THE WORLD’S MOST EXTRAORDINARY LOVE AFFAIRS

Pascale’s affair may be platonic, but these women all admitted sexual feelings for an inanimate object…

‘I WED A TRAIN STATION’

In 2015, Carol Santa Fe, from California, claimed to have married Santa Fe Station after being in love with it since she was nine years old. The volunteer support worker, 46, visits the building every day and even claims to have “sex” with it, calling herself an objectum sexual: someone who is sexually attracted to objects.

‘MY FIANCÉ IS A CHANDELIER’

Amanda Liberty, 34, from Leeds is engaged to a 91-year-old chandelier called Lumiere, and claims that it was love at first sight after she spotted the light fitting on ebay. Amanda first fell in love with a drum kit when she was eight and then New York's Statue of Liberty, before finding the light of her life.

‘I’LL GROW OLD WITH MY FERRIS WHEEL HUSBAND’

In 2012, Linda Ducharme, then 55, married a ferris wheel she named Bruce. Linda first encountered the fairground ride in 1982, but it fell into disrepair. She tracked down Bruce to a Kansas scrapyard years later and rebuilt it. She said, “My goal is to spend the rest of my life and grow old with him.”

‘MY BLOW-UP HUBBY NEVER LETS ME DOWN’

Camille Hodges was so taken with an inflatable doll called Samuel that, in 2015, the then 37-year-old decided to tie the knot with him. Camille, from Croydon, claimed that Samuel hit the spot both emotionally and sexually – and, most importantly, never let her down.

‘I’M MARRYING MY SEXY TREE LOVER!’

In 2015, Emma Mccabe, then 31, made headlines when she declared she was so in love with a poplar tree she’d named Tim that she planned to marry him. After a string of disastrous relationships with men, Emma branched out by falling for the tree – and claimed Tim had given her the best sex she’d ever had.