Fiance insists on Name tags at the reception

Seriously, this is his ONLY request. His mother backs up this idea. I have expressed my distaste for this, in my opinion, ridiculous idea. We have discussed this rationally, and although I appreciate his concern, over not remembering all my mothers siblings and their families from out of state, he insists that is should be at least be an option. I insisted we have 4 months to play family flashcard sessions or match game, which I will probably still do. However, he still really wants this to allay his fear that he presumes other people will also have. I found some pretty floral patterns on Etsy that match our colors and print out on self stick paper. I will have the guests name printed in a nice script and will also use it as the place card at the table. Fortunately our guests are down to earth and pretty sure they won't be writing Dear Abby or be insulted by such a faux paus. I did run it by a few of my family members and they chuckled, shook their heads and said ok. Has anyone else done this before or am I the only one whose fiance has this bizarre request???