I think this is a dumb question but I have to ask

[coolrunning]

For seating purposes at a reception... if someone in your wedding party brings their significant other (why wouldn't they?) and you have a "wedding party" table (or whatever they're called)... where does their significant other sit

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[scarletgestalt]

The significant other usually ends up sitting at another table, wherever the couple wants him/her to be. Which I think is terribly awkward, and is why we are doing a sweetheart table and letting everyone sit with their partners and friends.

[coolrunning]

See my only problem with a sweetheart table that I don't want to feel like we're excluding ourselves from everyone else. I want to mingle and interact with others during dinner. That and I don't want all eyes on us since we'll just have had that a few hours earlier. Maybe we'll just sit with family. Thanks :)

[scarletgestalt]

You'd really be in the middle of everyone else - but sitting with family is a good option, as well :)

[weseh]

You can do a bridal party-and-dates table or just mix your bridal party in with everyone else.

[christinaeve]

We'll also be doing a sweetheart table - we want our wedding party and their dates to be able to sit together (or if they don't have a date, to be able to sit with other friends). :)

[whatyouwanted]

That's what we did. We had 2 tables for the BP and their guests and a sweetheart table for us. It saved some awkwardness and everyone appreciated it.

[shandriz]

My fiance's best friend just had his wedding the weekend before last, and I rather liked the way he did it-- his best man (my fiance) and her maid of honor, sat at a table with him and his new wife, as well as the best man's fiance (me) and the Maid of Honour's husband, and a couple other people I didn't know, but assume were very important to them. Then the rest of the bridal party was seated at another table with their significant others next to the one we were at.

This way everyone got to sit with their SO, but they also had the bridal party (and especially the two closest members of the bridal party) in places of honour.

[coolrunning]

I like this idea. Thanks :)

[shandriz]

I actually am thinking we might do the same...or not. XD Ours will be a buffet thing, so we may not assign tables at all. I thought it was a really nice idea for the sit-down thing, though.

[coolrunning]

Haha I knew that I think, my brain is just... not working. I was thinking of sitting with the parents but didn't know if that'd be weird. Glad to know I'm not the only one who's thought of it.