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Re: Parents of the bride and groom table ettique

  • MobKazMobKaz member
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    lyndausvi said:
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    Where I live, it's customary to have the following people at Table ONE:  bride's parents, groom's parents, officiant and spouse.  And that's what we did too.

    But you have a special situation, so have your mom host TABLE ONE, your dad host TABLE TWO, and the groom's parents host TABLE THREE.
    I always find it funny people think certain people have to sit at specific tables numbers.   I can't remember the actual table numbers our parents had except they were both in the teens somewhere.   Our table number was also in the teens. 
    This was just brought to my attention at my nephew's wedding.  My sister in law took her escort card and was giddy to read that she was at Table 1.  After a few more of us grabbed our cards, it was very clear that a mistake had been made, and her Table 1 was supposed to read Table 10.  I never realized people associated their number with any ranking system.

    We did try to place guests strategically, but never thought that the numbers should "jive" with the placement.  
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  • Cookie PusherCookie Pusher member
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    Table numbers can be a big deal in some circles. FI and I are avoiding that by using symbols that represent our lives so no one can bitch about being at table 12. We're having less than 100 people, the tables are ALL going to be right up against the dance floor anyway!
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  • InkdancerInkdancer member
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    I'm naming the tables so nobody gets in a snit over their number.
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  • Jen4948Jen4948 member
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    Cookie Pusher said:
    Table numbers can be a big deal in some circles. FI and I are avoiding that by using symbols that represent our lives so no one can bitch about being at table 12. We're having less than 100 people, the tables are ALL going to be right up against the dance floor anyway!
    For me, this doesn't make sense.  It makes sense to me that Table 1 might be the one in a corner, 2 is next to that, and so on-but I don't think it should make any difference whether the couple or anyone else sits at any particular-numbered table.
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  • Cookie PusherCookie Pusher member
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    Jen4948 said:
    Cookie Pusher said:
    Table numbers can be a big deal in some circles. FI and I are avoiding that by using symbols that represent our lives so no one can bitch about being at table 12. We're having less than 100 people, the tables are ALL going to be right up against the dance floor anyway!
    For me, this doesn't make sense.  It makes sense to me that Table 1 might be the one in a corner, 2 is next to that, and so on-but I don't think it should make any difference whether the couple or anyone else sits at any particular-numbered table.
    Just because it doesn't make sense doesn't mean some people don't work themselves up in a tizzy over it! Examples: that awful Pnina dress, Justin Bieber, burlap & lace.
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    Cookie Pusher said:
    Jen4948 said:
    Cookie Pusher said:
    Table numbers can be a big deal in some circles. FI and I are avoiding that by using symbols that represent our lives so no one can bitch about being at table 12. We're having less than 100 people, the tables are ALL going to be right up against the dance floor anyway!
    For me, this doesn't make sense.  It makes sense to me that Table 1 might be the one in a corner, 2 is next to that, and so on-but I don't think it should make any difference whether the couple or anyone else sits at any particular-numbered table.
    Just because it doesn't make sense doesn't mean some people don't work themselves up in a tizzy over it! Examples: that awful Pnina dress, Justin Bieber, burlap & lace.
    Oh, I know.  It just seems to me that there are so many things that are truly big deals, or much bigger deals than the number of a table could ever be.
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  • BelthilBelthil member
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    Jen4948 said:
    Cookie Pusher said:
    Table numbers can be a big deal in some circles. FI and I are avoiding that by using symbols that represent our lives so no one can bitch about being at table 12. We're having less than 100 people, the tables are ALL going to be right up against the dance floor anyway!
    For me, this doesn't make sense.  It makes sense to me that Table 1 might be the one in a corner, 2 is next to that, and so on-but I don't think it should make any difference whether the couple or anyone else sits at any particular-numbered table.
    Our table numbers had photos of us at that age. We randomized the order of the table numbers so that people could see a more diverse age range. Then we applied the order to our seating chart. This worked really well because we only had 12 tables, we made the table numbers really big so people could see them and it was a small room so it wasn't hard to find the right table.  Both sets of parents got concerned when we sent them the seating chart because they had gotten higher numbers.
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    Cookie Pusher said:
    Jen4948 said:
    Cookie Pusher said:
    Table numbers can be a big deal in some circles. FI and I are avoiding that by using symbols that represent our lives so no one can bitch about being at table 12. We're having less than 100 people, the tables are ALL going to be right up against the dance floor anyway!
    For me, this doesn't make sense.  It makes sense to me that Table 1 might be the one in a corner, 2 is next to that, and so on-but I don't think it should make any difference whether the couple or anyone else sits at any particular-numbered table.
    Just because it doesn't make sense doesn't mean some people don't work themselves up in a tizzy over it! Examples: that awful Pnina dress, Justin Bieber, burlap & lace.
    Which awful Pnina dress?  Aren't most of them awful?  ;)
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    CrazyCatLady3 said:
    Which awful Pnina dress?  Aren't most of them awful?  ;)

    Haha So true! I guess whichever is the newest one that came out? Since I didn't really do much dress shopping until recently, I had no idea who the designer was. I just sort of threw up in my mouth a little at the lingerie wedding dress. Ew.
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  • themuffinman16themuffinman16 member
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    When I see a girl wearing a Pnina dress, I say to myself, "Nothing says wedding like seeing your navel through a wedding dress."
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  • Cookie PusherCookie Pusher member
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    There is just no way I'd want my childhood priest see me in something like that. I mean, my wedding dress has a decent plunge, but it's a very narrow one so I'm definitely not putting the girls out on display. I just... don't get the need to show off the goods at your wedding!
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