Proper seating of families

meyeas01

So I am having troubles figuring out how to seat my family and his.....we have round tables that seat 8 for them. I have my mom and dad who are divorced and his parents. THen I have 6 grandparents. Also two nephews and their parents are at the head table.

Do I seat all the parents together or seat my family/grandparents at one table and his at the other? If there are empty seats who do you fill them with?

jnic0319

I would definitely say separate tables for your family and his.

mica178

Sit family with other relatives and/or family friends.  Keep relatives who do not get along at separate tables.  Your wedding reception should be enjoyable to everyone, and that includes making sure people sit with people they want to sit with.

redheadfsu

You can arrange them however you want. Try to think who would like to sit next to each other. You can even ask them, if you want to open that can of worms.

MairePoppy

You could let your mom, your dad, his parents host their own tables. Let them decide who will sit at their tables. One less thing for you to worry about : )

loop0406

If your divorced parents are comfortable sitting together, then that's great. If not, maybe mix it so they're not at same table.

hd7694

I would let each set of parents host their owm table.  They don't have to sit all together.  They would probably appreciate sitting with their closest family and/or friends anyway.

kelly&wayne

My parents are divorced and they will each have their own table at the reception.  My mother's closest family and friends will sit at her table and my father's closest family and friends will sit with him at his.  In between my parents 2 tables will be my FI's parents table.

quotequeen

I am having my divorced parents host separate tables, and his parents host a table.  I will let them decide who they would like to sit with, but I imagine it would be whatever family is there that is closest to them.  So FI's grandmother will sit with his parents, my uncles will sit with the parent they are brother of, until there are the right number of people at the table.