Kings Table: How much is too much??

We had a king's table at our wedding with 21 people. It was quite big, but we really enjoyed it. We never felt like we were being stared at or being put on display and it gave us a chance to interact with more of our guests.

Mine's 28 and that's because we had a few single BP members that didn't want to bring dates or else it would have been 34. I think yours is fine.

Okay, number is fine, did change the topic slightly that the problem is the Uneven sides. should I just do 8 and 8 and have empty seats or 7 and 7 and have one "couple" across from each other?

I think your number is fine as long as you can seat everyone with enough elbow room. I also think it's fine to sit a couple across from each other.

I think its okay to have one couple sitting across from each other

I certainly hope not--mine's going to be 24

I think you're thinking too much into it. I also, like you, tried to figure out where everyone would sit too, since we had an uneven number. Trust me when I say, the day of your wedding, you will not give any flying fucks were they sit as long as they sit at that table. I walked to my table to take my seat and one of the people sitting at my table asked me where should she sit. (she was the guest of someone in the bridal party) I told her that it didn't matter and to sit wherever she wanted. It will honestly be the furthest thing from your mind and your least worry that day.

Edit: the only "assigned" seats were the MOH and her date and BM and his date. Everyone else was a free for all.

The way I'm doing mine is: my FH and I are at the head, then going down the sides is, from my side, my MOHs and one's husband (the other does not have a date and she is right beside me), then my bridesmaids and their dates if they have one. From my FH's side is his two BM and one's date (the other does not have a date and is right beside my FH), and then the GM and their dates if they have one. At the other end of the table, the last BM's date and last GM are at the end (GM doesn't have a date). Can't you sit those with dates next to each other? That way nobody is separated. Do BM on one side and GM on the other?

Our BP including us is 19 people, yours sounds good. I would do the 8 and 8 option.

BM and GM is not an even number.. so that would be totally awkward, so it will be mixed, no "sides". Honestly, I want to get away from the bride and groom "side" as much as possible.

That doesn't sound like too big a number at all. I think my friend's king table will have something like 37 people. Which I do think is too many people.

ETA: I wish I'd heard of king tables before we started planning. We're having a sweetheart table for the same reason you're having a king table. Secluding the bridal party from their dates and families.

We are doing 14 as well, except we are leaving two open seats in front of FH and I at the request of my mother. So, everyone is across from their date, and no one is across from us. The gap is so people can come talk to us/take pictures of us during the wedding.

I think it's fine to have one pair sit across from each other. I would much prefer that to empty seats.