Posted on 07/05/2013 10:30:29 AM PDT by nickcarraway
True love can take many forms. In this case, it has taken the form of an Australian artist marrying a 600-year-old French bridge.
Jodi Rose took her love for the structures to another level as she wedded the Le Pont du Diable Bridge in Céret, southern France.
The new Mrs Le Pont du Diable has spent the last decade travelling across the globe recording the vibrations in bridge cables to incorporate in her Singing Bridges music project.
Rose knew it was love at first sight when she set eyes on the ‘sensual’ 14th century bridge, as she apparently felt the earth move as she drew closer.
Naturally, it was only a matter of time before they became bridge and wife.
The happy couple got hitched on June 17 and while they might not have had the most conventional marriage, they enjoyed elements of a traditional wedding.
The ceremony was an intimate affair with 14 guests including close personal friends and members of the local community. Even the mayor of neighbouring town Saint-Jean-de-Fos gave his blessing.
Choosing the venue was simple enough and the pair made their vows at the groom’s entrance. Rose wore a custom bridal gown and veil, and commissioned rings for both her and the bridge.
The groom, otherwise known as The Devil’s Bridge, was quiet on their big day, but it was clear there are no trust issues between the newlyweds as the bridge is very supportive of his wife’s music project.
‘He understands that I love other bridges – and men – ours is a love that embraces the vagaries of life, as materialised in the swirling currents of the river that flows beneath his magnificent body,’ Rose wrote on her website.
‘The Devil’s Bridge is everything I could desire in a husband – sturdy, trustworthy, sensual, kind and handsome,’ she added.
Their union is not legally recognised in France, but Rose claims their marriage is as strong as any other.
‘This is not a decision I undertake lightly, just as our curves complement, we truly bring joy to each other, and the strength of his pylons will always carry me home.’
She has insisted, however, that their love is a symbolic and pagan affair as part of a world view that sees ‘spiritual vibration in everything’.
I want the tax benefit....
I am sure you do, but what I want to know is, if you divorce yourself, will you pay alimony?
To myself, so it is win-win....
I am not so sure. You can claim alimony as a tax write off, when you pay it, but you must also claim it as income, so it might be just a break even situation. (smile)
But there really was no ponte.
She’d spend years in Madison County.
Thanks nickcarraway.
Marriage to a bridge sounds like nothing but troubled water ahead for the couple.
I wonder if they read the full-form vows, or the abridged version??
If it doesn’t work out, the husband may jump off himself.
She'll probably give birth to a pontoon.
Hehe :-)
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