding ceremonies. So they’ve come up with a bizarre party trend of fake weddings, where groups of 20- and 30-somethings get together to attend wedding-themed parties complete with fake bride and groom. The idea was the brainchild of 26-year-old publicist Martin Acerbi, […]
Japanese Hotel Lets You Rent an Alpaca as a Witness at Your Wedding
The Epinard Nasu Hotel, in Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture, offers a highly unconventional wedding service – newlyweds can rent a cute, fluffy alpaca from a nearby zoo to act as a witness to their wedding. No one really knows when the hotel started using alpacas to attract customers, or how they came up with the unique […]
Luxury Company Guarantees Good Weather on Your Wedding Day for $150,000
Luxury travel company Oliver’s Travels is offering its wealthy clients an innovative wedding service – a sky clean up. For a hefty fee of over $150,000, they actually offer to pop clouds and induce rain up to a week before their wedding, in order to ensure clear blue skies on the day of the ceremony. […]
Chinese Couple Celebrate Break-Up with Bizarre Wedding Ceremony
While most women turn to ice cream and tissues for the much needed post-breakup comforting, this Chinese woman chose a different way to deal with heartbreak – she went and got herself a fake wedding with the man who dumped her! The woman, who calls herself ‘Doudou’, is a student in Wenzhou city in eastern China’s […]
Japanese ‘Solo Wedding’ Service Gives Single Women the Chance to Be Brides for a Day
As an increasing number of Japanese women put their careers ahead of starting a family, the number of services that cater to single women is on the rise. One such service is the ‘Solo Wedding’ – a full wedding day experience during which a woman gets to be bride without actually getting hitched. The absence […]
Guy Fakes His Own Death to Escape Getting Married
Men can be real jerks sometimes, but this guy has got to be the worst of the lot – he actually faked his own death to get out of his wedding. 23-year-old Tucker Blandford, from Connecticut, didn’t have the guts to tell his fiancee the truth – that he wasn’t ready for marriage – so […]
McDonald’s Restaurants Becoming Popular Wedding Venues in Hong Kong
More and more young couples in Hong Kong are turning to McDonald’s fast-food restaurants to fit their shoestring wedding budgets. With prices starting as low as $350 per wedding, the place is pretty much a steal – the deal includes the venue, decorations, audio equipment, food, gifts and invitations. The dream wedding has only one […]
Woman Marries Herself to Prove She Doesn’t Need a Husband to Be Happy
36-year-old Nadine Schweigert from Fargo, North Dakota, got married last month. She had a beautiful wedding. Nadine was dressed in a peacock blue satin dress and carried a bouquet of white roses. There was also a lovely white wedding cake covered in peacock blue fondant. So far, there seems to be nothing unusual about this […]
Couple Get Married in Geeky Ceremony Conducted by Computer
A couple who found each other through an online social network called “Sweet on Geeks”, decided to geek out their wedding by having a computer program called Reverend Bit perform the ceremony. Miguel Hanson and Diana Wesley had one of the most unusual yet appropriate weddings in human history. Hanson, a Houston web developer and […]