Are wedding favors going out of style as society becomes ever more casual?
Not if the girls have anything to do with it!
Practicing giving gifts to matrimonial guests may not be the cultural institution it once was, but weddings will always be one of the biggest dynamos in any economy.
While wedding favors may not be the first thing or two that happy couples think about when preparing their special day, it is something that is still expected and few ceremonies might feel complete without some souvenir for the guests.
Of course, were marriage itself to continue to decline, then there may well be a day when wedding favors go extinct — as nuptials themselves do!
This type of situation is unlikely, and outright impossible for the near future.
The wedding industry is and will remain to be healthy for decades to come.
To play the futurist for a moment, nevertheless, let us envision a world centuries ahead where human civilization has evolved substantially, a Star Trek future where money itself is no longer used, a society as drastically different from our own as ours is from that of the caveman.
No more sickeness, incredibly long life spans if not immortality plain and simple.
Would marriage still make any sort of sense in such a world?
Can people truly be monogramous “forever and ever” when there is no death to do them part?
Maybe not forever, but it does seem that as naturally social creatures there will always be a pairing off of human beings, even if just for a period of time, and it’s not inconceivable that some couples would wish to publicly proclaim their arrangements: that is, to get married.
This could mean that guests would definitely be receiving favors, or gifts, in gratitude of their attendance, even in an otherwise entirely changed world!
