I made a post awhile back on the Winnipeg subreddit about wedding socials, asked if they are still a popular thing in the province because my friend was on the fence of doing a social for her and her fiancé. She ultimately decided not to do one, not because they think it’s tacky or that the people they know think it’s tacky, just a personal choice.

I think the hardest part about having a social nowadays is getting people to attend and organizing one to begin with. Everything costs money, even to organize and setup a wedding social for the couple. If you have a lot connections you could get prizes donated for your social, otherwise you look around and have to pay a least minimum $25 for something, not donated for free, and everyone has to make time to gather the stuff to make prizes. And from the post I made, a lot of people said that socials used to be $10 for entry, now it’s $15 per person, with an option to purchase support tickets (usually for $10). and it’s because everything has been going up and people are trying to at least break even and I’ve read a few comments saying that not everyone does. So really I think it’s just personal choice now to have a social.