My mom is pretty open about having open seating at the reception, which is on the smaller side roughly 80 people. I am so determined to have at least assigned table, to help organize people and limit the number of extra tables we would need with an open floor plan. I know that since she is paying she has say, but I can't help feel that this is just a cluster waiting to happen. What are some of the perks of open seating/ reserved seating??
Re: Seating chart help!
I've been to weddings before where I'm the only friend from college or work. It's awkward to walk up to strangers and say "can I sit with you?" Posted by TXKristan[/QUOTE]
Yup, everything here.
I feel like I'm back in school trying to find a seat in the cafeteria. Never fun.
As further justification (and I don't know why I didn't think of this myself all along) - my FI and I went to a wedding last year where the bride was a friend of mine from high school and I knew only about 2 other guests and she had open seating. Because we got lost on the way to the reception and most of the other guests had already arrived, FI and I ended up sitting at a table with only the bride's parents' neighbor and her companion (both of whom were at least 50 yeas our senior). They were perfectly fine company, we just didn't have a whole lot in common and they didn't even know the bride and groom well. Later in the reception, my friend the bride came up to me and said "I feel so bad you have to sit with them!" Okayyyy, if you care that much, why didn't you assign seating?
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