Love ‘em and leave ‘em? Then you better be ready to pay ‘em.

That’s the verdict a jury in Hall County, GA, handed down, giving RoseMary Shell an award of $150,000 after she sued her former fiancé for canceling their wedding.

"I am thrilled to death. This has been the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do and I think justice has been served," Shell told WSB TV.

Shell sued her ex, Wayne Gibbs, after he broke off their engagement in 2007. Shell argued her fiancé’s promise of marital bliss amounted to a binding contract and that she was not simply a woman scorned. She said she took a $50,000-a-year pay cut to move from Florida to Georgia just to be with Gibbs after he proposed in October 2006, and that she has suffered financial losses since their breakup. She also said she has suffered emotionally. Her lawyer said Gibbs never intended to marry her.

"Financially he destroyed me," Shell said. "People shouldn’t be allowed to do that and hopefully he’ll think twice before he does it to someone else."

During the three-day trial, Gibbs testified that he had taken Shell on trips and paid $30,000 of her debt while they were engaged. He said that in December 2006, when he found out she had even more debt, he left a note in the couple’s bathroom expressing second thoughts about the marriage. He broke off the engagement for good in March 2007.

Gibbs’s attorney, Hammond Law, argued that a verdict in favor of the plaintiff would send the wrong message.

"You would be sending the message that if you have a dispute with somebody and you think they have been a scoundrel, go get a lawyer and hope the Brinks truck backs up to the jury room," Law said during his closing argument to the jury. "If you award one penny, you’re saying, ‘file frivolous lawsuits.’"

Some observers said the fact one can sue another for a breakup was "outrageous."