Parent in the Bridal Party

Here’s what we are thinking. Another issue is one of our bridesmaids has two children that are 1 & 2 and they’ll be with her. Obviously we need two chairs for them as well, where do we put those??

I don't think it's strange at all to have plus ones sitting somewhere else but hopefully they will know someone they are sitting with. At a wedding I went to recently, we sat with the majority of the wedding parties s/o or plus ones.

View Quoted Comment They’ll know other people for sure. I have actually never been to a wedding where the plus ones sat with the bridal party! I guess it’s a newer thing?

I guess this is a know your crowd thing. No one in our crowd does head tables so everyone in our circle would be pretty annoyed not sitting with their date. If it’s common in your crowd though it might not matter.

View Quoted Comment I’ve never seen a head table with all of the plus ones, and idk that our venue could accommodate a head table above 20 people.

Would you be open to just having a head table with you and FH and your parents. Maybe reserve tables for your wedding party that way they can sit with their plus ones & kids.

I was considering a head table w the usual wedding party but all of my bridesmaids have kids. I think its best they have space to sit with their significant other & their kids. My head table will be just me, FH & an extra chair for my daughter, unless she wants to sit w her grandparents

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I wouldn't mind even just having a sweetheart table, but FH really wants a table for all of us. If we included plus ones and kids, we are looking at 24 people!

We would have the same issue and it's more important to me that people have a good time with their plus ones so we are just doing a sweetheart table for bride/groom and everyone else will be at round tables that seat 10 each. I think head tables are awkward because they dont allow for conversation and there isnt enough room for everyone. I think its rude to expect plus ones to sit by themselves during the whole reception. Just my 2 cents

I sat at a main table with my groomsmen and bridesmaids and their plus ones because they're all married so it was weird not letting them sit with their spouses

View Quoted Comment Thankfully, we only have one couple that’s married and they’re both in the bridal aprty

That, my sweet is the exception to the rule. He does double duty lol!

My brother had our dad as his best man. Dad sat up at the head table with the rest of the bridal party but mom sat with me and family and the rest of the bp's plus one's sat together. SIL's parents sat at a table with their family. The way I see it, it's all of what, maybe an hour, probably less, that anyone is really confined to their seats, where they will be eating, and then they are all free to move and mingle as the want.

View Quoted Comment Exactly! I’m not too worried about it, and it helps that my mom said she and my dad don’t want to sit at the head table