We invited a coworker of mine and her husband. She is coming to ceremony + reception, but the husband is a police officer and will not be able to make it to the reception until after dinner is over. He is planning to stop by for the rest of the party, though.
My question is this - if he's not coming to dinner, does he need a specific seat? In my experience/circle, after dinner is over, people rarely stay at their table or in their chairs. They dance, mingle, sit and chat at other tables, etc. I'm leaning towards erring on the side of caution and assuming he will be there for dinner just in case he gets off early or something, but they only issue there is that if my coworker attends dinner alone, she'll be the 8th at an 8 person table made up of coworkers. If her husband is able to make it, they'll need to be seated at a different table with people they don't know, and they aren't terribly social people. Certainly not a deal breaker, but I know she'd want to eat and be most comfortable with the people she already knows.