Wedding Party plus one seating

I'm sitting the plus ones with their dates. I'm not having a head table because I have been to too many weddings where I sat alone and FH was at the head table. Its really a personal preference but I guess they usually try to sit you with mutual friends.. if they don't have any, at least the plus ones will have a drink in hand.

I'm sitting my bridal party with their plus ones. We are not having a head table either. Just a sweetheart table for FH and I.

We're doing a sweetheart table and spreading the wedding party around with their dates and friends. However, the "extremely large head table" you described is actually called a kings table, which is growing in popularity. If you have the space for it and you'd prefer to have the whole wedding party at one table, nobody would give you weird looks.

We are having a head table. The SO and plus one's of the bridal party will sit at a table together for the most part. My MOH and 2 bridesmaids are my closest friends and we with our SO's spend time together often so they all know each other. My other bridesmaid is my SIL and my brother is a GM. Our Bestman and GM are all close friends except for my brother and their wives will sit together(2 of them are BIL's).

Separating the WP from their SOs is rude. You could do a King's table and everyone is at it. Or have a large head table. Or just do a sweetheart table and have WP and their SOs at a table near you.

You won't be sitting during dinner anyway. You need to eat quickly and then go greet guests while they eat, so dinner won't really be a social time for you.

We had a sweetheart table but sat our WP and immediate family at tables 1 and 2, on either side of us. That way they were obviously guests of honor but still got to sit with their SOs.

Kings table! Plus they look awesome in photos

If they have a SO or spouse they will all (SO's and spouses) be at one table. Luckily all the GM's are single and my BM's are 3 out of 4 of my BM's have boyfriends, 2 of which are cousins so they will all be fine.

FH and I have a sweetheart tables and Bridal party sits with dates at a nearby table.

We're having a sweetheart table for just the two of us and then the first two tables closest to us will have our wedding party. One will have the groomsmen and their dates, the other will have the bridesmaids and their dates.

We asked our bridal party what they were comfortable with. We had a heavy push from our financial contributors (My parents and his mom) to have just a bridal party head table. At the time our bridal party with dates was comfortable with this. However the best man recently got himself a gal so we may be switching things up as she only knows people who are in the bridal party at this time.

We're doing a sweetheart table and having the wedding party sit with their plus ones.

Having this issue too. I want my BP with me at the head table, but don't have enough room to sit everyone with current tables. For weddings that I'm in, I usually leave the FH home (he also prefers this method lol). I figure my time is to be with and support and celebrate my friend not spend it with the FH. That being said, I also understand why people want to be with their SOs when they're in the WP. I think we're going to look into different style table (instead of square they also have trestle style in the same wood) so that the whole WP + SOs can sit together.

We're doing a King's table and everyone (including dates) will be sitting with us. I don't want anyone to feel awkward or not be able to enjoy a nice dinner on a night out with their SO.

Just from my point of view - I couldn't imaging going to a wedding and not sitting with my date. It would be awkward for the date. Your bridal party contributes a lot to your day and for me, i think they deserve to have a date.

Thank you everyone for your suggestions! I think we might look into having a kings table.

I feel the same way soontobemrsp. All (except 1 member of the BP) will be bringing someone and I really do want a head table but obviously we can't put THAT many people at the head table :/

I would either sit them with other people they know and just have them wherever, or I would make 1-2 guest tables for them to sit at. Like a bridesmaids + SOs table and a groomsmen + SOs table.

I have at the Reject SO table, too-- how it could be that these are dear friends of DH's and I don't know the SOs is beyond me, but that has been the case twice. Sit them with other people they do know, or let the BP sit with their SOs-- it's kindest to the guests.

We are seating them together or with people they know at a table that is close to the head table. Our venue doesn't really work with a sweetheart configuration unless our numbers go way down. We spoke to all our bridal party and none of them cared because they have all only been to weddings with a head table. I don't think sweetheart tables have become super common in western canada yet, so nobody I know who isn't planning a wedding has ever heard of them. Also, just a note - we fully intend to greet guests during cocktail hour and during the dancing. We want to make sure we eat, not spend the night working the room. Thats why we decided to have a smaller wedding