Sweetheart Table or Head Table

I rather do sweetheart table its a day for you so you two should be sitting alone...headtable reminds me of old school sweet 16 parties

We're doing a head table. I recently went to a wedding with a sweetheart table and the bride said it was awkward trying to eat- she felt everyone staring at her. I see that being a problem regardless but it also looked awkward to me.

I prefer sweetheart and will be doing sweetheart because I've been to 3 weddings in the last 2 years where FH was in the BP and I knew nobody else at the wedding and was seated with random guest lol it was just for eating so it's not too long just awkward

Sweetheart table. By the time we sat down to eat. It was alone time for us. Bridal party sat with their family/friends.

I was one who was set on a head table then I said hmmmm how would I feel if I couldn't sit with my SO. And I also had to realize it's dated. Moral of the story we are doing sweetheart

Sweetheart

Sweetheart.....my FH and I recently went to a friends wedding in which he was a groomsmen and i wasn't in the BP. Needless to say they had a head table and i had to fend for myself....spent an awkward time talking to the preacher and his wife and then coerced to talk to another groomsmans gf..... rude, awkward, and not fun.

@Chelsey Sorry you had to deal with that :-( That's why we did a sweetheart table. I feel like head tables are just so dated and rude...

We opted for the sweetheart table. I'm so happy we did! It was in the center of the room right in front of the dance floor so that we didn't miss anything and it was easy for us to get to our guests

Sweetheart table. My FSIL just got married and had a head table. My FH was at the head table and I was stuck at a table far away with both of our kids by myself. Head table is just rude. But we also let the MOH and Best Man help choose.

I have never been to a wedding with a sweetheart table, only head tables. Is a head table a regional thing?

Head table. All of our bridal party and their so's are friends. They so's will all sit at the same table near us. This is the norm in our friend group

We will be doing a sweetheart Table. I don't want my bridal party away from their SO. Honestly every venue I have visited has the sweetheart table on display by default. They said people rarely ask for a head table anymore, but those that do, they can accommodate.

We are doing a sweetheart table

Head tables themselves are not rude. Head tables where you split up couples are rude. You wouldn't split up any other couples on your guest list so just because it's your wedding party doesn't somehow make it less rude. We sat with our wedding party and their spouses/dates at a regular round table amongst all the other guest tables

We are doing a sweetheart table. Looking forward to having some time with my H while we eat, even if it is only for a few minutes. Plus we didn't want to split our wedding party up from their SO. Most of the wedding party's SOs won't know too many other guests so this way they aren't sitting with strangers.

We did a sweetheart table. Everyone in the WP was married with kids. Plus H has 2 kids of his own. Our head table would have had 20 people at it. LOL! Honestly we spent a total of maybe 20 minutes sitting at the table. We had a couple bites of dinner and then went table to table to greet guests. We sat at it during speeches and that's about it.

We were going to do a head table with just the BM and MOH with their significant others bc FH didn't initially want a sweet heart table but it just worked out better to have a sweet heart table. We made sure the wedding party was all with their significant others/friends.

@PairofKings I have also never been to a wedding with a sweetheart table. Neither had my FH.

I was considering the sweetheart table option because of the reason mentioned by PPs - it's a bit rude to and awkward for SO's. FH shot this down, though, and as he has been a man of few opinions in regards to wedding planning, I don't argue much when he actually does have an opinion. Plus, in our case, almost all of our BP is family, so their SO's will be nearby with other family.

I don't know if it's a Nebraska thing..but I've never been to a wedding with only a sweetheart table or a kings table..only head tables with bride, groom, and bp. After finding here that it is rude we spoke to all out attendents. We kind of have an awkawrd set up as far as 'dates' go. Only 1 of my bridesmaids isn't married however, all my ladies husbands farm together so the wives were happy to ditch them at a table together. On the other side, FH only has one married gm, and one dating gm. The wife won't be able to come and the dating couple are a part of FH large college crowd so she will sit with a group of friends she also knows. I was sure to let them know that we would add seats to the head table if they wanted to sit together but everyone declined.