Runaway brides to pay for cold feet

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Weddings cost big bucks -- $30,000 on average in the U.S. When a groom or bride has a change of heart after the band has been booked and invites go out, somebody has to suck it up. In Mexico, lawmakers want to officially charge the party who bails with the bill. Reuters reports that divorces are on the rise in Mexico, with 3 out of every 10 marriages sputtering out. According to Divorce magazine -- yes, there is such a publication! -- Sweden has the highest divorce rate (54%) after us and India claims the lowest (1%).

But clearly, Mexico has it all wrong. It’s outrageous to uniformly saddle the financial onus of a canceled wedding on the person who broke it off. What if you got cold feet because you came home and found your fiance sucking the wedding planner’s toes?