Head table?

If your venue will fit it, you could look into a T table… so the two of you at the head, and then a long banquet table down the center of the room. That way your bridal party and dates could sit at the same table and just face each other at the same table. How many people are we talking about? It works best if you have a smaller bridal party.

Otherwise the sweetheart table works well. You really won't be sitting there long. The B&G should be the first people served dinner so as soon as you finish eating you'll be walking around the room greeting guests.

We have 6 people in our bridal party, it would be 12 people, a two year old, and a 7 month old if they all sat together. I'm not sure lol, our venue isn't done being built yet.. though it will be done in plenty of time for our wedding next year though. That's a good idea!

I would just have the Head Table, and depending on how your venue is you can have it longer than just enough for you and your bridal party to sit at it, do they know anyone in your family cuz if anything you can put them with those people and not have to worry about them sitting together, it's not like they're going to be sitting alone all night, just through dinner, then they can get up and party and dance with their significant other.

The T table would be perfect for that size group! use a small 4' or 6' table for the two of you at the top of the T, and then use (1) 8' table and (1) 6' table for the rest of them. You can fit 4 ppl on each side of the 8' table and 3 on each side of the 6' so that gives you space for 14 ppl & the 2 of you at the top of the T.

@Briana - I know it would just be for dinner, but especially with my brother I know he wouldn't want to sit up there without them so that he could help her feed the baby. And most of their significant others don't really know anybody in the family.

@Kimberly M. - Would everyone else still be able to see us if we did that though? Or would they mostly just see the bridal party sitting in front of us?

I am having a sweetheart table to avoid having people not be able to sit with their guests.I am just trying to avoid the drama, good luck!

I want to have a sweetheart table for just FH and I, that way we can have somewhat of alone time. I will let the WP sit with their families or friends or whoever they want.

@ Karen - That's kinda why we're thinking of having one just so there's no drama or fighting.

@ Chelsea - That's a good idea for having one too! We wont get much alone time that day, and if we have a sweetheart table it'll just be the two of us for dinner!

It depends on how you set it up in the room, but usually everyone can see you. Keep in mind, your guests will be eating their meals and not necessarily staring at you for an hour

I think in your scenario a sweetheart table will be fit the need. You can sit the bridal party and their guests to tables close to you.

We are going to have a sweetheart table for FH, myself and my son. We will have 2 reserved tables close to ours for our wedding party and their spouses.

@ Kimberly - Lol I know they wouldn't be staring at us that'd be creepy!! But I went to a wedding once where they had an odd shaped table for the head table and I couldn't see the Bride and Groom at all, for speeches or anything.

@ Fonsetta & STB Mrs. Clark- That's what we were thinking of doing, having two tables kind of off to the sides of ours for the bridal party and their guests.

I am doing just the head table for the bride and groom. I am considering if I should have my two kids sit with us though. So it would go my daughter, me, FH, my son.

I am doing this because We don't currently have equal number of bridal party members, I have two more than he does and didn't want it to look off if he decides not to ask anyone else to stand with him. And because none of them are single and I am sure they would like to sit with their man. Also, I don't want their mans to be bored because aside from my MOH man, the other two wont know anyone there except their partner.

We only have an MOH and a BM(married to one another)so, we are doing a head table, and reserving tables for immediate family.

I think you can pull off a head table that will include their SO's if you do it as Future Mrs. S suggested.

That was our issue...too many people would be sitting alone and way too formal for our wedding. We are probably going to end up with a big 24 person table (3 8ft banquets) and have all the parents and siblings sitting with us. FH has 3 dads...plus wives..plus I have 3 siblings, plus his 2 siblings and wives/husbands/kids. I'm gonna put us in the middle with 2 chairs open infront of us for camera advantage so we can get clear pics of us at dinner. I'm letting my bridesmaid sit with our other friends and her boyfriend, and the GM are gonna sit with all of FH friends at their table.

As long as the BP gets to sit with their dates, I'm sure anything will be lovely. I'm a big fan of the sweetheart table.

Your party is bigger than mine (we have 3 GM's and 3 BM's), but we're doing a non-traditional head table where we will provide extra seats for those of our bridal party who are married or in committed relationships to avoid separating them as well.

I originally wanted a head table, but, by the time we get married, 2 of 8 party members will be married and more than half of them in long-term relationships so i think it's best that we don't. not only does it allow your bridal party members to sit with their SOs, but it doesn't make the SOs at the wedding feel awkward (because i've been there). and sweetheart tables are so cute and sweet.

I wanted the sweetheart table but my fh wants the wedding party to sit with us so I think he can have that small little detail its no big deal

Since the members of our party don't all know each other, we're seating them with the rest of the guests where they'd best 'fit'. We're doing a pseudo sweetheart table, with the MOH (my sister) and her date, and the BM (FH's brother and his date).