Automatic plus ones....

We are, unfortunately. My FH insisted on it. I'm hoping that I know at least 50% of the people coming to this thing (it's not looking good).

Personally, I've hated going to any type of formal event (like a wedding) without at least a friend. Backyard bar b que, family function, birthday parties, no problem, Wedding, ya need a date or a friend with me.

We are. There is maybe 3 people they aren't but hat was instructed my family members who added them and said they don't need one.

We are - we have four nameless guests (TBD +1s) of about 180 affirmative rsvps so far... I always hated not being invited to bring a guest as a single.

Edited to clarify

No don't want 100 plus strangers at my wedding. Only adding plus ones for guest husbands or wives.

I am, but almost everyone on our guest list is from our church (Mormon), and so they are families. Mainly it's just my older adult kids. Also we're having a dessert only reception, and both venues are free.

@dreamer, the guests with kids under 21 have a spouse, and we will be addressing the invites to "Mr John Doe and Mrs Jane Doe", and the RSVP will have "we have reserved two seats for you". Our single guests have no children.

We would have done this if we could afford it. Like Celia said, in our area, the per person charge is outrageous. So we unfortunately are only inviting couples together. Our single guests are mostly our cousins anyway, so they will be with plenty of people that they know.

Not me. It seems strange to me to know only half the people at my wedding. Only those in relationships are getting plus ones for us!

That's what we're doing too

Having severe anxiety, I couldn't imagine going anywhere without FH, so I thought about that and gave everyone a plus one. However, most single friends didn't take us up on the offer.

I'd say if you don't know the name of the person you're inviting (as a guest or plus)?

Don't invite them.

We are personally inviting our guests plus ones. So if its an established relationship they are invited. I didn't want random people I didn't know at my wedding or people I went to high school with but never talked to there.

It's just not in my budget to give every person a plus one nor would my venue be able to accommodate 300 people. Most of them are getting one though, but for many of our friends who have nobody special, I don't really see the point in them bringing someone. I just don't want a lot of people I have never met at my wedding. To me, I want to celebrate my day with just my close family and friends. Everyone is different though so if that works for you, then do it!

It would be rude if you don't give adults a plus one.

Not an issue for us, since our crowd is older and mostly married/engaged/in long-term partnerships already. We're seriously the last ones to get hitched of all our friends!

We will have just a couple of couple hard calls to make, which makes it feel weirdly personal.

We're giving everyone a plus one.

Etiquette dictates that anyone in a relationship gets invited as a couple (no matter how long they've been together), even if you don't know their significant other. But true plus ones (giving someone who's single a chance to bring someone he/she isn't in a relationship with) is not required.

A spouse, bf/gf, fiancée IS NOT A PLUS ONE Even if you don't know them well. A plus one is truly for a guest who isn't currently in a relationship. It's called inviting their significant other.

We are having a really small wedding and oddly enough I have several friends who I know would feel pressured to bring someone if I write "and guest" on the invite. So what I am doing is reaching out to them before the invites go out and asking if they would like a plus one. Several of them have already declined, while a few are taking me up on it. I had a couple even tell me that they preferred it this way even if it isn't proper etiquette. We are also in the land of $200.00 per person wedding-ville

This was a non-negotiable for us. Almost everyone has to travel and it sucks to travel to a wedding alone. The only exceptions are my grandmother (grandfather died last year so we thought it would be insensitive), and an uncle who hasn't dated since the 80's and we didn't want to make him feel bad.

I have a feeling some of the few who aren't in serious relationships won't even use their plus 1 since they're going with family.