Woman marries train station after being in love with it for 36 years
Carol Santa Fe, 45, from San Diego, California, said she fell for Santa Fe train station when she was nine years old.
Although the union has not been officially recognised by the government, she “married” the building in 2015, and celebrated their one year anniversary last Christmas.
According to Ms Santa Fe, she has 'sex' with the station mentally and identifies herself as an objectum sexual, that is, a person who is sexually attracted to inanimate objects and structures.
"I am married to the Santa Fe train station - her name is Daidra.
"We didn't start a relationship until 2011 but I had been in love with the station since I was a young girl.
"When we got married, I stood there and I told her that I take it as my partner.
"It was the happiest day of our lives."
The volunteer support worker said everyday, she takes a 45 minute bus ride to the station to spend time with the building.
"When I get there I say hello to her - I then walk around the block circling around her, trying not to let anyone notice I am talking.
"There is a private bit where two walls meet, I go there to touch her, which I do by leaning against her with my clothes on.
"When I'm touching her, I feel as though it actually holds me and kisses me.
"I don't have physical sex with the station in public, I want to be respectful.
"I wouldn't do that with a human in public so why would I do it in this case.
"I do have sex with Daidra in my mind when I stand there.
"I especially like when I hear the trains rev up their engines - it turns me on."
Ms Santa Fe, who has lived in California since she was three, claims the train station is the love of her life even though she has been in a previous relationship with a man.
She said: "I loved a human once before, his name was Tom and we were together for 18 months.
"But it didn't work out and I felt amazing when I got into a relationship with Diadra because she told that she would never leave me.
"I love her so much, she is so romantic.
"We first consummated our love a few years ago when I felt the wall behind me, and I felt this energy.
"I came close to an orgasm and I was scared I'd get caught by the station staff.
"I don't ever want the security guards to find out - I am a closeted objectum sexual.'
Ms Santa Fe realised that she was an objectum sexual after she searched online 'I am in love with a building'.
But she is not the first to confess her love for inanimate objects.
Erica Eiffel, an objectum sexual, famously married Paris's Eiffel Tower in 2007.
Eklöf Berliner-Mauer is another well-known objectum sexual who married the Berlin wall in 1979 and was the first person to come forward with objectum sexuality.
There is a debate as to whether the phenomenon is a sexuality, fetish or mental condition.
Ms Santa Fe said she hides her attraction while at the building because she fears that she could be banned from the site.
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