A woman who was not given a plus one to a wedding because she and her partner are not married has described ‘no ring, no bring’ weddings as “a bit gross” in 2026. 

On Moncreiff, Brianna Perkins admitted that weddings have “grown legs from what our parents had back in the day”.

“They were much more sedate affairs in backyards or community halls,” she said. 

“Now, weddings have just ballooned into photo ops for Instagram and you've got to get a Tayto wall, you've got to have miniature little stands, you've got to have flip-flops for the dance floor.

“The cost centres for weddings just keep multiplying.” 

Ms Perkins added that with that in mind, she has no issue being sent a wedding invite without a plus one. 

She only takes issue with that when married couples are allowed to attend jointly. 

“My issue is not with my partner being excluded from the wedding or just getting an invite just for me,” she said. 

“It's that the selection criteria was married couples only.” 

Ms Perkins continued that marriage is not the “ultimate predictor about whether a couple will stay together or are serious about each other”. 

She added that the couple who have a ‘no ring, no bring’ policy are “not particularly religious”, it was just their policy. 

“It just felt a bit gross in the year of our Lord, 2026, that we are making value-based judgments on people's relationships based on whether or not they've got a ring on their finger,” she said.

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