Sitting with your bridal party?

Angelicanka Posted: Aug 21, 2007 01:50 PM

Sitting with your bridal party?

Is anyone sitting with their bridal party at their reception? I know its not very traditional, however we have being the center of attention (even though it goes with the territory) and we know that our friends will make it easier and a lot more fun. Problem is.....two of my bridesmaids are married....I know they want to sit with their husbands...I would too, but what do you do about the bf/gfs husbands/wives....do you just sit those separately and stick with the singles?

davenjess Posted: Aug 21, 2007 01:51 PM

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Posted by Angelicanka

Is anyone sitting with their bridal party at their reception? I know its not very traditional, however we have being the center of attention (even though it goes with the territory) and we know that our friends will make it easier and a lot more fun. Problem is.....two of my bridesmaids are married....I know they want to sit with their husbands...I would too, but what do you do about the bf/gfs husbands/wives....do you just sit those separately and stick with the singles?

I wanted to do the same thing - but, we wound up going sweetheart table.

I'm a fan of having everyone - husbands and all on the dais with you. This way - you aren't leave the poor wives/husbands/girlfriends & boyfriends sitting with a bunch of people they don't know... I always hated that - being at a wedding my BF or FH was in and having to sit there, myself....

babylove Posted: Aug 21, 2007 01:52 PM

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my rh has 2 tables for my bp. 1 for the guys and 1 for the girls. they are right next to us but i'd prefer to be the only table everyone is looking at. and besides we will have more dancing space since the space is kind of narrow.

Angelicanka Posted: Aug 21, 2007 01:52 PM

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A sweetheart table?

Snowflake08 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 01:52 PM

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we are sitting alone

i have been in bridal parties where FH had to sit alone and it was horrible

missliss Posted: Aug 21, 2007 01:53 PM

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You're going to be the center of attention whether you're alone at a table (sweetheart table) or not.

That said, if you do decide to sit with your BP, please (and this is coming from many-a-time former BM) sit them w/their guests. It's really not fair to separate your BP from their guests. After all, they're doing so much for you, the least you can do is let them sit with their significant others during the reception so everyone has fun.

kristi313 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 01:53 PM

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i have the same problem. my moh and bm are both single and fh's bm and gm are both married with kids. i can't possibly break them up. i'm thinking about fh and i sitting alone and putting the BP with regular tables but close to us and something distinguishing their place setting to make them feel special.

jeffamanda080808 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 01:54 PM

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Posted by Angelicanka

A sweetheart table?

It is where you and FH sit by yourselves and the bridal party can sit with the significant others.

Espo22 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 01:54 PM

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fh and i are sitting at a sweetheart table alone and our bp with sit with their dates

hb123 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 01:57 PM

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We are sitting with our bridal party and their dates. I HATE all the attentiontoo!
My BP is pretty small though, 3 girls and 3 guys, one of them is a married couple.

angl2001 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 01:59 PM

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we ar doing a sweetheart table so the bridal party can sit with their families, husbans, boyfriends, girlfriends and whoever. i am going to try to keeo them at the closer tables

Angelicanka Posted: Aug 21, 2007 02:02 PM

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Oh no no I would never even think to separate bridal party from their dates/husbands...the question is should we just seat single people with us (not everyone will have dates) or everyone with their significant others. I just don't know how this works...all the weddings I've attended we were VERY far from the bride and groom...forgot even we were part of the bridal party. I don't want that for our friends...I want them to be a big part of our bridal party, especially since a lot of them are our close relatives and close friends. (We have 14 ppl in our bridal party)

mrspalomino148 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 02:03 PM

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were doing a sweetheart table and the BP will sit with there dates.

RadiantBride Posted: Aug 21, 2007 02:03 PM

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I am sitting with my BP. I am thinking of sititng the married/engaged ones with their dates.
I never thought that it might be awkward for them until i joined this site so thanks a bunch girls. I ♥ LIW!

Espo22 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 02:06 PM

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Posted by Angelicanka

Oh no no I would never even think to separate bridal party from their dates/husbands...the question is should we just seat single people with us (not everyone will have dates) or everyone with their significant others. I just don't know how this works...all the weddings I've attended we were VERY far from the bride and groom...forgot even we were part of the bridal party. I don't want that for our friends...I want them to be a big part of our bridal party, especially since a lot of them are our close relatives and close friends. (We have 14 ppl in our bridal party)

most ppl now just sit alone and their bp sits together at separate tables.

You dont see most ppl sitting at a head table with their bp, infact i dont even remember the last time i saw that

Kris109 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 02:09 PM

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We're sitting at a sweetheart table, and will have two tables of BP next to us. We have a total of 13 attendants, so, combined with their dates, it's a total of 24. So, we'll have 12 at each table. (yes, I can add...a BM and GM are a couple...)

AS Posted: Aug 21, 2007 02:09 PM

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NO!! Its just going to be FH and I at our own table and the rest of the crew besides to us, not too far

hb123 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 02:10 PM

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Posted by Nelly

I am sitting with my BP. I am thinking of sititng the married/engaged ones with their dates.
I never thought that it might be awkward for them until i joined this site so thanks a bunch girls. I ? LIW!

It is definately awkward. I have been to weddings where FH was in the wedding party, I knew nobody and he sat at a separate table than me. That is why I am having BP and their dates at our table. Again, the size of our BP allows for that. If it were larger, I would have MOH, Best Man and their dates sit with us, since I don't want to sit by ourselves, kind of lonesome!