Why, in so many instances, are plus ones only valid (and invited!) when they are romantic, when a platonic partner could fill the role just as well, if not better? | ✍️ Alanna Duffield writes for Metrouk
That was the one request of the bride and groom at a wedding I attended this summer.
Perhaps because of this, people are beginning to question why the quest for a plus one needs to be so hard, or if it even needs to exist at all. I’ve had friends choose not to go to a wedding, rather than face the shame of going alone. A shame that’s brought about either through self-imposed feelings of loneliness, or unnecessary sympathy from family and friends.
From ‘giving our daughters away’ and wearing white to represent purity, to throwing the bouquet at single women supposedly desperate to be next down the aisle, it’s enough to welcome raised eyebrows from me, put it that way.
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