Prime number: Wedding parties shrink by 20%
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Finally, a side effect of a lackluster economy that might make people happy: Wedding parties are an average of 20% smaller now than they were in 2019, according to data from The Knot reported by Axios. Nowadays, you’ll likely see parties of eight, with four people repping for each side. That’s down from 10 total in 2019. Annie Joy Williams summed up the predicament of many bridesmaids when she explained in The Atlantic that a commitment that once took a couple of days has morphed into “an 18-month affair featuring four-day retreats in destination accommodations, $800 gowns, an unpaid part-time job monitoring group chats and Venmo requests, and multiple showers.” Williams was writing from experience, saying she had been a bridesmaid every year for seven years in a row and paid nearly $20,000 for the privilege. Why make a good friend shell out that kind of cash when, in many places, your dog can do the job for much less cheddar?
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Key Entities
- • The Knot - Source of wedding party size data cited in the story
- • Axios - Outlet cited as reporting the wedding party size data
- • Annie Joy Williams - Writer cited describing the modern bridesmaid experience
- • The Atlantic - Publication cited for the bridesmaid cost and time description
- • Bridesmaids - Wedding party role highlighted as facing rising demands
- • Destination accommodations - Expense driver cited in the bridesmaid description
- • Group chats and payment requests - Coordination burden cited in the bridesmaid description
- • Wedding parties - Group size trend described as shrinking since 2019
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