FI and I put together a rough draft of our seating chart, and it went somewhat ok. Obviously like everyone else, a lot of difficult family situations to deal with, but so far we have everyone sitting at a table. Good start. Although FI got all bent out of shape about our head table situation. We can't fit our entire bridal party at one big head table or that'd be just ridiculous. So it's going to be me, FI, MOH, and Best Man at the head table. Then we'll have the bridesmaids with their husbands at a round table nearby, and the groomsmen with their wives/girlfriends at another one. He thinks this will look stupid, and wants to put all the bridal party at one table together and just spread the SO's around the room whever they'll fit basically. I kept telling him that I'm sure they'd appreciate being able to sit with their SO's since they won't be with us, but he just won't let it go. Ugh!
But also, while we were putting together the chart, it really hit me how FEW guests I have at this wedding. He's from MN, I'm from OH, and we're having the wedding in MN. Aside from my immediate family, I only have 5 family members attending. He has 4 tables of family members. I have a half table of friends, and he has 3 tables of friends. And to top things off, he just switched jobs, so he even has twice as many coworkers attending because we invited old and new ones. We got done with the seating chart, and I was just super bummed out. A big part of the reason I wanted the whole schindig was to celebrate with people I don't get to see often. There's going to be at least 40 people there I've never even met, and he's met all of my friends, family, and coworkers. It really feels like a celebration of FI, and I'm just kind of the girl with no friends. *sigh*
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