Sweetheart Table or Your Whole Squad?

We're having a sweetheart table. I think it's awkward, and somewhat rude, to make your wedding party sit on display for dinner while their significant others or dates sit alone.

Head table for us. Our venue charges us extra for a sweetheart table. Plus I prefer how the head table looks compared to a sweet heart table. I also think that even though our bridal party might not be their SOs, it's only for an hour they can deal with it.

For ours we are doing a head table. We want to be able to sit with all of our best friends. We will be including their SOs at the table so they don't have to be sitting elsewhere alone. We weren't planning on doing any kind of backdrop decoration for the table and we won't be doing like the one long table with everyone on one side. We'll be doing everyone sitting around the table like the other tables, but just a little bigger than the others and placed with the best view of the lake from our venue

I prefer sweetheart tables. We had a large wedding party so when we included their significant others & kids (I think it's incredibly rude to sit them away from their SOs), it wouldn't work. I think people really prefer to sit by their family & friends instead of by the rest of the wedding party.

I personally like a sweatheart table because it's for just you and the groom. You're both going to run around with all of your friends and family. That's your personal time to sit down and relax. For us, most the bridal party will be bringing dates and we wanted them to enjoy dinner. I've been that plus one that had to sit at a table where I didn't know anyone because the bridal party had to sit at the front tables.