Sweetheart-yay or Nay

I prefer them over head tables or king tables. Then people can sit with family & friends rather than being forced to sit with the bridal party.

We opted for the sweetheart table for the same reason. We didn’t have to choose who to sit with, especially since we had a small wedding party. We weren’t at the table king anyway so I didn’t stress over it.

We didn't want a sweetheart time because it felt isolating and with all our wedding party and family coming from out of town, it was important to us that we are dinner with them. That said, we liked the idea of a traditional head table even less. I ended up stumbling along the idea of a King’s table: a long rectangular table with seating on both sides placed in the center of the room. We’ll have our wedding party with their dates at the kings table with us and the rest of the guests at round tables.

Cute for some, but for our wedding it wasn't going to work. Big room, a lot of people, our little table would have been drowning in the room. Having the traditional head table for us was a little better suited for the vision we had.

We had a sweetheart table! I loved getting that time to sit with just my husband and soak it all in. We greeted our guests during cocktail hour and had a welcome party for all guests the night before where we greeted everyone.

I probably would have liked one for myself if I didn't have to pay extra for it aha. If it's free then go for it. We ended up sitting at a regular table with bridesmaids and groomsmen. It works out fine.

We did a sweetheart table - it was great - we were able to sit and eat and have a few minutes together. We were left alone while we ate, and then we made around from table to table to talk with our guests.

Yay yay yay. I think it's nice to enjoy your first meal as a married couple in private. It also allows your bridal party to sit with their dates.

We have a sweetheart table in the corner looking at all of our guests, we have family tables set up around us at 8 people to a table with 16 tables total. Our table is rectangle, I have snuck into peak at the tables being set up for other weddings that are happening at my venue and it doesn't seem out of place at all, I think its because of the size of the tables and the set up. We have too many in our bridal party and too many out of town to show favoritism to the local family to do a big long bridal table. I've been told anyway we won't be at our table anyway lol

I only have 65 people invited so sweet heart makes the most sense. I think it depends a lot on how big of a wedding it is

We are doing a sweetheart table for a couple of reasons. We are going to be entertaining guests all evening long, and dinner is one of the few times FH and I will be able to sit with each other and have a moment. Next, all of our bridal party members have spouses and kids, and I wanted all of them to be able to sit with their families, rather than be isolated at a head table with us. They'll be with us all day. Dinner is the time they should be with their families.

We did one because no matter who we sat with, we would've offended someone lol. So we had our own sweetheart table and sat alone. It was really nice actually, because it's not like we spent very much time sitting there, but several times throughout the reception we would go back to our sweetheart table and just sit for a few minutes together. It was nice to have a couple minutes here and there to just be alone with husband, and actually we ended up having a few times where we just sat there at our table quietly and looked around the room and took it all in! It was wonderful being able to do that, and I think if we had been seated at a table with other guests we wouldn't have had those opportunities for a couple minutes of alone and/or quiet time

We are doing a sweetheart table. We want our bridal party to enjoy themselves with their guests

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We had a sweetheart table and it was great! Our bridal part was way too large so a head table wouldn't have worked. Our wedding was buffet style so we got to get our food first then while everyone else was getting food we got to talk and eat together which was really nice. We weren't isolated at all, and we were only at the table for like 15-20 mins while we ate the rest of the time we mingled and danced with guests

We are doing sweetheart table with our two children. And bridal party/immediate family will be surrounded by our table

I dont like the idea at all.
We're doing a head table.
All of our friends have done a head table. We shouldn't have to change our vision for our wedding just because our friends got married before us.
I also hate the idea of the kings table. I think it looks super rude.

I was in the same boat! We were going to do a regular head table and then switched like 2 weeks ago. I want some "alone" time with my best friend so we can literally talk about whatever we want in the craziness of the day. My biggest reasoning though was not having to split up our bridal party from their dates, because we don't have the best layout for a king's table.

I prefer them over head tables personally. I want my attendants to be able to sit with their significant others, and my FH and I love the idea of taking a few moments away from socializing with our guests and being able to eat together at a table for just the two of us.

I like everyone’s viewpoints. I’m definitely going to see if it’ll cost extra to have one. The main reason I’m considering it is because I don’t want to have to decide who we’d sit with or who’s feelings would get hurt if we didn’t sit with them. It’s not like we’ll be sitting there all night. We’ll be mingling with our guests.