Self-marriage is when a person marries himself or herself. It is related to the concept of self-completion

Self actualization

Self-actualization is a term that has been used in various psychology theories, often in slightly different ways. The term was originally introduced by the organismic theorist Kurt Goldstein for the motive to realize one's full potential...

. The idea of such a ceremony is described in the book Quirkyalone: a manifesto for uncompromising romantics by Sasha Cagen. It can also refer to a self-uniting marriage

Self-uniting marriage

A self-uniting marriage is one in which the couple are married without the presence of a third-party officiant. Although non-denominational, this method of getting married is sometimes referred to as a "Quaker Marriage"....

, that is a marriage without an officiant

Officiant

An officiant is someone who officiates at a service or ceremony, such as marriage, burial, or namegiving/baptism. Officiants may be ordained by any denomination as members of their clergy, or by secular/Humanist or interfaith/interspiritual religious bodies...

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Citing societal pressure to get married, Ms Chen Wei-yih, 30, of Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

 announced in late 2010 that she would be marrying herself.

In popular culture

In Chris Morris

Chris Morris (satirist)

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's television series Jam

Jam (TV series)

Jam was a postmodern British dark comedy series created, written and directed by Chris Morris, and broadcast on Channel 4 during March and April 2000...

a middle-aged man marries himself.

The Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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 episode "The Time of Angels

The Time of Angels

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" refers to the future Church banning an unspecified form of self-marriage, and then reversing this decision.

In Glee

Glee (TV series)

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 Sue Sylvester

Sue Sylvester

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not only married herself to herself, but also officiated the ceremony because she determined that she was the perfect partner for herself.