Where do I seat my Bridesmaid's date...who doesn't know anyone?

He should sit with his date.

I always think it's odd to not swat the bridal party with their dates

The BP especially should be able to sit with their dates. I think that since this BM's SO doesn't know anyone that's especially true.

I was in a wedding where FH nor myself knew anyone but the bride and groom and the bride did a head table where he wasn't allowed to sit and he literally sat by himself. It was super casual though, no seating chart and all the guests that weren't family or WP left after the ceremony. I eventually left the head table and sat with him because it was awkward and sad for both of us.

I know this SO won't be on his own like that, but if he doesn't know anyone it can feel just as awkward. The aesthetic won't be broken up all that much, and the comfort of guests is just a bit more important than that agreed? Just sit him across from her at the table.

Thanks guys. I am sitting Bridesmaids on one side, groomsmen on the other. The thing is that our groomsmen and bridesmaids are all married or engaged to each other, except this bridesmaid, so it makes it more difficult.

If I sit him on the groomsmen side, it will be perfectly even, and Josh & I will be directly in the middle, which I like.

He will have been hanging out with the guys anyway, so I think that should work...right?

@Holly- That's exactly what we're doing. I see this too much plus FH's and my own sour experience with a head table. I think my Mom is disappointed, but we're doing a sweetheart and then sitting everyone with their SO and their dates.

@OP- That sounds like the perfect arrangement! I don't see how it's more difficult. If you don't seat him there, that BM is going to be literally surrounded by couples on all sides. Since they all (I'm assuming) came together, it's no problem to put him across from her with the other guys.

Katlyn I suppose that is the best option since you seem set on doing it that way.

Personally I would split the couples in half and sit them with their so on either side

That's weird that your entire BP is couples. I think I would just seat him at the head table. Instead of doing girls side and guys side why not sit them every other that way everyone can sit next to their SO?

We're doing a sweet heart table to avoid this but honestly I've never understood the purpose of breaking up the bridal party like this. If you are set on a head table I'd sit your parents and siblings at the table and the bridal party at another table with their SO.

Seat people who are in a couple next to each other. It seems very odd to split them.

We are doing a head table with the whole BP and their dates. We'll end up having 18 people at our head table, but we're sitting people on both sides. That way no one has to be with people they're uncomfortable with or don't know.

We did a sweetheart table and had the BP sit with family and friends.

Honestly, if they are all couples Id stagger them guy/girl and fit the date at the end as the last guy. I'd want to sit with my FH, not by myself.

I'm glad you posted this because I didn't even think of that! And a sweetheart table is genius!!

We sat our bridal party's dates together at the same table.

I actually have a strange follow up - what do you mean 'help get food around'

I'd seat everyone boy girl boy girl so that everyone can sit next to their SOs. You and your groom will still be able to be perfectly centered.

We are doing a head table and thankfully all BM/GM dates are close with the family members so they will be sat with the parents of their dates with an extra seat left at that table

Edit: I believe only 3 or 4 of our 12 in the bridal party are even bringing dates.

We are doing a head table but all SO's of the bridal party are being seated with them at the head table. We are either using a U shape so everyone can sit next to each other or seating the dates directly across from each other.

I've been on a friends wedding party where my friend told me she wasn't having a head table and said it would be okay if I sit with my FH and 1yr old daughter (they didn't know anyone) it was suppose to be a small wedding anyway.....however at the last minute she decided she was having a head table and I had to sit at that table....her wedding ended up being more people than she expected and there weren't enough seats for everyone to fit (seats were literally back to back!)

In a way I was upset becuz it was super awkward for FH and my daughter to sit alone and not know anyone (plus in the corner up against the wall next to the djs speakers....so she ended up saying it was okay for me to sit at the head table for the beginning and move after eating....but it kind of felt like I wasn't included in the BP once I sat by FH. I guess it was my fault for moving but I didn't want my FH and daughter all alone.