Bringing A Guest To A Wedding

Take your friend. There is nothing to say who your & guest has to be. If they knew you were not involved then they could have just sent the invite to you only and not added the & guest part.

I agree a guest is a guest. We had a few friends bring other friends. We figured that way no one is uncomfortable if they really don`t know alot of people there.

Well etiquette generally says that the bride doesn`t send out "and guest" invitations. When the invite goes to Mr/Mrs or to You and MySignificantOther, you don`t substitute guests - like bringing daughter instead of DH. But the bride, by putting "and guest" on your invitation gave you the option of who to bring. You didn`t commit any faux pas.

Thank you so much for posting this question. I am in a similar situation. I also was invited with a guest to a wedding and am not currently in a relationship. I invited my best friend to go with me to the wedding since she is also friendly with the bride. Then a mutual friend who happens to be in the bridal party told me that I should not bring my best friend because the bride had the option of inviting her and did not. She told me that the bride only invited me with a guest as a formality and did not anticipate me bringing a guest. I am so frustrated because I don`t know if she is saying this because she has discussed this with the bride or if she is speaking from her own opinion. I also wasn`t sure what to do. What should we single girls do? Do we bring who we want or stick out the wedding by ourselves?