Keeping it in the family. Ew.

Today I learnt that in New Jersey, USA incest is legal. Ew.

I read an article about an 18 year old woman is planning to marry her 33 year old father. Apparently they were estranged for many years and when they met, sparks flew and an... unusual daddy-daughter relationship began.

Reading her story, the way a play-fight turned into a more passionate roll in the hay, it was all I could do to keep my lunch down. I mean, I know the saying about girls marrying their fathers but it's not literal! To my mind, there is nothing ok about this scenario. Surely this woman can find another many from the squillions that are out there? ANY OTHER MAN.

If incest is legal in New Jersey, I gather inter-family marriages are also possible. Which reminded me of a show I saw on TV a few years ago about people's unusual addictions and there was a guy who had married a blow up doll. How the hell is that legal?

A quick Google search brings up a bunch of weird marriages, between people and animals and inanimate objects. One woman actually married the Eiffel Tower for goodness' sake.

The mind boggles.

Putting aside for the moment the absolute madness of people believing they are in love with a snake/building/pot, how can a legal marriage ceremony possibly take place? Don't the two parties/things being wed need to say I do?

And if you've married these things, then meet an actual person you wish to marry, do you first need to divorce the thing? How do you get it to sign the divorce papers? And if you don't divorce it, by marrying the person are you committing bigamy?

Hell, in some cases there aren't even two parties. I found at least two examples of people marrying themselves. Same question as above: how do you divorce yourself?

There are some crazies out there.