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Who's at your head table?

litskispecialtylitskispecialty
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Hello lovey ladies,

Just curious who is going to be at your head table/was there if you're already married?  If I may ask, what made you decide to go this way (either way).

FI doesn't want to do a head table with the full WP (12 with us) and I really want one.  He likes the idea of a sweatheart table(?) and the WP sitting at regular tables with their so's.  4 of my 5 BM's are coming solo and 4 of the 5 GM's are bringing their wives (one is single). 

Most of the wedding's we've been too lately have just the bride and groom table, but I really like the look of the whole WP together esp since FI's GM's are wearing Army Uniforms and will look really sharp in pics.

Thank you!
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Re: Who's at your head table?

  • dhdaydreamdhdaydream
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    edited December 2011
    We are doing the sweetheart table because we thought if our WP brought spouses/dates, they would want to sit with them. So we are putting round tables near ours for the WP, but we are going to seat them with their dates so that their dates aren't sitting with people they don't know.
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  • cg-pm52111cg-pm52111
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    edited December 2011
    We did a sweetheart table with just the two of us.  On either side of us there were two round tables that had the WP, their dates, and some other close friends.  We opted for this because some of the WP had dates and we wanted them to be able to sit together.  And the WP comes from different facets of our lives and we wanted them to sit with people they knew.

    And having a table for just the two of us was nice.  On a couple occassions during the night we were sitting at our table and we were able to chat and watch everyone celebrating.  It was kind of a neat perspective. 
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  • ericcaahericcaah member
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    edited December 2011

    We did a head table, with all 13 of us sitting together. We are so happy with our choice to have done that. It was just so great to have our closest friends at arms length to celebrate. We were all laughing together, singing together during dinner, and got some great candid photos with all of us together. Everyone in the wedding party was really happy to have been sitting with us, too, since they all got so close from planning the showers, parties, etc. They really enjoyed each other.

    My sister, DH's brother, and two of our groomsmen were the ones with dates. We sat my BIL with my family, DH's brother's date with his family, and the dates of the groomsmen (who neither DH nor I had met, and they knew no one at the reception) sat together at a table with some of our friends near the head table. They enjoyed themselves, and were totally fine with it.

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  • Megglez2008Megglez2008 member
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    edited December 2011
    We ended up having the wedding party at the head table with us. There were 8 of us total, and honestly, we were up and out of our seats for most of dinner (even the wedding party) visiting guests, that I don't think they had a problem not sitting with their dates. (Only two ended up bringing dates). We all had such a fun time and I'm glad we did it the way we did.
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  • litskispecialtylitskispecialty
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    edited December 2011
    Yeah my BM's and FI's GM's have never met, but the wedding I was in I hardly sat at the table.  I liked the idea of sitting at the front though.  My date at the time dind't know my friends, but they took him in quickly and he had fun.

    All but one of the GM's see their wives all the time, the other one is currently deployed in MO and only home for the day of our wedding so he may want to sit with his wife.  Thankfully the GM's wives are "Army Wives" and good friends so I think they actually look forward to getting drunk and dancing with just the girls, no kids, no husband etc.
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  • Jillibeans11681Jillibeans11681 member
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    edited December 2011
    No head table ... we're doing a sweetheart table. This way wedding party members can bring dates and have a good time without having to worry that their date is off somewhere feeling uncomfortable.
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  • redvi01etredvi01et member
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    edited December 2011
    I plan to do a sweetheart table for my wedding next summer.

    I am also a bridesmaid next summer and very happy that my friend will be doing a sweetheart table as well.

    I think that giving your bridal party a chance to enjoy the evening with their SOs, dates, friends, family, or whomever else is at their table would make for a more enjoyable evening for them. I would think most brides and grooms wouldn't have much time to spend with their bridal po.arty anyway, since they will probably be either up and about or getting bombarded with other guests coming to say hell
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  • mariegramariegra member
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    edited December 2011
    Haven't decided yet....still pondering the pros & cons of the Sweetheart Table versus the Head Table.
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  • idowed101010idowed101010
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    edited December 2011
    we are doing a sweetheart table too.  we want our bridal party to be able to sit with their significant others.  =)
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  • mabsy69mabsy69 member
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    edited December 2011
    We didn't do a head table or a sweetheart.  We picked one table in the dead center of all the others to be ours, and filled in the tables around us with the WP based on who they could sit with/be comfortable with.  At our tables were our moms, my son, close family. 

    That being said we were barely at our table - really just to eat!
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