Chen Wei-yih, Taiwan Bride-To-Be, Plans Wedding To Herself (PHOTOS)

Chen Wei-yih has finally planned the wedding day she's been dreaming about since she was a young girl. On Nov. 6, the Taiwanese office worker will reportedly don a floor-length white gown and flowing veil, carry a fragrant bouquet and enjoy a gourmet meal with 30 of her closest friends and family members.

Only there's one major difference: for the 30-year-old Taipei resident, there will be no Prince Charming, no tuxedoed groom. In an effort to defy the traditional Asian perception of single, independent women as failures, Chen says she will marry herself.

"Age 30 is a prime period for me," Chen is quoted by Reuters as saying. "My work and experience are in good shape, but I haven't found a partner, so what can I do?"

Chen's defiant act has received heaps of praise -- mostly from Asian women -- on her Facebook page, which features a personal quote that reads, "We must love ourselves before we love others," along with an album of formal bridal portraits. "You didn't just marry yourself, you showed the world that this is [a] time for women," wrote one user. "They can do everything and no one can judge or control them."

After her lavish "nuptials," Chen plans to embark on a solo honeymoon to Australia, The Korea Herald reports.

View the Facebook page for Chen's wedding, including photos, here.

View some of Chen's bridal portraits, via Facebook, below:

Comments

[jfmckenna]

06:17 PM on 12/11/2010

This is like the woman named Sharon Tendler in Eilat,Israel who married a dolphin. I think she was trying to live a porpoise-driven life.

[Mousie Anderson]

08:48 PM on 12/11/2010

ROFL

[honda honey]

09:47 PM on 11/01/2010

What a waste of money. This is utterly ridiculous.

[Igor13]

08:05 AM on 10/27/2010

THIS JUST IN!!!!!!!
Woman breaks back trying to carry self over threshold.

[keemia]

02:54 AM on 10/27/2010

Sounds like a publicity stunt to me.

[xsm941f]

12:05 AM on 10/27/2010

At least O'Donnell won't accuse her of pre-martial sex when she...ahh....."self" consummates the marraige.

[BlackYowe]

11:27 PM on 10/26/2010

Mrs. Me?

[NickTAZ]

10:12 PM on 10/26/2010

It's about time-- she's been living in sin for too many years!

[sigh-ence]

12:15 PM on 10/26/2010

Someone get that woman a dog or something. She needs a companion. (Not THAT way...)

[sincerelyty]

09:41 AM on 10/26/2010

Interesting.

[dct1999]

04:22 AM on 10/26/2010

Wasn't this a Lifetime movie? It's embarrassing that I know that.

[RobinSeattle]

09:06 PM on 10/25/2010

The upside: this is a marriage guaranteed to last!

[angrymanspokane]

07:16 PM on 10/25/2010

I would marry myself, but why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free...

[johnny crap]

07:43 PM on 10/25/2010

Priceless!

[SheilaKhani]

05:29 PM on 10/25/2010

sane or insane?

[JScott]

04:41 PM on 10/25/2010

Didn't Dennis Rodman already do this a few years back?

[FTracy3]

12:24 PM on 10/25/2010

California is already circulating an initiative petition against same-self marriage.