By Kayla Kibbe In a 2003 episode of Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw announces she is marrying herself. While the stunt is primarily an attempt to reclaim a pair of designer heels that went missing at the home of a friend with a no-shoes policy (Carrie only registers at Manolo Blahnik), the episode also questions why people who chose to forgo conventional milestones like marriage and children don’t deserve to have their own life choices celebrated and rewarded. But what was once a tongue-in-cheek plotline in an HBO comedy is now becoming a reality for many women choosing to marry themselves, …