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Hi there, I am having quite a large wedding, I have a 20 person wedding party. Which will be up at the head table, Our honors tables will consist of one side of my family, his family then the other si
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Hi there, I am having quite a large wedding, I have a 20 person wedding party. Which will be up at the head table, Our honors tables will consist of one side of my family, his family then the other si
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seating arrangements??????
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Hi there, I am having quite a large wedding, I have a 20 person wedding party. Which will be up at the head table, Our honors tables will consist of one side of my family, his family then the other side of my family, then ushers personal attendentds and any spouse. But what gets me is do i have a seating arrangement for the rest of the quest? I have cut my list to 300 people, the hall sits 400. its an old time skating rink turned into a dance hall. my future mother in law says no, my mother says yes and my step mother and father say its my wedding. my soon to be sister in law says she didnt.... my sister didnt aswell as my cuz... I have been to like 5 weddings and none did, so I am tossed????? We are doing this wedding by ourselves with only one income and 3 kids under 3. We are doing a champaign wedding on a water budget. hahahaha, but seriously we are going as cheap as possible. And my fmi is trying to invite more and more guest, so im worried if i have a seating arrangement she will invite someone i dont know about and they will be made cuz they have no where to sit?
any suggestions?
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Re: seating arrangements??????
posted at 2/8/2012 1:30 AM EST
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How can you FMIL invite people to your party? Not considerate since she is not footing the bill. Anyways, that is a ton crap of people to figure out a seating chart!
A seating chart would help make sure couples and people that know each other sit next to each other.
I would talk to your FMIL and let her know you have reached the maximum on your guest list. It is not her place to invite people.
If you are on a serious budget and have not sent out invites, I would seriously cut back the guest list so you can host a nice party for the people you care about most and not FMIL's acquaintences.
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Re: seating arrangements??????
posted at 2/8/2012 8:42 AM EST
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In Response to seating arrangements??????:
Hi there, I am having quite a large wedding, I have a 20 person wedding party. Which will be up at the head table, Our honors tables will consist of one side of my family, his family then the other side of my family, then ushers personal attendentds and any spouse. But what gets me is do i have a seating arrangement for the rest of the quest?
I have cut my list to 300 people, the hall sits 400. its an old time skating rink turned into a dance hall. my future mother in law says no, my mother says yes and my step mother and father say its my wedding. my soon to be sister in law says she didnt.... my sister didnt aswell as my cuz... I have been to like 5 weddings and none did, so I am tossed?????
We are doing this wedding by ourselves with only one income and 3 kids under 3. We are doing a champaign wedding on a water budget. hahahaha, but seriously we are going as cheap as possible. And my fmi is trying to invite more and more guest, so im worried if i have a seating arrangement she will invite someone i dont know about and they will be made cuz they have no where to sit? any suggestions?
Posted by trishshome23
For that many people, you *need* a seating arrangement. There's just no way around it.
Tell your FMIL that the list is done and she can't add people onto it since you are paying for it yourselves.
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Re: seating arrangements??????
posted at 2/8/2012 10:48 AM EST
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You definitely need a seating chart for that many guests -- it's the considerate thing to do because otherwise you'll have a zoo on your hands. It's also the smart thing to do, because otherwise you'll need to have extra tables because people don't naturally fill them out -- you'll end up with tables of 7 or 9 and families might have to split up otherwise.
And have your FI tell his mom that the list has been finalized and no one else can be added. He should be on your side on this issue.
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Re: seating arrangements??????
posted at 2/20/2012 6:52 PM EST
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thank you everyone..... how do I make a seating chart? there are 19 tables in the middle including the 4 honor tables.... who do i sit here and who do i sit on the other side.... there is a small half wall between the two areas it does have bars between the half wall and ceiling. will guess be mad if i sit them not in the middle?
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