{"id":814,"date":"2023-07-15T21:36:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T21:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=814"},"modified":"2023-07-15T21:36:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T21:36:33","slug":"woman-plans-to-marry-chandelier-and-is-in-open-relationship-with-other-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=814","title":{"rendered":"Woman Plans To Marry Chandelier &#8211; And Is In Open Relationship With Other Objects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Liberty from Leeds, UK, is thrilled to be planning her upcoming nuptials.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old is determined to have a big white wedding to celebrate the love she shares with\u00a0her partner &#8211; and wants the world to know their relationship is just as valid as any.\u00a0The object of her affection? A chandelier that goes by the name of Lumiere.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads--middle\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article__image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/image.apost.com\/media\/articletranslation\/2022\/10\/17\/14\/40f9592f208a086255949251f38732eb_500x1.jpg\" data-src=\"\/\/image.apost.com\/media\/articletranslation\/2022\/10\/17\/14\/40f9592f208a086255949251f38732eb_500x1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Liberty is in love with a chandelier who she claims is a female named Lumiere, perhaps named for the famous candelabra character from Disney&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Beauty and the Beast.<\/em>\u00a0But Lumiere isn&#8217;t Liberty&#8217;s only inanimate lover; she claims that they have<em>\u00a0&#8220;an open relationship&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>and is allegedly\u00a0entrenched in romances with other light fixtures as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m determined to have this commitment ceremony, to prove that I&#8217;m here for Lumiere and that my love is going to last,&#8221; she told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/bride-plans-marry-chandelier-open-18334259?utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mirror_main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Mirror.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"fb-page-like\">\n<div class=\"fb-page-like__logo\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-page-like__text en_US\">\n<div class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/apostcom-English-1503815046562182\/\n\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-width=\"300\" data-action=\"like\" data-size=\"large\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-share=\"false\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" title=\"fb:like Facebook Social Plugin\" src=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/v3.2\/plugins\/like.php?action=like&amp;app_id=141565146244486&amp;channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df2f4f0ae3013ba%26domain%3Dwww.apost.com%26is_canvas%3Dfalse%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.apost.com%252Ff24360d880e6198%26relation%3Dparent.parent&amp;container_width=0&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fapostcom-English-1503815046562182%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;locale=en_US&amp;sdk=joey&amp;share=false&amp;show_faces=false&amp;size=large&amp;width=300\" name=\"f5d32a47f9271\" width=\"300px\" height=\"1000px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"fb:like Facebook Social Plugin\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-page-like__faces\">\n<div class=\"fb-page-like__faces--wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/apostcom-English-1503815046562182\/\n\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-size=\"small\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"false\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" title=\"fb:like Facebook Social Plugin\" src=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/v3.2\/plugins\/like.php?action=like&amp;app_id=141565146244486&amp;channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df1ecb069cc10fe8%26domain%3Dwww.apost.com%26is_canvas%3Dfalse%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.apost.com%252Ff24360d880e6198%26relation%3Dparent.parent&amp;container_width=0&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fapostcom-English-1503815046562182%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;locale=en_US&amp;sdk=joey&amp;share=false&amp;show_faces=true&amp;size=small\" name=\"ffa385b72788\" width=\"1000px\" height=\"1000px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"fb:like Facebook Social Plugin\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-page-like__button\">\n<div class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/apostcom-English-1503815046562182\/\n\" data-layout=\"button\" data-action=\"like\" data-size=\"large\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-share=\"false\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" title=\"fb:like Facebook Social Plugin\" src=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/v3.2\/plugins\/like.php?action=like&amp;app_id=141565146244486&amp;channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df2794f4f2a0bd1%26domain%3Dwww.apost.com%26is_canvas%3Dfalse%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.apost.com%252Ff24360d880e6198%26relation%3Dparent.parent&amp;container_width=0&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fapostcom-English-1503815046562182%2F&amp;layout=button&amp;locale=en_US&amp;sdk=joey&amp;share=false&amp;show_faces=false&amp;size=large\" name=\"f3d3d4bb54c1e0c\" width=\"1000px\" height=\"1000px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"fb:like Facebook Social Plugin\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I know a lot of people think my attraction to chandeliers is strange, but I&#8217;m not crazy!&#8221; she continued.&#8221;I have been polishing Lumiere most nights to ensure she looks her best too.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Liberty identifies as an &#8220;objectum sexual,&#8221; a person who&#8217;s attracted to objects.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthguidance.org\/entry\/16062\/1\/all-about-objectum-sexuality.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Health Guidance.org\u00a0<\/em><\/a>describes Objectum Sexuality (OS) as\u00a0<em>&#8220;an unusual psychological phenomenon in which an individual feels powerful affection toward a particular inanimate object \u2013 for all intents and purposes falling \u2018in love\u2019 with the object which may be a particular table, a train or a door.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not hurting anyone by entering in to a relationship with [inanimate objects], I am simply just following my heart,&#8221; she continued.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that &#8220;Liberty&#8221; was not the surname she received at birth, but rather one she obtained from a previous relationship with\u00a0the Statue of Liberty. According to the publication, Amanda was deeply in love with the statue, or &#8220;Libby&#8221; as she calls her, but the long-distance made the relationship difficult to sustain.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;People often can&#8217;t understand that this is just a natural orientation for me,&#8221; Liberty insists.\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m doing this in the hope that people will understand our love, and if not understand it, maybe they could at least accept it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"article__video\">\n<div class=\"myyoutubevideo_iframe_div\"><iframe id=\"youtube-video_4\" class=\"youtubevideo_iframe lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/UkfVFEJbQRo?enablejsapi=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;start=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-yieldlove-cmp-vendor=\"YouTube Video\" data-yieldlove-cmp-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/UkfVFEJbQRo?enablejsapi=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;start=0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Do you think Liberty is just a quirky woman who&#8217;s following her own bliss and we should respect that?\u00a0We want to hear your opinion in the comments!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Make sure you pass this along to your friends and family.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__share article__share--bottom\"><a class=\"article__share--btn article__share--fb share share__fb\" data-sharelink=\"https:\/\/www.apost.com\/en\/blog\/woman-plans-to-marry-chandelier-and-is-in-open-relationship-with-other-objects\/21653\/\"><i class=\"share__icon share__icon--fb\"><\/i>Share on Facebook<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Liberty from Leeds, UK, is thrilled to be planning her upcoming nuptials. 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