Head table question: Where do I sit my bridal party's significant other?

We still havent decided, as we don't know how many members of our wedding party will have significant others there yet, but we know, whatever we do, we wont split up dates... oh, and we wont do a sweetheart table.

Im just doing a sweetheart table and no assigned seating. Saves me trouble and time and lets people be where they want to

Have you thought of sitting all the significant others together where they can at least speak to one another while bridal table is still in effect?

Please don't seat all the SOs together apart from the wedding party. After the ceremony is over, and once pictures are done, your wedding party members are your guests. I'd be really upset if I went to an event with my fiance and we were seated apart all night because the hosts wanted their reception to look a certain way.

Exactly why I'm having a sweetheart table as well. Majority of my bridal party are married so its only fair to allow them to sit with their spouses.

This is a great discussion, hopefully it helps me make a decision! lol

I agree that sitting them at a table together may be the best thing.

I'm not doing a head table. FH was totally against it and after hearing is explanation I totally get why. We would have 16 people at our table which means we could not all hold a conversation with each other. We are doing a sweetheart table! :-)

I'm reserving a table for the spouses/dates of the bridal party, so they can choose to sit with each other, or sit wherever they would like.

I'm just going to say that I would hate not eating with my SO at dinner especially with the extra effort that your bridal party puts in to your day, you should give them the respect of letting them enjoy their dinner with their SO. That's my opinion at least. You get to enjoy your FH, they should get to enjoy theirs.

I went to a wedding where there was a head table with just the bridal party, no SOs, and I was at a table with a mixture of couples and the bridal party girlfriends. After dinner, the guys came over and sat down with the girlfriends, so we had no seats. I was friends with most of the guys in the bridal party so it didn't bother me, but it the situation, as others have said, is always awkward. People will always want to sit with their SO.

I personally don't like a sweetheart table, so I plan on having a head table with our parents and siblings (and one sibling SO).

This is why I hate head tables. It seems so selfish. Like, sure you get to sit with all your favorites, but it seems crappy to split up couples like that, especially if their S.O.'s may not know anyone.

I've never heard of a "king's table" but I think this is what we're going to do. I didn't want to split up the bridal party and their SO's, and I just don't like the idea of a sweetheart table. Our tables are rectangular, and we're planning to have long rows. I think I will have the wedding party on one side with us in the middle, like a head table but with the SO's sitting across from their spouse. Then I won't have anyone sitting across from us, so that we can still see and be seen for pictures. We don't want to be "on display" so we're doing what we can to make it more comfortable and casual.

It probably depends on how many are on your BP and how many guests you have, along with how well everyone knows each other. We're just sitting the BP at the table but after dinner and the toasts are finished, people can spread out,

Only 1 person in my BP has a SO, for picture purposes we are having a head table but I'm also leaving a seat open for her next to her SO with the general public. Plus I doubt we will be sitting most of the time, cause we like to partaaayyyyyy

We will do a King's table with me, FH, entire bridal party and all of their SO's. Just makes sense for us because we're all friends and for me, it'll be much more fun to sit with everyone rather than separating anyone.

Thanks everyone!!

Still haven't made my decision yet on what I want to do though, but this thread help out a bit.

I'm glad you started this thread! It helped me decide on a sweetheart table instead of a head table. If I went to a wedding, I'd hate to have to sit apart from my FH just so I could sit with the bridal party!

We did a head table with the bridal party & their dates.

H & I have both been in weddings where there was a head table and we didn't get to sit with each other. It was only for dinner. It wasn't really a big deal. We've been apart for longer lol.

As it is now, we only have one person in the wedding party that will have a date that's not also in the wedding party. 3 are single and my MOH and a GM are married to eachother. I'm still trying to decide if the GM's date will get to sit with us but if not she'll sit with his parents (they have a kid together so she's close with his parents). I just don't know if I want one random at my table or if I should bite the bullet and let her sit there so they're together.