HELP! How do you fit SO's into bridal party's head table for the reception??

Just have a sweetheart table for you and your new spouse. Then let your wedding party sit at regular tables with their families or SOs.

^this is exactly what I am doing @MrsF2B

Agree with @Mrs F2B

Let your bridal party sit with their SO's at a table ( or two tables) nearest your sweetheart table. It's really sucks to be separated from your SO for dinner at a wedding.

ETA phone spelling

Thank you guys! what are you guys doing for the ladies and gents who are single? sitting at a table together?

Do you mean the single WP members? Everyone in our WP gets a plus one, be that an SO, date, friend or relative. They'll sit with whoever they bring.

Yeah the single WP members. My problem is that only 3 of the 14 have spouses and only 2 others are bringing a guest. That still makes for 11 WP members without dates. I feel bad making them all sit at regular guest tables since they're in the wedding, but i guess if we do a sweetheart table, they can't make a fuss.... right?

Edit: Yeah I would still seat them normally even if they don't bring a date.

If they all know each other it should be fine. I think the sweetheart table will solve your seating issue and be a little break for you and FH to enjoy together.

Did they choose not to bring a date then?

Yeah. Most of the girls know each other pretty well so they decided it would fun to go dateless... and most of the guys just flat out didn't ask anyone. I gave everyone a plus one, but no one used it! I think you're right. Sweetheart table it is. Thanks for your help

Glad you found a solution you like. Hope your wedding day is magical!

If you want to have a head table and are unsure about have their SO sitting with random people, then do up a table plan ( not a seating plan) for the other tables. Then you can have the SO all sitting together near the front or with their families whichever you think is most appropriate for them. I had the bridal parties husbands and wife's sitting near the head table. The groomsmans wife DH sil Sat with her kids, DHs other siblings, their kids and DH step father. It was nicer to keep all his family together as they all fit one table perfectly. The bridesmaids husbands sat with their kids with my brother and his family and my very very close friends. ( bridesmaids husbands all knew these people very well) the best mans girlfriend sat with my cousins who we knew she would get on with. As she asked not to be sitting with her in-laws who were also their. All of these people were sitting at the tables closest to us. Edit sorry only saw after I posted this your last post that you had decided what you wanted to do..sorry.

No Maria, you've got the wrong idea about the OP. THe poster is trying to be courteous and not separate WP members from their spouses/dates/guests. It's really not polite to separate people from their spouses for an evening of celebrating your union.

OP, that's a large WP, I recommend the sweetheart table and place singles with people they already know.

Thanks for considering your guests!

Just do sweetheart table so that they can sit with their dates.

Have the same amount of WP (7 and 7) and planned to do what is called a king's table (Three options for WP seating: sweetheart table for bride and groom and then WP sits among the guest tables, head table - WP sits all together, often on one side of the table facing guests with bride and groom, and kings table).

We will have one fairly large table down the center with the bride and groom table centered and facing the table with the entire wedding party and their SO's (minus the little people and attendants) and parents sitting all together facing each other down the middle of the room.

Definitely a sweetheart table. Your BP should be able to sit with their significant others.

We did a sweetheart table. We choose to not have specific bridal party tables. Our bp members sat with their SOs at tables with people they knew rather than with the rest of the bp. I've seen this done a lot and it's nice because the bp members get to be with the people they know and likely want to sit with.

This is exactly why i'm doing a sweetheart table and then i'm splitting up the bridal party. I can't expect their SOs to sit alone. I'm making sure everyone has someone they know at their table.

Perhaps you could modify a form of a king's table so SOs could be included?

https://pureandsimpleweddings.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/head-table-vs-kings-table-vs-sweetheart-table/

I don't know enough about how they work, but it seems like an option.

I'd just seat them with people the know and have a sweetheart table. My sister did this and it was nice. I didn't know all the rest of the bridal party well and usually sitting at a head table is very isolated. You can only really talk to the people next to you. This is what we opted for, especially since we only have a BM and MOH. It's easier for them to sit with their families.

Kings table sounds like my favorite idea so far... I want the SO's to be able to sit with the WP but without separating or splitting the party up. I like the concept of having everyone involved in the WP in the front of the room or on the stage. Thanks for your ideas everybody