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AIBU to think this news story is just plain weird and creepy?

26 replies

MissionItsPossible · 08/12/2017 20:06

Taken from queerty.com

Objectophilia is a term that describes the sexual attraction to objects — an old shoe, a Ball Mason jar; you name it.

Well, one woman — a self-described “objectum-sexual — has just announced that she’s engaged to a chandelier.

33-year-old Amanda Liberty claims she fell head over heels in love with the chandelier after seeing it listed on eBay last year. She subsequently purchased it for £400 ($540).

She calls the chandelier Lumiere and claims it’s a female who is often privy to her cuddles and kisses.

She proposed to the lighting fixture on Valentine’s Day, even giving Lumiere an engagement ring.

Liberty has had several lesbian relationships over the years. During a trip to America, she fell in love with the Statue of Liberty, who she calls Libby. That’s why she changed her name to Liberty via deed poll in 2010.

But the long-distance relationship eventually wore down their bond, and so now Liberty is a sprawling open relationship with all 25 of her chandeliers; not just Lumiere.

Though engaged to Lumiere, she often sleeps with a smaller and thinner chandelier called Jewel.

“None of my chandeliers are jealous of each other,” she says.

“They understand that I love them all for their different personalities.

For example, I love kissing and cuddling Lumiere, but I sleep with Jewel every night as she is portable and very nice to cuddle.”

Liberty discovered her sexual attraction to objects at 14, after she fell in love with a drum kit. (Her rebellious phase?)

“I’ve always loved the look of chandeliers and when I saw my first chandelier, Luna, it was love at first sight,” she says.

“You can’t control who you fall in love with and things just went from there.”

She thinks she can “sense the energy” that emanates from chandeliers, all of whom she considers female.

She thinks her feelings are completely natural and comparable to homosexuality:

“I want others to see how happy the chandeliers make me, and how much they’ve enriched my life.

I’m not hurting anyone by entering into a relationship with them. I am simply just following my heart.”

After reading the last sentence I actually think I am being unreasonable. As she says, she's not hurting anyone. I still judge though. To me, that is very, very strange Shock I suppose at least it means she has partners that will never argue with her?

OP posts:
ScreamingValenta · 08/12/2017 20:09

Though engaged to Lumiere, she often sleeps with a smaller and thinner chandelier called Jewel.

What a cheat - Lumiere should LTB Grin

SlowlyShrinking · 08/12/2017 20:11

IT also mentioned a woman who is married to the Eiffel Tower Confused
How? She can’t actually be, can she?

mercurymaze · 08/12/2017 20:12

i saw a programme about that women who married the eiffel tower. i am sure they are very happy together

crunchtime · 08/12/2017 20:14

Back in the day these people would be admitted to the asylum.

WhatCanIDoNowPlease · 08/12/2017 20:14

I think that she's winning a bet with someone somewhere, and every extra website that picks this story up means she wins a bit more.

SparklyMagpie · 08/12/2017 20:16

Jesus Christ! Grin

eyes up my dusty chandelier in my bedroom....

Nope not feeling the attraction, but then again I havnt turned her on

Fekko · 08/12/2017 20:16

In this modern day... they think therefore they are (married to inanimate objects)

CarbyDiem · 08/12/2017 20:16

She is deluded. Everyone knows Lumiere is male. He has a moustache and everything.

thenewaveragebear1983 · 08/12/2017 20:18

Considering that none of her partners have consented to her 'cuddles and kisses' I'd suggest that she is actually hugely overstepping her boundaries.

HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 08/12/2017 20:22

She isn’t hurting anyone.
She clearly has huge mental health issues but that is all really.

I bet the insistences of a chandelier getting someone pregnant then fucking off, being unfaithful etc are small.

ProseccoMamam · 08/12/2017 20:28

I think it's quite sad, she has clearly got underlying mental health problems caused by previous bad or neglectful relationships to need a physical and emotional connection to an inanimate object. I hope she gets help, she must be so lonely and afraid.

scortja · 08/12/2017 20:29

I think there are some tragic back stories to some of these - i'll see if I can find where I read about it..

Glumglowworm · 08/12/2017 20:30

It’s definitely not “news”!

She’s crazy but she’s not hurting anyone.

Farontothemaddingcrowd · 08/12/2017 20:30

After getting my heart broken by men, I feel a bit envious of her. The chandelier will never fall out of love with her! Plus date nights would be cheap.

ILoveMillhousesDad · 08/12/2017 20:31

I watched a programme once about a fella that shagged his car. The mind boggles.

SallyVating · 08/12/2017 20:34

I saw one on facebook that was a woman who was in love with a rollercoaster... there was some pretty graphic video accompanying the article

sausagerollsrock · 08/12/2017 20:35

ilove I came on this thread to say about the guy who had sex with his cars exhaust pipe iirc.
Whatever floats your boat haha Grin

RestingGrinchFace · 08/12/2017 20:38

Why does Lumiere have a male name?

Iooselipssinkships · 08/12/2017 20:39

I think she took that Sia song way too literally

MrsU88 · 08/12/2017 20:40

I was pretty shocked the other day watching this morning and seeing the lady who has given up on men to sleep with ghosts.

now this....

I did think my sex life was pretty adventurous... now I see its pretty boring and normal

roobrr · 08/12/2017 20:45

I saw one the other day about a woman who is, ahem, in love with a rollercoaster Confused crackpots!

expatinscotland · 08/12/2017 20:47

There was a C4 documentary about this some years ago. It's called 'The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Eiffel Tower'. One other participant was in love with her bow and arrow. Her story was very sad, she had been raped and sexually abused by a relative as a child and it played a large part in her objectophilia.

Ohyesiam · 08/12/2017 20:49

She has a very well developed sense of irony.
I hope.

MissionItsPossible · 09/12/2017 16:09

thenewaveragebear1983

Considering that none of her partners have consented to her 'cuddles and kisses' I'd suggest that she is actually hugely overstepping her boundaries.

😂😂😂

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hamptonhangingpork · 09/12/2017 16:38

I've heard of men being caught en flagrant with a beloved car or couches.

Chandeliers are a new one.

I feel sorry for the lady in love with the statue of liberty. I mean, the cheating sow must have had thousands of men inside her.

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