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BRIDAL PARTY SEATING AT THE RECEPTION

Hi,

We are having a table for the bridal party and for us at the reception hall.  Which side does the Bride sit on….is it to the left or right of the groom?  Who usually sits on the other side of me?  Who usually sits on the other side of the groom?  My mom thought it is usually do boy girl boy girl…….

Thanks.

Re: BRIDAL PARTY SEATING AT THE RECEPTION

  • Cocnut0216Cocnut0216 member
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    edited December 2011
    usually the bride sits to the left of the goom (the side closest to his heart).

    But it's all up to your discretion.

    We decided against the head table idea and are doing a sweetheart table for just me and him :) it worked best because we wanted our bridal parties to be with their SOs
    "What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined...to strengthen each other... to be one with each other in silent, unspeakable memories." -George Eliot
  • edited December 2011
     H and I did a sweetheart table.

    We sat our bridal party together with their dates near our table (the tables were still set up normal, we just sat them at one of the closest ones)

    Our friends loved that we didn't do the head table and it was really nice just to have dinner with just H and me.

    Honestly, the nobody will be paying attention to the order :)

    Also, just a heads up, when you type all in caps for the subject, it comes off as yelling on the forums. 
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  • Bimbi284Bimbi284 member
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    edited December 2011
    We had a long head table. DH and I were in the middle, I was to his right. His BM sat to his left, and the rest of the GMs sat on that side. My MOH sat to my right, with the rest of the BMs on that side. We don't really have any pics of the whole table, but here is one with me, DH, and his GMs. MY BMs were on the other side of me, this was during my MOH's speech...hence the gap to my right:

  • hz80408hz80408 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_illinois-chicago_bridal-party-seating-reception?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:72Discussion:c8bf1621-f2bb-4305-8c3f-603f788d7c88Post:904f2157-33f6-4779-adce-1110f64bdad2">Re: BRIDAL PARTY SEATING AT THE RECEPTION</a>:
    [QUOTE]We had a long head table. DH and I were in the middle, I was to his right. His BM sat to his left, and the rest of the GMs sat on that side. My MOH sat to my right, with the rest of the BMs on that side. Posted by Bimbi284[/QUOTE]

    This is what we did also. And actually Bimbi made me realize we don't have pics of the entire table...only the girls end, lol.

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  • mscramuzzomscramuzzo member
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    edited December 2011
    FI is a lefty and I don't want to elbow fight him while we eat, so I'll be on his right...plus the way the tables are laid out, my family will be on that side and his will be on the left, so it just worked out!
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