Divorced Parents Dilemma

You need to let them be adults. It's their daughters wedding you think they would be appropriate. Seat your father with your fathers side of the family and your mother with your mothers.

So I was in a similar situation. My mom divorced my Dad when I was 1. She more or less left him for my Step-Dad. Then she divorced my Step-Dad 2 years before the wedding and immediately started dating a coworker (whom she is still with). DH's parents are also divorced and both remarried. This is something I really stressed about as well. What I did was seat each parental unit (which for us was 5 #oy) at a separate table to minimize contact as much as possible. DH and I sat at a sweetheart table (you could easily sit with your BP) and situated the parent tables around us.

We also talked to our respective parents about behavior the day of. We basically said look we love all of our parents and hope that you can all get along for the sake of the day. If you're unable to do that you will be asked to leave. Everything went wonderfully (we weren't really too nervous), but they all had a great time and got along.

Have a sweetheart table, and sit your parents among their own family members. But a lot can change in a year and a half so don't stress about the seating arrangements. That's one of the very last things that you finalize.

It's your wedding, they knew eventually this day would come. Seat them at separate tables. They are adults and this is your wedding. I'm sure it will be ok.

Parents don't typically sit at the head table. Put them at different tables and sit with your BP.

My parents are divorced, and my dad would've been an absolute ass if I had sat him with my mom and that side of the family. I know it's easy to say adults will be adults, but when you have a parent that still doesn't know how to be one, it sucks. I had a head table, then on either side of the dance floor there was a table that was closest to the head table. At one of those I had my mom, her parents, DH's parents, and his paternal grandparents (his maternal grandparents are deceased). On the other side of the dance floor but at the table of the same position to the head table, I had my dad, his horrifying girlfriend (who no-showed), his parents, and his brother & sister plus their spouses. No one was able to complain that someone was closer to the head table/dance floor etc. So I definitely separated them for everyone's sanity and it worked out very well.

All very good advice, thanks y'all! I am not well versed in seating etiquette and was having a sudden anxiety attack picturing my dad glowering at my mom's BF while my mom cried because who knows why. My parents are great, for the record, just still working out some personal issues with one another

I'm in a similar situation, and curious about how to sit the parents during the ceremony!?! Separating them during the reception is easy, but so confused for during the ceremony.

Being the parents, I'm sure they'll all want front row....it's just so awkward.

For FH and I, both of our parents are divorced, both dads remarried and both moms are single.

I would hope that they could put aside their differences and grow up a little to make such a special day run smoothly. If you want you could just sit with the bridal party or just your husband and you by yourselves. I hope it all works out for you. Do what you have to do. But really they should just be adults. Remember you cant control how they behave.

I also would like to know about seating at the ceremony. FH's parents are divorced. His dad has remarried and his mom as had the same bf for 12 years. His mom and dad live in different states and have been divorced for going on 20 years. They only see each other at graduations of their sons. FH is the oldest of 3and first to get married. They totally hate each other.

Im seating mom with moms side of family dad with dads side of family on oposite sides of the room with fh family i between ut my mom and step dad are no longer together as well so he and his side they will be at tables with each in between fh family we already talked this out with my crazy 3 sides of my family and with his everyone says oh you dont have to do that blah blah we can get along for a day but then you give them alcohol and who the hell knows. So im keeping them as seperated as possible