A Brazilian woman has chosen a bizarre path to settling down after she 'married' and 'had a baby' with a rag doll.
Meirivone Rocha Moraes met the love of her life when her mother stitched together 'Marcelo' the rag doll, after she complained to her about being single and having nobody to dance with.
After a few months of courting the doll, the 37-year-old woman claimed that she became 'pregnant' and then ‘married’ her significant other in December 2021 at a ceremony attended by 250 people.
@meirivonerocha casamento teatral com o Marcelo dia 18 de dezembro de 2021 me ajude a chegar nas emissoras de tv e eles vim me dá uma casa própria é o meu sonho
♬ G.A.B - Gill (길) / BoA (宝儿)
In May 2022, Moraes ‘gave birth’ to a little rag doll baby named Marcelinho after going through 'labour' for just 35 minutes.
She livestreamed the event to about 200 people and there was even a doctor and a nurse present at the scene.
'It was a wonderful day for me, very important, very emotional,” said Moraes in an interview with NeedToKnow.online.
@meirivonerocha Video do parto do meu bb Marcelinho #mulhercasoucomboneco #boneco ♬ som original - Meirivone Rocha
The woman says that she is very happy with her life with Marcelo.
“He doesn’t fight with me, he doesn’t argue and he just understands me.”
“Marcelo is a great and faithful husband. He is such a man and all women envy him.”
However she says she is struggling to pay the bills as the sole breadwinner in the family.
“He has so many great qualities but the only downside is he’s lazy. He doesn’t work at all.
“But I am a warrior and I keep it going for us.”
Moraes says that it upsets her when people question the validity of her family.
“It really upsets me when people say this is fake. It makes me so angry.”
“I am a woman of character. My father, my mother taught me to be honest, to be a good person and not want to take advantage of anything,” she said.