I don’t know if this is a silly question, but is there any etiquette for splitting up families when making seating arrangements?
My cousin got married this past weekend, and my immediate family was split up between 3 different tables. My fiancé, my brother, and I were at one table, my sister was at another, and my parents were at another. I was a little disappointed because I was sitting with a lot of people who I don’t know very well but I wanted to be with my own family. I realize it was probably done so that the adults could sit together and I’m sure some of the younger guests had more fun sitting with people their own age… but I, personally, didn’t like it. I sort of felt like I was a random guest and they didn’t know where to seat me so they stuck me with the other randoms. I know it’s kind of trivial, but I haven’t been to a lot of weddings so I was just wondering if it’s typical to split up families? I have a long time before I’ll be working on any seating arrangements for my own wedding, but my experience this weekend got me thinking about how it should be done. Is it in bad taste to separate families or does it not really matter? Any opinions would be appreciated!