200 wedding without a seating chart? KILL ME

Im not having one either, but to be fair ive only got 70 guests and nobody would follow it anyway. But for 200 guests, wow, i think that would require a seating chart. Madness is coming.

She was like, tweeking from the moment she got over to my house due to stress so I knew if I had anything negative to say she would just go over the edge... I just did this creepy half smile and was like "ohhhh that's... interesting" (the MN Nice was of saying WHAT THE F*CK are you THINKING!?)

I think no seating chart for a smaller wedding would be ok, but I do not like going to a larger wedding with no seating chart. Then who knows who you will be stuck sitting with. Plus I think finding your place setting and seat are half the fun!!

Stop the madness!!!!!!!

My Phoebe gif didn't upload right. Fail.

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/stop-the-madness!

That's going to be incredibly awkward for so many people.

I decided a month until the wedding to do a seating chart. It was a hassle but I feel like it’s going to make the day less chaotic, especially with divorced parents. I went to a wedding that had like 120 people and it was a bit chaotic, 200 just seems disastrous.

We're having about 140 guests and we are only seating the wedding party and our parents. the rest can figure it out since 99% of them know each other already.

Seating charts are just one more way to stress yourself out over shit that doesn't matter at the end of the day. no one remembers how wonderful it was to have everyone in their proper chairs haha

See, I have to disagree, Dana. IIIIII happen to remember every wedding I have been to that did not have a seating chart... maybe I am more anxious than most people, but it gets a little feisty when there are like, 2 tables left and people are looking for seats together and a couple wants two chairs together and there are people that wont move... I could go on. Yuck. I don't mind spending the extra time and stressing a little more for the convenience of my guests. However, I know this is a preferance, and you are right- it is definitely something I wont take away from my day or your from yours!

This same friend's FH actually did not want to have chairs at their ceremony. She was adamant about it thought and got them, thank god. At least there was no question about chairs at the reception, though. Could be worse.

All in all I haven't had an issue with them. We are going to go a head and do one but for the most part I think most find seats, sit and all is fine with the world. Worse things could happen then a wedding with no seating chart. Hope you have fun.

I am going to be lazy because only our special guest and bridal party will have assigned seating but then again we are only having about 75-85 guest....200 might be a hot mess

I'm dreading it, but it will be done. Since I'm requiring my guest to RSVP, at least I can take the time to arrange seating. And for any people you didn't RSVP, no seating.

I had over 300 people at my wedding with no seating chart and things ran PERFECT! People are smart enough to seat themselves with those they know and those that don't know anyone wont be anymore awkward finding their own table of strangers then they would you seating them with strangers. I found out afterwards that a bunch of DH's friends say with my friends and are now friends with each other, yet I would have never seated them that way.

I don't love it either. We went to a wedding without one, not as many guests, but still not a small wedding, and people were leaning chairs against the table to reserve their places. Then when it was time for dinner the FOB was walking around with stragglers trying to find seats for them.

It made the reception seem cheap, and the couple lazy. Like they just couldn't bother. The reception was not cheap.

Love your SBTB reference!!! So pro seating chart.

We're not having a seating chart, and we've got 230 people coming... I think it'll be fine. FH & I went to a wedding one time WITH a seating chart & got put at a table with not one single person we knew & they were seriously rude & uninviting, so that kind of put me off & we did not have a great time. I'm actually quite certain that's the only wedding I've ever been to with a seating chart. Not a great experience... But, like I always say about weddings... it's your day, do you

I also think comparing it to your wedding is difficult... because I don't think you notice the ruckus going on with seating at your own wedding when you are sitting at the head table, happily seated with your hubby and wedding party. Again, it is total personal preferance, but I seriously CAN.NOT.STAND weddings without seating charts.

SIL had a seating chart for her wedding, and she only had 40 people. But then she had to deal with her groom's divorced parents and not wanting to be near each other.

I find that if you start with your most important people i.e. parents, bridal party (if not having a head table), close family members and start grouping them together, then you can go from there. If you have a bunch of cousins and spouses, put them together at one table; your friends from college, they get another table; your FMIL's friends, another table.

As long as there is plenty of seating I don't see an issue. I have been to two weddings with an open seating plan. One didn't have enough tables/chairs so yup I ran to save one for myself and FH first, too many people standing around for too long. The other wedding had more than enough seating, so 4 of us sat at our table for 8, it was nice and some couples even sat alone.

See, I've only been to one wedding that I can remember that had a seating chart...and it turned out to be awkward since they put part of our family at another table. I would rather sit myself at a wedding and most the weddings I've been to we've done that and it worked out fine. But to each their own. Most of my guests know each other anyway I think they would find it weird to have a seating chart.