Bride & Groom sitting with the guests

I think that's fine. I would have your wedding party with you at the table. It will be easy for you to mingle and make the rounds with such a small crowd.

How big is your wedding party? I think it would be great for you two to be seated with your wedding party, but if it's too many people, then maybe just you two and your parents?

@Caitlyn Thanks, yes mingling should be easy.

@Elizabeth Our wedding party is small. I have my lovely MOH and FH has his brother as BM. Our MOH and BM each have a significant other. That would make us a table of 6. Hmmm

I do like the idea of our MOH and BM(who make up are whole wedding party lol) sitting with us.

Our wedding was similar in size to yours (35 people). We had sort of a head table...ish. We sat with our BP (3 people), the 1 SO out of the group, my niece, and one other good friend. It worked very well for us. Everyone is different but personally I didn't want a sweetheart table. We figured we would be alone later but during the reception it was about celebrating with our family and friends and really wanted to be able to talk to everyone. I knew if we sat alone I would be never sit and would just end up standing while eating so I could be talking to everyone.

Our wedding will be approximately 85 people and we are sitting at one of the regular tables with my parents, his parents, the Best Man, Mr. of Honor, his sister and her boyfriend. We didn't want a separate table.

At my first wedding, we sat with parents, siblings, and wedding party. (It was a small wedding party, only two people.)

At the luncheon after the ceremony at my second wedding, we had one big table for everyone.

At the at-home reception at my second wedding, we just grabbed a bunch of people who had been particularly helpful with the wedding (helping with video, decorations, etc.)

At my son's wedding, the bride and groom sat with both sets of parents, plus my son's first babysitter. (They had actually forgotten to figure out where they would sit ahead of time, which was amusing, but it all worked out.)

Honestly, you can do whatever you like.

One issue with having your wedding party with you is that if you more than a few people in your wedding party, there may not be enough space for the wedding party and their SOs. And having SOs who don't know a lot of people there sitting apart from the wedding party members can be very awkward for them.

I've seen the bride and groom sit at a table with their parents and siblings before. It was actually at a bigger wedding, so I was surprised. I didn't see anything wrong with it though. I think you could sit with your wedding party and immediate family if you wanted to. I say sit with whoever you want.

Thanks for all the support everyone =)

We don't have a wedding party and we're only expecting ~65 people including us. We will sit at a regular table with our parents and siblings (total of 8).

We have ten tables setup in a giant u shape so everyone sat together. There were about 70 guests.

We intended on sitting with our parents but when it came time to do the seating chart it actually worked better that we have a sweetheart table instead.

We did a sweetheart table for our small wedding/renewal. It was a great idea! We had five tables. The main reason was that my parents are separated and we could not figure out a way to make a head table without major awkwardness. Our bridal party consisted of two people so that would not have worked out.

When I was a girl, back home the bride and groom would sit with their guests, usually with their parents and a few people in the bridal party. I also saw the wedding pics of a friend that must have had less than 20 guests - they had a cute long table and the bride and groom sat at the centre.