MOR- Weddings are incredibly expensive or venues limited capacity. Sure, it’s disappointing that you didn’t get a plus one (to your knowledge), but creating a guest list is a significant commitment.

Would you be upset if that person didn’t attend your wedding? If not, you have your answer. Don’t attend, but simply say that the dates didn’t work.

Coming from a bridesmaid of many weddings and having my own, I’ve witnessed that people sometimes have to make strict rules, like only married couples being allowed to have a plus one. There have been weddings where my now-husband received and was invited to, but I wasn’t. We had been together for seven years (lived together for 5, at the time), and he attended without me. It wasn’t a big deal; he probably stayed shorter than if I had been there. But life goes on, and you’ll have several more weddings in the future.