10
years
Lourdes 2016·Decentraland 2022
happily married, and counting
In March 2016 my fiancé asked me to marry him at Glendalough, in Ireland, and I said yes. Three months later I learned he had been seeing someone else the whole time. So I cancelled my wedding.
On 16 July 2016, our original wedding date, I went to Lourdes instead, the place people travel to in order to be healed. I married myself in front of the Grotto, among prayers and tourists. Six years later I renewed my vows in the metaverse.
Everything else in this work begins here. I thought sologamy was a statement about self-sufficiency. Looking back, it was a prophecy. Ten years later, the partner has become optional for everyone, an app, a profile, an AI that answers back. Nobody finds this strange anymore.
I kept the honeymoon. A double room in Palma, one guest. All week the congratulations kept arriving, from people who had not understood there was no groom.
Congratulations Éva 🎉
Happy Honeymoon my dear Éva!!!! 💗
so happy you finally found your person 🥲
you’re going to be a beautiful bride.
send pics of the dress!!!
he is so lucky honestly
is he as excited as you are? 😍
wait when do we get to meet him??
my mum says congratulations to you both ❤️
the pictures are stunning. where is he in them?
OMG!!! I am so happy for you!!! ❤️
Six years later, I renewed my vows in the metaverse.
The second ceremony required no pilgrimage. The dress was modelled in 3D, the ring minted, the guests were avatars and strangers again, this time logging in rather than passing by. The Grotto became a plaza; the blessing, a chat window.
till death do us part
Before you leave, the bride is throwing the bouquet.
She intends to catch it herself, but you may try.
