A Russian lady, Rain Gordon, has finally tied the knot with the love of her life, which just happens to be a briefcase.
The teacher, 24, has always been sexually and romantically attracted to objects, despite having had relationships with human men in the past.
In August 2015, she met the briefcase that would become her ‘husband’.
Rain had bought the briefcase from a hardware store as a prop for a photoshoot, and soon found herself falling in love with the item, which is called Gideon.
”And now, five years on, the couple have wed. Rain, from Moscow, Russia said: ‘My fascination with objects began at the age of eight.
‘From my childhood I believed that a soul is embedded in objects, as well as everything around us.
‘I believe in animism, which means that there is life in everything.
‘The attraction was instant, but Rain says that at first, she didn’t take things seriously.
‘I had no idea that we would end up together,’ she explained. ‘I admired how he looked, but I didn’t think anything more.
‘But then I started liking Gideon for more than that. I slowly realised I was starting to fall in love. ‘I’d want to look at him for hours and feel his presence.
After another few months in November the relationship began. ‘We shared out first hug and kiss, and we spent more time together in the evenings and nights.
‘We could have philosophical conversations for three or four hours.
‘Our spiritual connection and communication is shown telepathically… I hear him, and he hears me, but from the outside it looks like a monologue.
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‘Gideon is more than just a partner to me. He is a husband, a friend and a mentor. ‘His moral support helps me more than anyone else.
Sometimes I feel like Gideon knows me better than I do.’ Rain identifies as an objectum sexual, which refers to individuals who develop deep emotional and/or romantic attachments to, and have relationships with, inanimate objects or structures.
While she had been interested in many different objects and structures in the past, Gideon was her first real relationship.
Rain attempted to get into a relationship with a human man in 2017, while still in a relationship with Gideon, but found she couldn’t connect with him the way she did with the briefcase. She eventually realised that Gideon was the one for her.
While at first Rain did not tell anyone about her relationship, she eventually told some of her friends and her brother, who have all been very understanding. After five years together, Rain and Gideon finally got married in June this year, being wed by a friend online.
The marriage isn’t legally binding, but the couple have special wedding rings with engravings on them, and Rain is overjoyed.
‘In May, just before my birthday, I received a gift that I could not even dream of. I got a proposal,’ said Rain. ‘I happily agreed and made an order for wedding rings, with individual engravings for myself and for him.
‘The wedding was in June but we held the ceremony much later in a hotel room in October.
Rain hopes that by sharing her love story, she’ll break down some of the misconceptions and stigma surrounding objectum sexuals.
