So we decided to do assinged tables (not seats though) at our reception dinner. A lot of thought went into it, and we decided it was the best route. But of course it can't be that easy.
My parents are divorced and have been for 10 years almost. They are both remarried. I am no longer close to my fathers family and so they are not going to be invited to the wedding at all. The only ones from that side would be my father, stepmother and of course my brother.
So now we are trying to figure out seating arrangments, and we have no idea what to do about the parent situation. I want my mother and stepfather to sit with my FI's parents and grandparents (they all know each other). And I was going to have my brother be with my father and stepmother. But after that I don't know. I don't want my father to get offended that he isn't at the "parent" table but there is no way I'm seating him with my mother.
And now that I write this, it also is something I need to think about for the ceremony too....oh geeze...
Any ideas?