Of the 125 people attending my wedding about 70 of them are my fiances family, 20 of them are my family, and the remaining 35 are our close friends (he has a very large family and I have a significantly smaller family)...we also have about 30 children in attendance....we are having some difficulties with the seating arrangements....
We are having just a sweetheart table to attempt to make things less complicated but we are still unclear on where to put people.
1. Both of our parents are divorced and married to other people. Where do we put mothers, fathers, and step-parents if there is still some animosity between couples?
2. How about aunts, uncles, cousins, and siblings? Do we put cousins together, aunts and uncles together, siblings together, etc...
3. The only grandparents that are going to be there are his maternal grandparents. Where should they sit at the reception?
4. Is it acceptable to put all 30 children (ranging from 3 to 15) in the same area of the reception hall at large tables? Should we hire a child activities coordinator to entertain the kids so the adults can enjoy themselves or do you think the kids will be self-entertaining since there are so many?
Please help. This whole seating chart thing is driving me nuts. Thanks!!!