Divorced Parents - Seating Arrangements?

Also, where do I sit my mom’s boyfriend? Any advice would help.

I put my mom with her siblings and neice. I put my dad with his siblings, mom, and cousin.

I plan on putting my mom with her family and my dad with his. It would never have occurred to me to seat them together.

View Quoted Comment Please do not split any couples. Without thought or malice, her boyfriend should be seated with her.
You mentioned emotional abuse. That is a very touchy and tricky subject. I don't know your situation, but I do hope you make every effort to prevent any further emotional abuse. Keep them as separated as possible. Do not plan seating arrangements, photos, or any other activity that puts them in close contact unless there is someone whose presence will dampen your father's abuse.
Good luck with your plans.

We have the same issue with my fiance's family. We're probably going to sit his mother, her husband, and her family will be seated at one place and his father, father's girlfriend, and his family at another (different rows are the ceremony and tables at the reception).

I am in a similar situation; it would be WW3 to sit my folks next to each other. For the ceremony there isn’t assigned seating so they will be in different rows or on either side of the same row. For the reception I’m seating my mom and her husband with people they’re close to on one side of the head table, and my dad and his gf with people on the other. Actively seating them as far from each other as possible

My FH and I both have divorced parents and they will ALL be sitting at different tables with their respective family and friends. Everyone will be much happier that way!

When exH and I got married, his parents sat at separate tables on separate ends of the reception hall. They were seated with their side of the family and their SOs.

Oh boy, this can be fun. At my sister’s wedding we had major drama go down. I’ll give you a short story. My parents divorce was like WW III like 28 years early or something. She got married first and I’d always thought about this plus I’m the older sister. So her and my dad had a GIANT fall out after he kept asking her what he needed to wear and she just kept saying oh whatever. Then she finally told him she didn’t want him to walk her down the aisle that it was going to be my mom instead. So he blew up. He also lives in another state. Oh and this is after I’ve been kicked out of the wedding for being upset that I’m not her maid of honor, her best friend is. So we (now fiancée) sit in the back. My dad goes up to the front row and sits in the seat on the aisle. After my mom was done she sat at the other end of the row with her husband. My dad was not escorted nor did he have any flower of any type or recognition he was father of the bride. They did not have any dancing so she didn’t didn’t have to worry about who to dance with. It was a real crap show. Both my mom and sister tried to come over and talk to me and that didn’t go over well and haven’t heard from either one since. The family dynamic has always been messed up but tons of tension. I’d maybe suggest end of the aisle if both insist on being front and center and tell them it’s your one day, put everything aside and be adults.

I'm having my parents sit at their own tables with my FHs parents sitting at a table between them.

Are you discussing seating arrangements for the ceremony and/or the reception? The reception may be a bit easier, because it would make the most sense to simply seat them at different tables.

Both of our parents are separated. So we’re having a sweetheart table towards the wall in the center. There will be big tables on each side of us in the corner of the ballroom and we’re putting one mom on each table with their closest family members. Then we’re placing the dads and their closest family members in the corners opposite. So imagine a rectangle where each parent has their own table with their loved ones. We’re also making it so that the divorced parents tables’ are diagonally opposite from their ex instead of across. So rectangle room, each parent dominates a corner table or area, and a sweetheart table in the middle.

Moms boyfriend definitely sits with mom. Same with other couples.

Fir the reception, we had two parent tables to make sure everyone would be comfortable, and we put them on opposite sides of the room (but still nearby our sweetheart table). DH's mom and stepdad sat at one with some of their relatives and DH's dad sat at the other with my parents and some of my other relatives. DH didn't really invite anyone else from his dad's side of the family.

For the ceremony, I just asked his parents what they were most comfortable doing. My parents actually said that if it would be too uncomfortable for DH's parents to all sit in the front row together on the same side, perhaps DH's dad could sit in the front row with them on their side. When I spoke to them, though, and asked if they all wanted to sit in the front row on one side or have one of them sit on the other side with my parents, they said they would be comfortable all on one side in the front row together (DH's mom, stepdad, and dad).