Spouse seating

I think the whole point of having a significant other or date for a wedding is to enjoy it with them. We have a small wedding party but decided to just do a sweetheart table and seat the wedding party at tables with their people. It seems more like decoration to have them at a head table. You could seat the wedding party together at 1-2 tables depending on the size. Rearranging your seating chart is a hassle but it will allow everyone to have a much better time. If I were a date and didnt know anyone, I would feel pretty aggravated sitting with a bunch of strangers. It's bad enough that they have to entertain themselves during the pre-ceremony activities, photos, etc. Just my 2 cents.

That's so cool! I'll get the wedding vibes going on Saturday & send them to you on Sunday! Best of everything to you & yours!

View Quoted Comment Lol, you're funny!!
Okay, so I say it's your wedding do what you want!!

My venue has lights under the tables so there wired and can't be moved. All the tables are round so I am planning on just putting reserved signs on the first three or four tables and letting the wedding party sit there. I never thought about spouses until I read this!! So thank you for posting because I would have run into trouble down the road!! Lol!! I suppose I will reserve one extra table so wedding party members can sit with there SO but if I could have a big rectangular table in the front for the wedding party, I definitely would because it's
what I want!! And it's my wedding!! And spouses would just have to deal with it, lol!! But it wouldn't be a bad idea to have one table for all the spouses of the wedding party to sit at together, that way they wouldn't be alone, they would have something in common and could hang out together!! I think someone may have mentioned something like that earlier too!!

But yeah, that's what I think!! Remember, it's your wedding!! The only people you need to please is yourself and your fiance, everyone else can suck it up and deal with it!! Good luck girl!!

We had a sweetheart table. The bridal party sat with spouses and other guests.

View Quoted Comment Lol send them on! Good luck to you as well!

We left our wedding party sit with their significant others. We did a sweetheart table.

I find it interesting that so many people are saying they seat their bridal party with their SO. I honestly have not been to a single wedding where the wedding party sat with their SO. I don’t mind the idea, but We will have the traditional head table at our wedding.

My plan is to sit all the fiancés, spouses,
significant others together while the bridal party sits at the head table. Just seems easier this way!

View Quoted Comment Lol glad I’m not the only one!

We had a sweetheart table for my husband and I and then had our bridal party at the 2 tables closest to us. Their significant others sat with them.

I think its entirely up to you and what you want! I want a head table and I plan on their spouses sitting among the crowd. I've always seen things done this way.

Sweetheart tables are a thing where it can be just the two of you and the wedding party with the rest of the crowd.

Theres also a king's table. Where your wedding party and their dates sit with backs to the crowd. Not my cup of tea.

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But yeah, that's what I think!! Remember, it's your wedding!! The only people you need to please is yourself and your fiance, everyone else can suck it up and deal with it!! Good luck girl!!

This is really a terrible attitude to have about any event you're hosting. You're getting married; that doesn't mean that you suddenly get a pass to treat other people badly.

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Why not be the first to treat your WP and their SOs well, and start a new trend?

View Quoted Comment How is seating the wedding party together treating your guests badly??

...And how is pleasing yourself and your FH at your wedding that your spending $20,000 on, treating your guests badly??

Your logic makes no sense to me, but that is your opinion, and I had mine.. do suck it up and deal with it!! 😁

FH and I will be seated at a sweet heart table. I have a reserved section for our wedding party and their SO.

No you are not wrong. The bridal party table is separate and after all the formalities then they could get together.

I would definitely incorporate spouses or dates if possible at the head table. If that isnt an option I would do a sweetheart table for myself and FH and let my wedding party sit with their SO.

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Exactly, you can have a spouse of the bridal party table. I will be doing this to accommodate them.

View Quoted Comment I would have them sit up with the other guest but close to the sweetheart table. That’s what we are doing

I’ve been the spouse sitting alone at a wedding when my FH was a BM. It’s def awkward, but realistically, I was only sitting for dinner. After that it was a free for all lol don’t kill your chart for one couple, I’m sure they’ll understand