How should I handle Plus 1’s at my wedding?

Here’s the deal… this will always be a sticky situation so it’s best that you and your fiancé come to a decision on how to handle this and stick to it. You obviously invite the following people with a date: any who is married, engaged, living with their significant other or been dating them for years. If you think your best friend’s boyfriend of six years is terrible yet she is completely smitten, she should still be invited with him even though you find him to be painful.

Then you go into the murky water of singledom… Weddings are a great place for people to meet, so if you have a lot of single people attending you probably don’t want to invite them with dates. First off, if you somewhat seat them together they will have built in friends for the night and who knows what can come from that; secondly, you want to avoid turning your wedding into a collegiate date-party. If you are only going to have a couple of single people you may want to reevaluate.

It all boils down to numbers and, keep in mind, consistency is key. So, if one is invited with a date, then they all should be.