Where to Seat Your Bridal Party

CloudNine Posted: Aug 24, 2009 01:03 PM

Where to Seat Your Bridal Party

so we have a rather large BP (22 people to be exact)

when we break the people with guests down to tables it works out uneven with who we can sit with eachother. we would end up having to make smaller tables which im not sure i want to do because then i have to get more table linens.

is it bad to not have a BP table and just sit them with other guests?
Have you been to a wedding that does this? does it look silly? is it a dumb idea?

jme78 Posted: Aug 24, 2009 01:05 PM

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I was recently at a wedding where they did this - I think it worked out great - friends got to sit with other friends, family got to sit with other family, everyone had a great time!

MarjorieFrank Posted: Aug 24, 2009 01:05 PM

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I was in a wedding in July and I sat at a table with the rest of the bridesmaids. I hated it! I was sitting with people I didn't know and I was sitting with the groom's 6- and 8-year old sisters. All my friends were at their own table and I was so jealous! I would sit people by who they're friends/family with, not by bridal party.

AngnShaun Posted: Aug 24, 2009 01:06 PM

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The only wedding ive been to where the entire BP sat together was my cousins and thats cause there were only 3 of us...

My BP will be at separate tables.

Lsorrent Posted: Aug 24, 2009 01:08 PM

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When I was in my best friend's wedding a few years ago, she had a couple of non-BP members (or non-BP members' dates) at our table. I think two of them were co-workers or something that she's very close with.

ETA: I completely forgot. I was just at a wedding where FH and I were not in the BP, but we sat with all of the BM's and their dates.

kris_gets_hitched Posted: Aug 24, 2009 01:17 PM

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When my best friend got married, she kind of mixed us in the BP in with other friends at different tables. It all worked out great and she put alot of thought into the seating - she put people with other people that they had met before.

RitasEngaged Posted: Aug 24, 2009 01:18 PM

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I have been to a wedding where they sat some of the BP with us - I didn't think anything of it

MikesBride2B Posted: Aug 24, 2009 01:32 PM

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My BP will be sitting with people they know and like...I want everyone to have a good time!! When I was a BM in my MOH's wedding she sat us with friends...it was much nicer because I wasn't more than aquaintances with most of the BP.

little j Posted: Aug 24, 2009 01:41 PM

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Posted by jme78

I was recently at a wedding where they did this - I think it worked out great - friends got to sit with other friends, family got to sit with other family, everyone had a great time!

same here. it worked out great. they are still your guest, so have them mingle with others.

DaniandKen2010 Posted: Aug 24, 2009 01:44 PM

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We are sitting our bridal party with their families, I don't really like the BP table but thats just me.

julesrbf Posted: Aug 24, 2009 01:50 PM

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I am actually not having a BP table. My BMs are not all in the same group of friends so it makes sense to sit them with their own groups of friends. This is how I would want to be sat if I were a BM; I'd feel awkward otherwise!

MrsGRod09 Posted: Aug 24, 2009 02:09 PM

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I'm seating my bridal party with their family and significant others.

JenBill61210 Posted: Aug 24, 2009 02:58 PM

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Posted by nydk21

We are sitting our bridal party with their families, I don't really like the BP table but thats just me.

ITA

MrsCM Posted: Aug 24, 2009 02:59 PM

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We are seating the BP according to who they are and who they know. Some are together, some are not!

Future Mrs Roo Posted: Aug 24, 2009 03:03 PM

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This is exactly what Im doing. Alot of my bridal party is married and some of their spouses or significant others dont know anybody else at the wedding. So I didnt want them to feel awkward

ellie424 Posted: Aug 24, 2009 03:04 PM

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We are going to have our BP sit with their family/friends. I've been in BPs that have done this and thought it was great!

KerriJohnS Posted: Aug 24, 2009 03:13 PM

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MY BP will be sitting with eachother. Probably a BM table and a GM table. Their dates will also be sitting with them.
Surrounding the BP will be my friends.. so they will all be in one area.
Also, my BP all pretty much knows eachother and are fun party people.... so I KNOW they will have fun sitting together.

The one thing that I'm not a fan of... is the dais table where you have the bp up there with you and their dates have to sit seperatly. It's slightly uncomfortable... but not that worst that can happen.

I think it's fine to sit the BP seperate... it all depends on whos in your BP and what kind of wedding you are having.

summerbridetobe Posted: Aug 24, 2009 03:26 PM

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We are going to sit the BP with their dates and people they know... some of them will be together and with other family for example, and my BP friends will be with other friends.

cavvento Posted: Aug 24, 2009 03:56 PM

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I'm seating the bp with where they would sit if they were NOT bridal party - in other words, with their friends! They are spending enough time together between ceremony and pictures, etc., and I know they'd have a better time sitting with their friends.