Divorced Parents - Seating help?

2003HemiGirl

Hello all!  Need some advice!  My guy's parents have been divorced for many years (since he was a kid) and his Dad has been remarried and has a child with his wife.   His mom is not married or dating anyone.  They are not unfriendly, but don't keep in touch either.  I don't want it to be uncomfortable for anyone, and I'm not sure how to seat everyone to minimize tensions!Any advice would be great!

autumnmarie87

Hey! I am going through the same situation except both of our parents have been divorced and only mine are the difficult ones. What we did was just seat each of our sets of parents with family they knew. My mom and step dad will sit with my gram, aunt, uncle, cousin and great aunt and uncle and my dad and step mom with sit with my sisters date, my brother and his date and my grandparents on that side. It kinda stinks to not be able to have a parents table but I dont want to worry all day about whats going on. Good luck!!

JaimeMarieB

At my wedding I sat my father and his wife with family from his side. And my mother sat with my step dad and his parents and a close family friend.

JaimeMarieB

Just remember at my step brother's wedding my parents and his mom sat together.

2003HemiGirl

Perhaps I should add that he doesn't have a big family, so seperate "family tables" (as opposed to parent's table) isn't really an option either... And my parents are still together...

angeliza

I had almost the exact same situation, but it was my parents not DH's. My mom sat next to my grandfather (her dad) since they were both single, and my dad and stepmom sat in the row behind them. At the reception, we put them at the 2 tables closest to the head table. If there's no real animosity there, then you shouldn't stress too much about the seating.

MiniMin20

If seating them at different tables is not an option, I would have your FI or the two of you sit down with each parent and ask them how they would feel about being at the same table. Maybe they'd be fine with it, or maybe his mom, for instance, would rather sit with your parents or family friends if there isn't any of her family there for her to sit with. Or maybe you could consider inviting a close friend of hers you know, if you're able, so she won't feel like she's stuck sitting with people she doesn't know just because she's single.