A story of a woman who wedded herself has triggered a lot of reactions and debate online. A 32-year-old Ugandan woman recently decided to marry herself to put at ease all the people in her life who would always ask her when she was going to get married and start a family. Sources available online quoted Lulu Jemimah saying “When I plan to get married, have children and start a family,” she wrote. “They can’t imagine that what keeps me up at night is not the fear of never walking down the aisle.”
Jemimah shared that her father had already written her wedding speech when she was just 16. Her mother, meanwhile, often prays for her to find a good husband. “I decided to put them all at ease,” Jemimah explained. “I got married on my 32nd birthday to the one person I am certain will take care of me.”
Interesting to see how she fills up application forms after the wedding.
— BTS (@thepeskypundit) October 9, 2018
She needs to divorce herself first before tying the knot with a real person.
— Mirador (@jengurionli) October 9, 2018
There is a girl, no a woman in Uganda who decided enough Is enough so she decided to get married to her self.
Called some close friends, exchanged vowes with herself.
Now the question is would she ever cheat on herself? ?— kelvin (@TheKelvinMwiti) October 9, 2018
A move of faith… The groom is really on the way…u will just continue for honey moon since the weeding is done..
— Baingana Ivan (@bainganaivan) October 9, 2018
It is said that one of her friends acted as an officiating pastor as she vowed to herself and her studies in the presence of 30 guests.
“Marriage is an expression of love and commitment, however for many people back home, it is still considered the only way to guarantee a woman’s financial security. I had worried about coming off as stupid but to have such a strong intellectual group of friends behind the idea, that was all the validation I needed for the choices I have made,” she said.
Ugandan lady Lulu Jemimah marries herself in a colorful wedding that costed her Kshs250. Ever since the cow killed the lion in Meru funny things have been happening both in Kenya and across the border.
— Kevin Gwatsima (@Kevingwatsima) October 9, 2018
????? hii uchumi imepanda tu kila mahali hadi wanawake pia wanaogopa kuongezea maboychild mzigo
— Ian Ochieng (@ian_ochii) October 9, 2018
Why did she not consult me? We coulda flocked together
— Simerwa (@simerwa) October 9, 2018
now all she needs is a sperm donor and she will be home and dry
— Arch Libwege (@libwegeaganya) October 9, 2018