Should we have the bridal party sit together?

I didnt have their dates sit at the head table...thats just too many people...

I had a table not far from the head table with their dates...once dinner was over pretty much no one sat or didnt sit in their orginal seats...

The Bridal Party doesn't have to sit with you, but regardless, their dates should not. Put all their dates at a table together. Or do a sweetheart table with just you and FH, or put your bridal party and their dates at a table together.

I've also seen head tables of the couple and their parents only.

I like to suggest some options.

I think it is very nice to have the bridal party's dates sit with them specially if they are married or dont know anybody else. if your bridal party is too big you can always have a sweetheart table. split the bridal party in 2-3 tables with their dates and make sure that theyre table is closest to you after your parents.

We are sitting at sweetheart table (that way, we can talk to eachother) and our party will sit with their families.

We see a lot less "traditional" headtables. I agree with A Regal Affair that the sweetheart table for the bride & groom is nice along with rounds for the wedding party and their dates/spouses. Keep in mind that the wedding party is really only had a the headtable during speeches and dinner. Don't worry too much about it

We're doing the traditional head table, with us and our bridal party. We will have 4 "reserved tables" close to us: 1 for my parents/grandparents, 1 for my older sister and her family (they fill a table all to themselves), 1 for FHs parents, grandpa, neices and nephew, and 1 for dates from my bridal party. Dinner won't last that long (its a buffet, not a 3 course meal or anything fancy) and after dinner no one will be sitting in their original seats anyway (including FH and myself)

But then, I've talked to my BP and they are all fine with it.

We were going to do a head table but I think we're going to do a sweetheart table because some of my BP are kids and I want them to sit with my sisters. They're my nieces and nephew. And since that only leaves the best man and maid of honor I am just oging to let them sit with whom ever. The best man has a date and the moh is going to be sitting with her parents.

Yeah, forgot to mention that our flower girls/ ring bearers will not be at our head table.

We are putting our parents at the Head Tabel with us and haveing separet tabels for our BP and their dates, Becase alot of our BP is married to each other or dateing each other. So to make everyone happy and the haed table smaller we are putting our parents with us!

We did a Sweetheart table. I think it's more intimate and looks cleaner

You don't have to have your bridal party sit with you. In fact a new trend that is going on right now especially with my brides is that they want just a table for them. Then they have a table for their bridal party and one for their close families. Then everyone else sits wherever the bride sits them. Remember, it's your wedding. You can put it together anyway you like. There are no rules to anything. So have fun. Congrats! If there is anything else you have questions on please feel free to contact me anytime!

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Elisha White

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I would say no. Either you can have the bridal party to sit with you or have a sweet heart table for just the bride and the groom to sit. Most/ all dates know that if they are in the bridal party that they will not be seating up their with them. At our wedding after we ate the everyone was dacing and walking around etc. It was only for about 30 min they would sit up their so we can eat. After that they can hang out with whom ever.

I am having BP's dates sit with us at the head table/ I thing its absolutely and utterly wrong to separate them and would never do such thing to my friends

You don't have to have a head table, most people do a sweetheart table now. then you can sit the wedding party among the other guests with their dates, it's better that way.

I was a date when my FH was a groomsman in a BP. The bride understood how I might feel uncomfortable sitting with people I didn't know. So, me and the dates/spouses of the BP were able to sit at the head table! I think that was really considerate of the bride and groom to think of us in that sense. I'm even considering doing that, OR have a sweetheart table with me and FH along with my MOH and her husband and his BM and his wife, that way, we can still converse with people other than ourselves, but not be at an overcrowded table. :-) You can consider that??? Hope that helps!