I want to have table assignments for a couple reasons.
1st - MONEY. without table assignments you need extra tables, chairs, sashes, place settings, favors, centerpieces etc... I'm trying to save a little money where I can so that I can have other things that I want.
2nd - I like table assignments. Every wedding I've been to before that had table assignments I had a great time because I sat with people my age like my cousins or friends. Whenever there aren't seating assignments I either have that akward OK where should I sit or I feel obligated to sit with someone I don't want to.
I thought seating arrangements were common and becoming much more popular. I have been to very few since I was a child that didn't have seating arrangements. However when I was younger it was ALWAYS open seating.
My mom doesn't want a seating arrangement (my parents are paying by the way). She didn't like where she sat last time she had assigned tables. My sister is saying that I shouldn't do it because at the same wedding my mom is bringing up my sister claims she had an AWFUL time because of where she sat.
Personally I don't think a whole lot of thought really went into the table assignments at that wedding. It was basically sit people from the same side of the family with same age people. It didn't seem like they thought about who liked who and who didn't like who.
My mom and my sister are the ONLY people who have said anything negative about having table assignments. So, do a lot of people feel this way? Am I being overly controlling? How do I convince my mom that this is a good idea and that I'll put a lot more thought into it?