Awkward dinner seating

Maybe you could do a sweethearts table and have tables with your wedding party really close by with their significant others? Idk just an idea. Maybe express that it’d be weird to separate couples.

I think it’s rude to split up couples. I would either have significant others at the head table or do a sweetheart table. We had a sweetheart table and I didn’t feel like the center of attention at all. Everyone was eating, drinking, and talking at their own tables.

View Quoted Comment I did and he groaned and acted very unhappy. Our venue has a stage up front where we'd sit so I don't know how it'd work.

We’re doing a sweetheart table with 2 tables on either side - one for groomsmen and their partners and one for bridesmaids and their partners. I wouldn’t want to go to a wedding where I couldn’t sit with my fiancé.

View Quoted Comment Maybe ask him how he would feel if you were part of a wedding party and he wasn’t and he was placed at a table randomly and wasn’t by you. Maybe try to make him see it from a different perspective.

We are going to sit any plus ones with their date who is in the wedding party. It doesn’t seem right to split them up.

FH & I are doing a sweetheart table- for
that reason! We don’t want them to be stuck at a table close to the head table or scattered throughout. And we didn’t want 18 ppl at the head: US, 8 attendants and their SO.’s.
Trust me you won’t be at “Your table” long enough to be self-conscious! And you can request NO stage.

We had the plus ones sit up at the head table with us! Much preferred by all involved. At weddings hubby has been in when I couldn’t sit with him, I was seated with the other plus ones and they made sure to introduce us before the ceremony so we kind of just hung together.

We are not doing a heads table or a sweat hearts table. We are having two long tables, and sitting with our guests.

We had a head table but we had the s/o's sit with us so we didn't split up couples. Everyone was happy with that. We did consider a sweetheart table but we just didn't have enough room for one and we wanted to sit by our friends and their s/o's.

I was like you and didn't want to split people up. Plus, many of our bridal party were married to each other so it would have been painfully awkward for those who weren't. My best friend did a sweet heart table but it did feel odd to us. We did a "kings" table. We had two large farm tables in the middle of our space with chairs on either side and us at the head. Everyone in our bridal party, their dates, and our officiant and his wife sat at the table.

I really like it and so did our bridal party but it worked uniquely for us and out situation. I also know other people who sat the bride and groom at a table with their parents and the bridal parties at other tables. This wouldn't have worked for us due to family conflict but it's another option to consider!

I’ve seen head tables where the bridal party SOs are seated alongside them, but I hate to break it to your fiancé: the head table makes you MORE of the center of attention than a sweetheart table does. (I mean.. it’s a giant table in front of everyone...)

i would ask your venue if the sweetheart table HAS to be placed on the stage, or if it could go elsewhere. I’ve also seen couples just seated at a regular “guest table” before as well. You’ve got options!

Most of my bridal party is single so we will probably do a head table. I liked the idea of a "King's Table" but it is difficult when my sister has two kids. The closest tables will be all of our immediate family so her husband and my nieces will be close enough she could probably talk to them but still have some time out of "mom mode." If anyone brings dates, I would have them at a table near the head table as well.

I think this decision is unique to what the relationship status of your bridal party is like and how common head tables are in your region. Ultimately, it's up to you!

It's awkward if you have a head table & don't sit plus ones with their dates. Simple as that.

The SOs of our wedding party members sat with us at the head table. Our venue wasn't huge, but we fit everyone by having chairs on both sides. I was very uncomfortable with the idea of splitting up couples, but I also wanted our wedding party to sit with us, so we made it work!

But....it is your wedding....you are supposed to be the center of attention. You won't really be cuz people will be too busy mingling, eating, drinking, and dancing to all just stare at you. If he is still very against it, you should do what the person above me said to do with your party.