So my FH and I have mostly couple friends, but there are a few outliers who are single. However, they ALL know multiple other people being invited and would be sat with said friends. At many weddings we have attended recently, there have been plenty of people there who were not given plus ones, and no one made a stink about it. I was discussing with coworkers a friend who had just broken up with her BF and whether I kept her as a 2 or took her down to a 1 (she will have 5 other people there that she knows and routinely hangs out with), as well as saying that my cousins, who are all single and will be coming with their family (invitation would read "The Clark Family"), would not be getting plus ones. I was immediately attacked with "I WOULD NEVER GO TO A WEDDING IF I WASN'T GIVEN A PLUS ONE" and "IT'S AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMED THAT EVERYONE GETS A PLUS ONE, IT'S SO RUDE NOT TO", etc.
So basically, what are your thoughts on plus ones? I was always told that unless they are in a serious committed relationship, they don't get a plus one...has this changed?