Just sayin'...

rswan412

....that I hate, hate HATE trying to figure out a seating arrangements of sorts? Did anyone else who has done this want to pull their hair out?

PeachesKFG

Yes! I tried to do a "rough draft" of our seating chart and it is a lot easier said than done! Im getting down to the smaller details of wedding planning - seating, invitations, favors...and honestly I had a much easier time planning the bigger things like vendors and attire. Frustrating! At the end of the day, you should be able to seat your guests however YOU want to, and they shouldn't have a problem with it. It's your day

rswan412

Agreed...it's always this person that wants to be with that person, and these 6 that can't be split up...I had too many tables of 8, and we need tables of 10, then splitting up one table of 10 to go to all the 8 wouldn't work....I wanted to throw it across the room! I think we have a good compromise now though...UGH

MoonlightSilver

I dread the day I have to do a seating arrangement.

Carebear62584

I'm not looking forward to it.  Did you try doing it with the post its?  I think that's how I'm going to find it easiest.  I sort of started, but there are people that I have noooo idea about and need my mom or FI's mom's help.

rswan412

Yeah, I did post its. It was super helpful. It's just a matter of making everything fit which is so annoying! People take it so seriously, where they are sitting..I keep reminding everyone it's at the aquarium, and a buffet, so there won't be tons of time where you need to stay in your seat.

that being said, I am trying very hard to make sure everyone will be comfortable. There are a few couples that I had to place with people they didn't exactly know, but I tried to pick it on interests and age so there would be some sort of common theme.

Carebear62584

The way I see it, I can't do any worse than my friend did it when I was in her wedding.  I was her only friend from college even invited to the wedding (I was a BM).  She lives out of state so I only met a few people at her shower/bachelor/bachelorette weekend.  You would think that she would have at least sat me with one of them.  Nope, she sat FI and I with people I had never ever met before.  It was the mish-mash table where nobody knew anyone and it was just super awkward.  We ended up not enjoying the wedding at all.

PeachesKFG

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_just-sayin?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:65Discussion:6f9d3fcf-7305-428b-a879-f6e41920c757Post:97666250-0159-4529-8cef-49f193d3095e">Re: Just sayin'...</a>:
[QUOTE]Yeah, I did post its. It was super helpful. It's just a matter of making everything fit which is so annoying! People take it so seriously, where they are sitting..I keep reminding everyone it's at the aquarium, and a buffet, so there won't be tons of time where you need to stay in your seat. that being said, I am trying very hard to make sure everyone will be comfortable. <strong>There are a few couples that I had to place with people they didn't exactly know, but I tried to pick it on interests and age so there would be some sort of common theme.
</strong>Posted by rswan412[/QUOTE]

I think you are definitely doing the right thing if you are keeping that in mind. I think that it is inevitable to have some tables of "strangers" but as long as they are around the same age group, same interests, and have at least something in common...then you've done your job as the bride!

LeesaxJune

Is it bad that I'm not doing a seating arrangement, aside from the head table and my fiance and I's immediate families on either side of the head table? My hall is fairly big and there are plenty of seats, plus our families interact fantastic with eachother. Figured it wouldn't be much of a deal to them. I'm having a very relaxed wedding though.

toltols

I had my parents and FI parents do the seating charts for their sides and then we just worried about our friends.  ZERO stress that way.

MoonlightSilver

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_just-sayin?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:65Discussion:6f9d3fcf-7305-428b-a879-f6e41920c757Post:f093bdf4-b429-4026-b707-1e44ed6960f5">Re: Just sayin'...</a>:
[QUOTE]Is it bad that I'm not doing a seating arrangement, aside from the head table and my fiance and I's immediate families on either side of the head table? My hall is fairly big and there are plenty of seats, plus our families interact fantastic with eachother. Figured it wouldn't be much of a deal to them. I'm having a very relaxed wedding though.
Posted by LeesaxJune[/QUOTE]

<div>If you know your families wont fight over seats, that sounds fine. My family, I know, would find a table with 10 chairs, take 7, and then leave the other 3- so maybe a couple could sit, but then there's 1 chair left, and two people (a couple) left standing or split up. </div><div>
</div><div>I will most likely use sticky notes or TheKnot's tool... I already put myself and my parents in for that. haha.</div>

mcb126

Aside from the what we call "VIP seating" (tables for wedding party & parents), we're not doing a seating arrangement either.  Advice that I've gotten from other brides and also complaints that I've heard from guests at other weddings I've attended, is that you can never make everyone happy with their assignment! lol