A 77-year-old woman married herself in a romantic ceremony held at her senior living home in Ohio.
Dorothy Fideli finally achieved her ‘happy ever after’ after she tied the knot with herself, wearing a white gown and veil as she carried red and white roses.
In an interview with WLWT, she said: “This is something I’ve always wanted. I wanted to get married and have a happy life but things didn’t work out that way and now I have a second chance in doing something that’ll make me happy.”
The mother-of-three was previously married in a courthouse ceremony in 1965. She said that after they got married, her husband returned to work and she went home.
Nine years later, they have decided to end their marriage.
“I wore a black dress, so I was doomed before I got started,” she said.
Dorothy explained that she got the idea to marry herself after watching a talk show that featured a woman who did the same.
“I do some crazy things around here just to make people laugh. When I see them all down in the dumps, I go get one of my outfits on and dress up and come down, and they smile.”
Dorothy said she planned her wedding herself, including the catering and decorations. She even got the retirement home property manager Rob Geiger to be the officiant.
Speaking to Today, she said: “I came in here and I told Rob, I said, ‘Rob, you’re going to marry me.’”
Her daughter Donna Pennington also helped out, purchasing her wedding dress, cooking for attendees, and getting flowers.
“Love is the most important thing in this world, and if you love God and love yourself, this world will be a field of roses,” Dorothy told WLWT.
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