BM ? about her date and seating at the head table during reception??

transcriber87

Thanks so much for all of your opinions on this subject ladies! I never knew things were different all over the USA! I have never been to a wedding where there wasn't a head table or tables..I was in a wedding last fall where my FI sat a table and ate dinner, made small talk etc..We weren't up there eating for long, then there were a couple of toasts and I was free to roam around and dance the rest of the night..when we wanted to sit down, we went up to the head table because the other couples were out and about..All of the other ones I have been to have the bridal party at the table, they eat within 20-25 minutes, did their toasts and then it was party on for them also.

cyndilouwho77

My FI hated the idea of a sweetheart table too....but we have people in our WB with families including the BM who's daughter is also the FG...so we decided on a sweetheart table in round form to match the rest of the room, but not off in some far corner.  All of our WP is sitting somewhere out under the tent not only with their families but also with the people they know....our WP will not even be at another table together...I think everyone will enjoy their night so much more if they can hang with their friends and family or in your case SO. 

DramaGeek

I've only been to one wedding with a head table, and unfortunately I was in that wedding.  It was awful.  First of all, eating on a stage next to someone I barely know - another BM - is not all that fun.  Secondly, the whole time I was worrying about H because he knew no one else at the wedding and I just wanted to be with him.  It sucked.

MelleWoods

My FI was BM for three weddings.  At the first, he was at the head table and I sat at the "significant others of the bridal party table", which was more like the island of misfit toys.  At the second, I was one of only two people occupying the head table when the party was announced, which felt like being picked last for gym class.  At the third, the bride and groom had a sweetheart table, and the bridal party and their dates sat at a different table, together, which was by far the most comfortable for me.
In my wedding, I plan to keep the bridal party and their dates together, because, really, who wants to be assigned to a different seat as their bf just because they havn't gotten married yet?