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Give them a plus one and seat them wherever they fit in.

Agreed - letting them bring someone familiar is key, and then just try to put them with people you think they'd get along with. For example, I have a friend from high school who won't know anyone other than me and my parents, so I'm sitting her and her husband with a few other couples (2 married, 1 just dating) who are close to them in age and should get along well with them.

I sat people that had something in common together.

Either I worked or went to school with them or they have the same employee now.

FH’s guest’s are from his hometown, current employer, or ⛪️ and will be seated accordingly.

My Mom’s First Cousins (that I invited) are at one table. Her friends got mixed into the 3 Round tables since the RSVP returns were reduced enough to take away a table.
FH’s parents and their friends are mixed into the 3 Round tables as well.

Everyone will have someone to talk to.

I agree with a previous comment about giving them plus ones or inviting their spouses along with them

You just kind of have to do so aha. There's a lot of tables where not everyone is going to know one another and that's just how it is unfortunately.

I invited them with a guest, and then fit them in at a table where there was someone they might have something in common with so they might find things to talk about. I also considered personalities a bit, and tried to place people that wouldn’t know any others with my more chatty, outgoing friends

I'd just seat them with people you think they would get along with!

We're not doing assigned seating so they don't have to sit with strangers. I always hated that at weddings I went to. I hate having to make small talk with people i've never met

View Quoted Comment I agree, so how would you do your seating if they are round tables?

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They are round tables. I need to go to the venue in the next week and look at them to see how big they are and how many chairs fit at each table. We'd planned a sweetheart table, but still deciding on that one