Seating nightmare

No, I'm sure your cousins would prefer that! We tried to do that, for the most part (got several requests from adult children to do so lol)

The snag I keep hitting with that method is I get two tables of nine (seats 10) with two brothers leftover who are the youngest guests by far (11 & 13). One seat left with cousins and one with the "old people"

Are your guests ages 11 and 13 yrs old? I would squeeze them at a table and make them seat 11 at two tables.

It's fine to have 9 tops. Don't squeeze 11. I'd put the 11 and 13 yr old with their parents if there is no one else their age. We had tables of 7, 8, and 9.

Do whatever is easiest for you at this point. Seating charts are hard!! I feel like if you get it 80% of the guests where you want then you get a gold star.

We did 8 and 9 at 5 foot round tables, that the venue said were for 10. Unless we had skinnier chairs, 10 definitely wouldn't have fit. We sat 10 and 11 at 6 foot round tables (they recommended 12). Aunts and uncles were put together and cousins were put together.

Ask your venue what size tables they have. Mine have tables that fit 14 and tables that fit 10. I'm planning of mixing some.

I'm putting my adult cousins with each other. My cousin just did that at her wedding. Our parents were at one table and several of us (and any significant others) were at another table. I definitely preferred that. One of her friends was at our table since my FH wasn't able to come. She didn't seem to mind sitting with us.

We had a "friends" table, cousins on his side table, and we mixed and matched for my side since he had more guests than I did. Actually the seating chart may have been one of the easier things I had to do. Thankfully everything matched up really well.

We kind of did this. For example, my sister and her family sat with her SIL and BIL and my cousin and her family. But my sister's MIL and FIL sat with my parents.

I would seat the 11 and 13 year olds with their parents though if you don't have a whole table of kids around that age. I wouldn't seat them with a bunch of 20 or 30 somethings they don't know. I think they would feel uncomfortable.

For what it's worth, I'd rather not sit with my parents. I'd rather sit with cousins or bride/groom friends around my age. I see my parents all the time. Now, if a family unit was separated across the country and in for the wedding, it might make sense to sit them all together so they can spend that extra time together. I know.... it's difficult!

I'm sitting my parents with their siblings (my aunts/uncles) and the counsins together. I just think the vibe will be better that way.

For our wedding, we are going with a couple extra tables and only seating 8 to a table. I just don't want them crammed in 10 to a table.

Its ok for kids, to have odd numbers at tables. I think when you get to adult couples, evens work best