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Spin off: no sweetheart table or head table?

klimberkat, on August 19, 2015 at 11:31 PM Posted in Planning 0 6

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FH really wants to sit with our friends, and hates long tables. We have ten people in the wedding party and most will have SO. Is it too weird to just have 2-3 tables with just us and the bridal party (and their dates)? They would be round tables and I plan to set them all together next to the dance floor. In the weddings I've worked on or attended, I've mostly seen sweetheart tables, so will people think it's bizarre? I told him we won't sit much and he knows that, but wants to be with his friends, not on display. Our biggest issue will be how to split people up among the 2-3 tables, but I'm not overly worried about that detail. I have two MOH so our table will be naturally full with them, BM and dates. I don't hate sweetheart tables, and if need be, I have a year to convince him to go a different direction. :-)

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Latest activity by VMDIZZLE, on August 20, 2015 at 11:00 AM

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Amy & Dan · on August 19, 2015 at 11:40 PM
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I don't think it would be weird. Your wedding-do what makes you happy. We are doing a kings table in the center of the room that will have us and our BP/spouses.
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2d Bride · on August 20, 2015 at 12:34 AM
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We had two wedding receptions--one right after the ceremony, and an at-home one. At the first, everyone sat around one big square table. At the second, we grabbed a bunch of people who had been helpful with the wedding, and sat them at a normal table with us.

At my son's wedding, the bride and groom sat at a normal table with both sets of parents, plus a former nanny of my son's.

You don't have to be on display if you don't want to be.
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Jennifer · on August 20, 2015 at 7:48 AM
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My FSIL was married a year and a half ago, and there was no head table or sweetheart table for them. They basically migrated around, sat with whom ever they wanted when they wanted to grab a bite to eat or whatever. They seemed to have a lot of fun. No, they didn't get to everybody, but they were open for anybody to come over at any point.
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Master November 2015
ashley · on August 20, 2015 at 7:49 AM
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Do what you are comfortable with, and what you think will be fun for you and FH.
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Jersey · on August 20, 2015 at 8:09 AM
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My friends are doing this. They're calling them VIP tables. And because they have a large bridal party, I think it's spread out among 2 or 3 tables!

Nothing wrong with it at all!
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****** · on August 20, 2015 at 10:59 AM
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I think it would be fine. At a friend's wedding, she and her husband sat with their parents and grandparents, then they had two tables of bridal party/spouses. It worked well since they had a small space for the reception.
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