Yeah I think divorcing people need showers more than marrying people. They're the ones who are more likely to need a toaster and need cheering up. When I was lonely and bitter I always resented not only having to see gushy displays but shell out money for them too!

I predict that obsolete as it is, as long as people can remember having to shell out for other people's wedding showers, they're going to want their own to recoop the losses. I admit I would probably have the human nature to be part of the problem instead of the solution too! ;) Free stuff is hard to turn down.