Let’s give all newlyweds an escape route just in case they hit the rocks

WHAT with emails, texts, mobile phones and Facebook, when the postman arrives it’s almost always to deliver us a bill or yet more junk mail.

One tradition has survived the electronic revolution more or less intact, though: to receive a wedding invitation through the post is usually a thrill, a day to look forward to. The only concern is having something to wear.

Perhaps you’ve had the same experience as me, though. A good friend tells you he or she is marrying that totally unsuitable person they met what seems like only weeks ago. You hadn’t realised it had gotten so serious so soon.