Sweetheart Table? Or Bridal Party Table?

We are having a bridal party table. I have two single bridesmaids who are not bringing plus ones, but the two groomsmen will have their wives sitting with us at our table (8 people total). We have two children in our wedding party- jr. bridesmaid and jr. groomsman but they will have their own kids table for the 5 total children. Hope this helps!!

We are doing a sweetheart table. Our bridal will be seated at tables amongst friends, dates, significant others and their kids. I think unless you have a bridal party where the pairs are married to each other or dating one another, there’s no need to separate them from their SOs during dinner.

We did a sweetheart table and it was awesome. Just gave us some time for ourselves

We had a sweetheart table. It was lovely having that time together.

Unless your entire wedding party is single, or your party's small enough to include everyones' partners/dates, I'd recommend against doing a wedding party head table.

Way back when, I was actually the girlfriend of a groomsman at a wedding where they had a head table: significant others were seated randomly, elsewhere. When I say dinner was uncomfortable and long... it truly was. I was 20 and sitting with my boyfriend's parents and some older relatives. It was just... not cool.

I have nine people on my side, and he has nine on his. They'll be seated with their significant others and their groups of friends at other tables. I'm pretty excited about just hanging out with FH during dinner.

We are doing a sweetheart table. Most of my bridesmaids are married with kids so they will be at their own tables near-by.

We are only doing sweetheart table and having our bridal party sitting with their SO and their Family at other tables.

Sweetheart table! I did one at my first wedding and am definitely doing one this time.

We had a sweetheart table because we didn't want to separate our bridal party from their significant others. We also liked the idea that it would give us some extra time with just the two of us.

Bridal party table, specifically a kings table! I think its incredibly rude to not seat the bridal party at a head table. They're giving up a bunch of time and contributing a lot of money, they deserve to be treated like VIPs, not like every other guest.

View Quoted Comment Same! Our head table is like 22 people haha with all the WP plus significant others. Question for you since I’m doing the same setup but saw this somewhere and thought it was interesting. Will you leave the two spots in front of you and your FH open? So other guests can see you better, come by to say hi etc? Especially during speeches when you’re being “spoken to” so there’s better visibility? I can’t decide if it’s smart or awkward lol

We are doing a 'mini' head table:

MOH's partner,MOH,bride,groom,best woman,BW's partner.

The Other WP members will be seated at other tables with the guests they know

We are doing a sweetheart table and I can't tell you how it went as my wedding is Saturday (eek)... but we are seating the bridal party plus their SO's and guests at their own table. I don';t know if I will feel "on display" but I am really looking forward to just sitting with my FH for a few moments before we have to get up and mingle again.

I personally loathe head tables, but after reading other responses, I wonder if perhaps it was just poorly done when I experienced it.

The one wedding I was a bridesmaid where I was seated at a head table, I was the only married party member. Everyone else was single and didn't have dates.

I was seated away from my husband for dinner, and it was absolute trash. We were both miserable, and ended up having maybe two bites of food each because we decided instead to spend dinner in their bar area where we could actually be together. I know that it was done because they didn't want an uneven table - again, I was the only one with a partner, so it would have been lopsided on my side - but I honestly didn't have a good time at the reception as a result. That was 8 years ago and I still get a little bitter feeling about it when I think about it.

If you seat their plus-ones or SOs with them, a head table is fine. But don't seat them away from the people they came with.

We had a sweetheart table, which we thoroughly enjoyed. We hadn’t seen each other in over 24 hrs & that allowed us to have some private time. The first 3 tables were reserved for our bridal party & family.

I am doing a sweetheart table. This will allow some intimate moments together and allow the bridal party to seat with their families and friends. I remember seating at a bridal party table and I was barely even there. I took my plate to my friend's table lol

We are doing a sweetheart table and the bridal party will be seated with the guests.

I did a head table. i didn't want to do sweetheart because it was actually an extra cost and we weren't going to be there that often enough anyway. and doing had table for us made more sense since we had those seats available

We're doing a sweetheart table. Bridesmaids will each be "heading" separate tables with their significant others.

We had a large head table and the bridal party/dates/SOs/plus ones were seated there with us. We wanted to be able to spend the seated time socializing with those closest to us and we knew all but one of the plus ones anyway. I was the MOH for a wedding a few years ago that did it this way as well. It was one super long table set up like this:

BM - BM - MOH - Bride - Groom - BL (Best Lady) -GM - GM

The plus ones were sat across the table from the wedding party members and there was nobody in front of the bride and groom. Ours was similar, but we had a larger wedding party and the table was set up in a way that the wedding party members just sat next to their dates.

My husband is a groomsman in a wedding that's happening in 2 weeks. I'm not sure exactly how they're setting it up, but I do know that we WILL be seated together. For myself, I prefer a head table to a sweetheart table. However, I honestly think the most important thing is making sure your wedding party members are seated with their dates, whether they're at a head table or not.