Sweetheart table vs. Head Table

awick14 · August 2010

We are doing a head table, I had never heard of the sweet heart table untill now. We are only having the wedding party at the head table. All of there dates know someone else at the wedding and they will be seated at the same table with someone else they know.

Belle2Be · August 2010

*coughheadtablessuckcough*

meima · August 2010

I agree with the PP about it being difficult to hold a conversation at the "standard" head table.

Provided we can fit everyone, we will probably do a "family style" table for FI and myself and our wedding party and their dates/partners (max 10 people). I'm hoping this will allow us to chat, FI and I will be facing our guests, and we won't feel like we're being eyeballed all through the meal. lol

MrsG2B83 · August 2010

I don't know if I'd like a sweetheart table. It feels kinda isolated and fish bowl-y. Every wedding I've been to has had a head table, usually on a platform. Most of the members of the wedding party know each other (hell, at least 3 of the pairs are couples themselves!) and we'll only sit together for the meal. I'm sitting the dates with at least one person they know so that they won't feel awkward. After everyone's eaten and the music's pumping, I don't care where they go.

eguerra23 · September 2010

The biggest reason FI and I want a sweetheart table is to steal some sweet moments together as husband and wife.

It sounds cheesy, but we both talked about how nice and wonderful it'll be to look out and be like, "WOW! THIS is our wedding! Look at all our family and friends who are here for us!"

But mainly we just want to be able to enjoy each other and whisper flirty things to each other that no one else knows but us.

alehayes · September 2010

We're doing a sweetheart table. We have a 12 person WP, and like Stage, I don't agree with splitting up couples at a wedding. That seems extremely rude to me (not to mention 26 people all sitting together seems REALLY ridiculous to me, not to mention a nightmare logistically. Our venue would be much better suited to smaller groups).

Also, it seems like we won't be sitting at the wedding much anyway, so we'll get a little bit of private time in the midst of all the hustle and bustle. I really don't think any of our guests will be offended by us sitting by ourselves.

I was a BM in my sister's wedding when I was in high school, and there wasn't a head table. I didn't have a date, but I enjoyed being able to mingle and hang out with my cousins instead of having to sit with all my sister's friends I didn't know (my sister is 10 years older, so I doubt I had much in common with the rest of the WP).

MISSCOURTNEY20 · September 2010

We are doing a sweetheart table only because the hotel coordinator suggested it. Our wedding party is not big at all. 2 on my side and 3 on his. My daughter, who is 5, will sit at the table with my mom and my son, who is 15, will sit at the head table. The sweetheart table will be right above the head table on a platform so we won't be seperated from the rest of the party.

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