Head Table or Sweetheart Table???

Our bridal party is basically all single, so we're doing a head table. That, and FMIL would throw a fit haha.

All the girls in my BP except for one has a FH/DH/BF who is not in the party. We just inducted my best friend and her FH into the BP over this past weekend when we had our private ceremony. My MOH/Cousin will have a child in the BP too, her daughter will be my FG, and my other cousin's son will be our RB,..so we're letting both cousins bring their kids (they each have 2) even if they aren't in the BP. It would just be too much if we had all 8 ppl in our BP PLUS their significant others, PLUS 4 kids sit with us.. yaknow?? So sweetheart table it is!!

Sweetheart table.. Let the bridal party sit with their dates. It is much more fun that way!

We're doing sweetheart. We only have a MOH and BM and didnt really want to separate them from their family.

Another vote for the sweetheart table

I am thinking about doing a table with just us and our children.

We decided to do the head table. I asked everyone in my wedding party before deciding since they have been opinionated about everything,and they all said they don't care either way. So because I had envisioned the head table on the wall with the mural that reminds me of Tuscany, that is what we are doing.

Wow... I did not know about this Sweetheart table ieda, and it was stressing me out about how to get all the dates a spot....What a great idea!!!

From the beginning I swore we were going to have a sweetheart table. In the end we did a head table. We had the two of us, my MOH and her husband, and the BM and his wife. It was a small room so we didn't feel like we were "presiding" over the reception, which was my initial concern regarding a head table; we felt like we were part of the party. Also a side benefit I didn't anticipate was that the other people at the table could act on our behalf should the waiter come by while we were in a conversation. It worked out great! If you have a really large bridal party you may want to seat them wherever appropriate, or have your immediate party and their spouses with you and seat the rest with the other guests. Whatever works best with you!

For my sister's wedding, we saved seats next to the BP's spouses for after dinner was eaten (for the one's who had significant others who weren't in the wedding). It only ended up being 2 or 3 people though. It's an idea if you are really against a sweetheart table.

My fiance and I are having a traditional head table. We don't like the idea of isolating ourselves from the wedding party and everyone else. (We'll have plenty of alone time on our honeymoon.) I don't think it's so bad to have the bridesmaids and groomsmen sit apart from their dates. It's only an hour or so, and then they will (hopefully!) be up and mingling and dancing.

And I agree with kelseyj: I've read that guests sometimes hesitate to approach the bride and groom at a sweetheart table. They feel like they'd be intruding.

Aaaahh!! I don't know what to do! I only have a MOH and 1 BM and my fiance has 1 Best Man and one Groomsmen. Both of my girls have boyfriends that they live with but neither one of his guys has a girlfriend. I hate the idea of the sweetheart table but I want my girls to be able to sit with their dates but at the same time I don't really want their dates to be in all my pictures.... Blah what should I do?