Yasmin Eleby has been the talk of the internet after she decided to rent out a hall, buy a dress, cop a ring and marry… HERSELF! The 40-year-old woman had a full out wedding fully equipped with 3 ministers, a beautiful oray of flowers, 10 bridesmaids and a band when she said “I Do” to herself in a beautiful ceremony. As soon as the evil, evil Twitter/Instagram world heard about her self-marriage, the trolling was at an all-time high clowning Eleby for her decision. However, she recently fired shots right back at the haters for trying to come at her crazy! Click below to see what she had to say.
Some are saying Eleby’s marriage ceremony was a “waste of money and energy” but she begs to differ. She had an intimate sit-down with Demetria Lucas D’oyley from The Root to justify her actions and to further explain why the haters aren’t bothering her. “The ceremony is not about me being bitter for not having a man. It wasn’t like, “OK, I’m upset that I’m 40 and don’t have a man.” I wanted to show myself my self-love, my self-worth and my self-respect. It was always about me loving me. When God sends me my husband, he will come, but until then, I’m OK with it just being with me,” she states.
Elegy then went on to explain, “For a few years leading up to my 40th birthday, I’d been joking that if I didn’t have a wedding by 40 that I would just have one myself without a groom. I thought having a wedding ceremony would be a unique way to celebrate my 40th with my family and my friends. And the closer that it got, I realized I had to put up or shut up.”
When asked about the backlash she received online, Eleby went on to say, “It has been blown way out of proportion. From the few comments that I’ve read, they’re trying to paint me as crazy or bitter about not having a husband, and that is so not the case. I’m not bitter, I‘m not crazy. I’m just a fun-loving unique individual, and I just wanted to do something special and different.”
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Source: TheYBF
