"I Married the Eiffel Tower" -- San Francisco Woman Declares True Love
Erika La Tour Eiffel Married the Eiffel Tower
La Tour Eiffel was married to the Eiffel Tower last year in Paris, France. She had a complete wedding ceremony with friends and family on site, where she legally changed her last name. Apparently, she also promised "eternal love" to the monument, according to one source. La Tour Eiffel was diagnosed with a post-traumatic stress disorder, but she claims that her objects have helped her get through the tough times.
The scary thing about this whole situation-La Tour Eiffel is not the only one who has taken massive steps to connect with an inanimate object.
Asperger syndrome seems to be at the root of people getting into relationships or having intense feelings for inanimate objects. People diagnosed with this condition normally have lots of trouble with basic social skills and interaction with others. While people diagnosed with Asperger syndrome do have basic desires to have real, human relationships, a good number of them opt to have relationships with inanimate objects. In addition, diagnosed individuals also tend to have intense, focused interests.
Another group that tends to have these same kind of feelings for inanimate objects are characterized as the "objectum sexual." People who are part of this group have romantic lives that revolve around mostly inanimate objects.
People who suffer from either of these conditions may believe that an inanimate object has a soul. Elja-Riitta Berliner-Mauer, an individual who changed her last name to reflect the German wall, stated that it was perfectly normal for people in Eastern cultures to believe that these objects have souls. For many Americans, it is awfully hard to see where they are coming from-but it may just be a part of the disorder or syndrome that these individuals suffer from.
One of the most amazing things about the story is the fact that Erika La Tour Eiffel actually went through and had a ceremony with this object. It is amazing to see what people will turn to next to fulfill their deepest desires. Blogs around the internet are raving over this story: what does this story say about our society as a whole? Are relationships with inanimate objects going to get more and more popular over the long haul?
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/sunday-review/living/i-married-the-eiffel-tower-832519.html
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1 Comments
Post a CommentMy fiance was diagnosed with A.S. when he was 3. I don't know that I think that this diagnosis is necessarily the root of an attraction to object. From what I've read of it, objectum sexuals seem to have an affinity for objects. I've watched some of Ms. Eiffel's interviews and she does have friends and colleagues who respect her, so I wouldn't call her socially inept, she simply just can't relate to people when they talk about romantic interests in humans. My fiance and I are both very closed off save for our close family and friends, but neither of us has ever found such an interest in objects. If anything, I think that there can only be a correlation between Asperger's Syndrome and Objectum Sexuality, but to say that the former causes the latter seems to me a bit hasty of an assumption.