Unfortunately the price thing is becoming more popular here (the UK), though we still have some semblance of sense around the issue. The cost/expectations for

Unfortunately the price thing is becoming more popular here (the UK), though we still have some semblance of sense around the issue. The cost/expectations for these life events seem to spiral in direct proportion to how much so-called-reality TV is broadcast. Idiots outdoing other idiots because they are on television, and a viewing public seeing more of it and believing it represents some kind of norm.