The Woman Who Married the Berlin Wall

If it makes her happy and doesnt affect me, I see no problem with it.

Unusual. But quite interesting too!

How sad. This women must have such a hard time dealing with people so she turns to inanimate objects.

..and of course cats.

So I take it this is mental illness awareness week at Neatorama?

I was just wondering about that, too, bean! Man alive.

This really caught my eye, though, because I'm listening to one of my youtube playlists and just got Scorpion's 'Wind of Change'- stopped what I was doing, read heaps of comments (had to pause the autoplay) and totally immersed myself in Berlin Wall history, the politics behind the fall and all that... and 5 min later, find this on my reader. Fantastic!

It is my sincere wish that people with this type of sexuality will begin to speak openly about their love. I find this fascinating because it is so completely different from anything I've ever known or heard of. Well, my boyfriend gets really angry at inantimate objects when they do something to him, like when the door closes on his finger, or when a blank cd doesn't work. He always screams at them and slams them around a bit. Is this similar or is it just a man thing?

I'm not sure even how to put this into perspective in my mind... I like my house, but I can't imagine being in love with it. Similarly, when an object fails, I can't curse the object, only its design or use. But, like I always say, live and let live.

So, how did she consummate her relationship?

I think it's cute.

She was on a Swedish TV show a couple of years ago as well, where she sort of admitted that she had "consummated" the relationship.

o__________0;

How do they, you know, "get it on?"

It seems like it would be a very empty relationship. We're made to be interactive beings, reciprocating with other reciprocating beings. I could see this maybe happening with the cats, but not with a chunk of concrete and mortar. The "relationship" is too onesided and therefore empty.

Looking at the definition of "relationship," it is clear that it requires participation between two "participants." In this case I only see her participating. I agree with JoBo, it is sad. I also agree that it's her life and she's entitled to live it out how she wants.

It's one sided for you and me and most people, but what's to say that it has to be one sided for her? It's quite possible that she gets, for whatever reason (possibly mental), quite a vivid exchange with the wall.

I hear one day it saved her from a brain tumour.

Actually, it's creepier that she sexualizes over miniature guillotines. The men in her neighbourhood must be very, very nervous.

I only way I could see a relationship with the Berlin Wall working for her would be if...

...she's a brick ... house ... mighty, mighty, ... lettin' it all hang out ...

Explains why so many people love their cars more than their families, I guess....

Wow. And Alex (and many commentors) had the nerve to suggest that the lady with the voices was crazy.

Reminds me of that autistic lady that was featured here a little while ago. The one who describes how she interacts with her environment and how the environment responds in a way that's meaningful to her. Just a different mindset that I couldn't even begin to understand but that makes more sense to me than this. Strange and fascinating.

Oooook.... > _ >

"if it makes her happy" - are you serious?

I highly doubt this is sad for her. She "believes that objects have souls, feelings, desires and thoughts they share with her telepathically." They're basically life forms, from her perspective, they just can't... do things.
Whatever makes her happy. More power to her. This is fascinating.

When I was in high school I fell in love with a Smiths Lp. I brought it everywhere I went and I would talk to it when no one was looking. Meat is Murder if your wondering.. LOL I feel so stupid saying that now, but in a small way I guess I can comprehend falling in love with a thing or object.. Mine sang and played music for me though!

@ otterly
I would rather haven fallen for The Queen Is Dead, to be honest with you :D

I suppose the complaint "talking to you is like talking to a brick wall" is actually valid in this instance.

It's obvious: Loving walls or other unhuman objects should be illegal! Just like growing marijuana and making tea out of it is illegal!

Sincerely,

Agent Pat E. Cake
Wall Enforcement Agency (WEA)

I think Pat. E. Cake is conflating his resume with the WEA. I know for a fact that he is a Baker's Man.

I struggle to contemplate how you can feel love toward an inanimate object, but maybe I just have commitment issues.

I keep coming back to these comments and getting a good laugh!

I'm curious if she interacts normally with other human beings. Is the love for things is in addition to regular human relationships or instead of them? If she sees her family, has friends, etc, but also loves a wall and some guillotines, more power to her. Hey, we've all got quirks.
But I suspect she's got issues with other people. Trust issues and the like. And I could see that her love for something that is a barrier, a divider, might be a bit symbolic of boundary issues. I'd be willing to bet she was abused. But, like Freud said, "Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.". Might benefit from therapy,though.

Also, I wonder if it's just some objects that are ultra significant, but all objects are significant, or just that handful of objects that matters. Is it just the wall and the guillotines that she's in telepathic communication with, or is it everything? In a way, that would be sort of zen and a little bit cool, a union with all the matter in the universe type thing, but would seriously make life difficult for her.

How unusual and beautiful.
She must probably be also turned on by their historical value or their severing qualities: guillotines... Berlin Wall... They all split something in two.

Schizo?

I've taken a handful of sexuality courses at the doctoral psychology level, and I've learned this sort of fetishism is not that unusual. Well, maybe the inanimate object of her fancy is unusual, but there are lots of people who are into stilettos, whips, ropes, and other common objects.

There are even people who 'get off' on things like mathematics, religion or nature.

Sexuality is so fluid and diverse that it shouldn't be pigeon-holed into one model. Let your freak shine!

i'm curious to know what her religious following is, because some hindu religions value all objects as if they had a soul. it's actually very complicated to live with this belief because your main goal would be not to cause harm to anything with a soul, which includes food and the ground they stand on. but i'm also not ruling out mental illness in this case, because to find a wall sexually attractive and worthy of marrying is a bit odd.