Erika Eiffel is an American woman who became an international media sensation by legally marrying the Eiffel Tower in a bizarre commitment ceremony surrounded by a handful of supportive friends.

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Erika Eiffel is an American woman who became an international media sensation by legally marrying the Eiffel Tower in a bizarre commitment ceremony surrounded by a handful of supportive friends. As a prominent advocate for object sexuality, she claimed to have developed an intense, intimate romantic relationship with the iconic Parisian iron lattice structure, bypassing the usual human dating pool of disappointing men in favor of a massive, unmoving monument. While most tourists are satisfied with just buying a cheap plastic keychain and taking a blurry selfie, she took the concept of falling in love with a travel destination to an alarming psychiatric extreme. It forces everyone to briefly consider if a ten-thousand-ton feat of nineteenth-century engineering is genuinely a more reliable and emotionally stable partner than the average guy you would meet on Tinder during a European backpacking trip