Head table or sweetheart table and why?

We're doing a sweetheart table because our venue can't accommodate all of our bridal party and their dates/families. I was a bridesmaid in a wedding once where we all sat at a long head table and it was really nice, but a lot of the bridesmaids and groomsmen were actually dating each other or they were truly single so it wasn't too many people. If we had a head table we would have at least 12 people plus one of our groomsmen has two small children that are coming. So it just won't work out for us unfortunately.

My mom suggested a table with both sets of our parents and I was like yeah no...lol.

We've been adjusting our seating arrangements for our bridal party, but we're definitely set on a sweetheart table. We'll be eating first to then walk around to tables during dinner, so just us together works well. For the bridal party, one option is to have them sit at flanking banquet tables with their SO/guest (only 12 people total) and the other is sitting them at round tables with their family/friends. We will probably go the latter to take pressure off the BP.

We're doing a head table.

1. I have the rest of my life to eat dinner with just my hubby. Yes, not ever again at our wedding, but when am I ever going to have a head table?

2. It makes the bridal party feel special and included. Plus I want to spend time with my bridal party too, some are traveling really far to be there on my day.

3. Dinner is like 30 or 45 mins tops and people move around after anyways. One person is married, her spouse has a friend there plus his in laws and family so he'll be okay for an hour or so.

I went to a wedding with my SO and he sat at the head table while I sat at a table with people I didn't know... I felt very awkward and uncomfortable the whole time. I would consider doing this if I was sure all the SO won't feel uncomfortable or lonely as I felt, haha.

Sweetheart table. I don't want our bm and gm to feel isolated from their dates. We're really just eating there, not spending our entire night away from everyone so it's no big deal.

Head tables are all kinds of rude. It's far better to allow your nearest and dearest to sit with their SO's. It's not fun for everyone to be separated from their SO when they've come to celebrate your union.

We are doing a sweetheart table because most of our bm and gm are married and we want them to enjoy the night with their other halfs!!

We are doing a head table. We are asking the BM's & GM's spouses where they would like to sit & put them there.

We did a head table. I had 5 on my side and 3 were OOT, all with SO's. They wanted to sit with me. My husband's 3 were all single. We sat the SO's together at a table nearby and they did not mind. We all only spent a few minutes eating, then we got up for table visits. It really was not a big deal.

We didn't need to eat our first dinner alone as husband and wife because for one, "firsts" are no big deal to us, and two, we had already had our first dinner a long time ago. Sweetheart tables can be awkward. Head tables work for some people and not always rude AF.

Sweetheart. So my wedding party can sit with their families

We're having a very small wedding (32 invited including us) so we're having a sweetheart table. If we didn't we'd have almost half the reception at one table. And like the others, I'm not about breaking up couples to only have the wedding party with us.

We are having a sweetheart table. Our children which is our bridal party will be sitting at a reserve table. We decided to do the sweetheart table because we know we won't actually have to much time to ourselves that day.

We're doing sort of a head table but not really. We're sitting at a round table with our wedding partyand their spouses/dates. I don't like the look of a traditional head table and think it's actually counterproductive for actual conversation.

I swear I answered this yesterday. Was there another thread on this topic?

Anyway, don't to a head table. They suck. I've been in 6 weddings and had to sit at a head table once, and it was horrible. Don't do it.

Sweetheart table all the way!

Sweetheart table. That was our venue's "standard" way of doing it and it was what they recommended so that we could have some privacy. Honestly, we really didn't want a head table anyway so it worked out for us! Even though we have a small bridal party and small families, it just seemed more like us to have a sweetheart table.

Sweetheart table! For all of the above reasons. And yes, so me and FH can eat in peace. For at least a few minutes, I imagine.

We're doing family table. So we'll sit with our immediate families and BP will sit with their families/guests at the guest tables. Kind of a compromise. Our table will be in the middle and the guest tables will be surrounding us.