A bride has put her foot down after being pressured by her friend to let him bring a plus one to her wedding - but she doesn't want to "experience this day with a stranger". Deciding a wedding guest list is never easy as it can often cause riot between friends and family members. But with a capacity limit at the majority of wedding venues, some tough decisions have to be made whether people like it or not.
Opinions are often divided when thinking about plus ones - do or don't you invite them? Some believe it is polite to invite a person's other half, but others don't want to invite partners unless they know them well. One woman has been left torn for issuing a firm no to wedding guests who want to bring someone with them. She wants to make it very clear that only those listed on the invitations were welcome.
In a recent rant on Reddit, the bride, who wishes to remain unnamed, pointed out it would cost her a lot more money to add plus ones. "I really don't feel like I should feel pressured to invite somebody I barely know," she said. The bride said her wedding guest list is already at 200 people and the venue she and her husband-to-be choose is "very limited on how many more people we can invite".
She explained: "My wedding is next fall and I have a few friends who wanted plus ones. I made a guidelines on who gets a plus one and me and soon-to-be husband decided on we would only allow plus one to people who have been together for at least a year. I've had a few friends tell me.
