We have had our guest list close to finalized and if anything we are looking to cut it. It will already be a financial struggle for us to accommodate the people we are inviting. We still have some time before invites have to go out so we know some changes will happen. Right now though, all my friends are starting to get into relationships (FI's friends are all married so we've accounted for those). These relationships are getting pretty serious since we are just at that point in our lives. I know in an ideal world everyone would get to bring a plus one. In my ideal world though my guest list would be 2/3 of what it is. Engaged and married friends of course get to bring their SO. What is the etiquette on friends in a relationship where we've never met their SO, they don't live together, and there is no ring involved? Also, what if they are living together. It would seem living together would almost mandate it where just dating might not...but that also seems unfair to people who don't live together for moral purposes. My head is spinning between what the appropriate or nice thing to is and what we can afford. All the friends I have in mind will know A LOT of other people at the wedding so it is not a comfort thing. At this point though if I add someone's SO I don't know simply because of etiquette we'd have to cut people we do know and want to be at our wedding.