Wedding Insurance

It must be still another sign of our litigious culture that "wedding insurance" is required for this upcoming event. I understand this--someone might fall down (and can't get up), we might set the place on fire, or a drunken guest might leave and cause an accident.

But apparently, wedding insurance is even more complicated than simple liability issues. Wedding insurance is meant to also compensate for disappointment on one's wedding day. By going online and checking the appropriate box, you can purchase insurance against the possibility of vendors not showing up (photographer, caterer, florist), or even rain spoiling your event.  And yes, if you are marrying a flake, you can also purchase "cold feet" insurance.

This is incredible to me.  Why would you even consider getting married to someone you thought you needed Cold Feet Insurance for? The only thing I can figure, is that if you're broke, you purchase said CF insurance, one party doesn't show up (as planned) and you collect a big whopping tub of cash which you then use to elope?

Juli said something very sweet the other day: "Thank you, Mom, for rescuing me from the Wedding Industrial Complex".  I'm only now realizing that she wasn't kidding.  I'm feeling ill-equipped in dealing with the craziness of the wedding industry.

Cold Feet Insurance, indeed.