Seating Chart-Divorced Parents

wcvsb3b5

I know traditionally there are two parent tables; one for the groom's parents and one for the bride's parents. My parents are civil but I know my mom wouldn't really feel comfortable sitting with my dad and would probably get really annoyed by him if she and my step-dad had to.. What did any of you do in this situation? Did you have three tables for the parents?tia

scoetto

We had 3 family tables. My dad & his dad & their respective families at one table. My mom & his mom and their respective families at one table. And a mixed family table of both families (the mid-twenty crowd) at another. We got great reviews from the guests about their tables. Our families were happy.

lyndausvi

have 3 tables.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

I'm still debating, but my mom has requested to be sat at a different table from my father. Which I was going to do anyway.I'm probably going to mix my parents in with my friends. I'll have a sweetheart table, so my wedding party will be sitting at the regular tables too. My mom knows some of my friends, so she and her husband will sit with them. My dad will sit with his girlfriend, sister, niece, etc. FI's family will probably sit together because there are more of them.

RachNRich

I wish I knew the answer to this--my parents got divorced last october, and just started dating new people--both of which plan to bring them to the wedding. I'm half tempted to stick em all at the same table... They're adults after all, they can deal with it.

scoetto

Oh and "his dad" and "his mom" refers to J's mom & dad. Hope that isn't confusing.

ootmother2

We had three tables.FOB & I are divorced so we just made up our own tables of friends and family.  Grooms parents are still married and ad their own table.not that big a deal, IMO

squirrly

Just give them each a table & fill in with the people closest to them.  If you have siblings, either divide them evenly between the two tables, or put them at an entirely other separate table, so that no one is slighted.

tash_rn

We're having three parent tables and probably a few other family tables since there is so much family.  My mom and step dad will host one with her brothers, my father and step mother will have one with one of his brothers, and my fiancee's parents will have another with some of his brothers, and the rest of the family will get mixed in however.  I have a friend who just got married recently and did it this way and she said it worked out beautifully.  Now if only I can figure how to keep my parents from getting into it at the rehersal dinner I'll be set!  Good luck with yours!

becs11048

We had four sets of parents (both my and DH's parents are divorced and have all remarried), so we had four seperate tables and we just asked who they wanted to sit with, my mom sat with her siblings, dad with his (and my grandparents), etc. it worked out perfect, do what will make the most comfortable, 3 tables