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Mr and Mrs Table vs Head Table? Pros and cons?

Bella, on September 17, 2019 at 5:21 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 9
So which did you chose between a Mrs and Mr Table or a bridal party table? Pros and cons.

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Latest activity by MrsD, on September 18, 2019 at 12:37 PM
  • Kelly
    Champion October 2018
    Kelly ·
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    We did a sweetheart table and sat our wedding party amongst the guests with where they fit best. Pros are they could sit with their significant others/families and I can’t think of any cons.
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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
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    We are doing a sweetheart table. I think it's uncomfortable and borderline rude to separate your wedding party from their dates/families and put them on display for dinner.

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  • Cristy
    Master May 2021
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    We are also doing a sweetheart table, and the wedding party will be able to sit with their families. Every single person in our wedding party has a significant other who is not in the wedding party, plus most of them have kids who aren't in the wedding party. So, to force them to sit at a "head table" means they don't get to sit with their spouses and kids.

    The other reason I have for doing it this way is that I've been to a lot of weddings in my life, and I never liked the look of a head table. It's just so isolating. I told FH that having this big head table between us and our guests felt like too much of a separation. Like we're lording over our guests. Nope. That's just not us.

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  • Mary
    Expert July 2019
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    We did a sweetheart table! It gave us a chance to talk in private and eat our dinner without worrying about making conversation. Our wedding party sat with their SOs among the rest of the guests.
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  • Sarah
    Devoted April 2022
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    I plan to do a sweetheart table so my bridal party can sit with their dates/families. Everyone in my bridal party is either in a long term relationship or coming from across the country and therefore being offered a +1 so they have a travel companion; it wouldn’t be fair to them or their guests to keep them separate, and it would honestly make things awkward imo.

    Also, the sweetheart table will give me and my FW a little bit of privacy and rest time, which as severe introverts planning a big wedding we’ll desperately need.
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  • Mrs. Bubba
    VIP September 2019
    Mrs. Bubba ·
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    We’re having a Head Table. I had to add SO’s/spouses to it last week after discussing WW Forum post with FH. We only had to add 1 additional Rectangle Table to accommodate them.
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  • Kyla
    Dedicated November 2019
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    We are having a head table and sitting with the wedding party. One of the five groomsmen is married and his wife is sitting near us, at a table with her in-laws and other mutual friends. Besides that groomsman, no other person in the wedding party is dating and no one has kids, so we didn’t have to worry about separating couples/families.
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  • Jessica
    VIP June 2020
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    We are doing a sweetheart table. We wanted to have some time by ourselves and enjoy dinner together. Our bridal party and family will be sitting at the tables on either side of us. Just remember whatever you choose, (hopefully) no one will be sitting after dinner, they will be dancing and mingling.

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
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    We had 19 people in our wedding party, several had dates & a few had kids. So sitting them at a head table with everyone would have been insane, and people hate being sat away from their SO. We did a sweetheart table!

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