Proper Seating Assignments at Wedding Receptions
Monday, December 5th, 2011It can be very confusing when trying to decide where everyone should sit at your wedding. Traditionally, the Groom sits to the right of the Bride, the Bestman sits to the left of the Bride, and the Maid of Honor sits to the right of the Groom Breaking from traditional, you could seat women on the bride’s side and men on the groom’s. If you are having a ring bearer and a flower girl, you could have them sit at the head table, or if their parents or grandparents are not in the wedding party, the ring bearer and flower girl may feel more comfortable sitting with them.
Spouses of the bridal party, traditionally they do not sit at the head table, but there are times when a ‘spouse’ may not know anyone else at the wedding, so it is okay to sit them at the head table.
Parents of the Bride and Groom are assigned their own tables. There may be times when divorced parents are involved, so you may need to have more than 2 tables. Each set of parents can decide who they want to sit at their tables, such as Grandparents of the Bride or Groom, Aunts and Uncles, Godparents, or close friends.
Deciding on the guest sitting can be very stressful due to you wanting to make everyone happy. There will be situations where some guests may not know other guests, or maybe they do not get along with some guests. Do the best you can to sit your guests with other that they know and get along with, but that may not always be possible. In the long run, the normal outcome, is that everyone will have a great time at your wedding no matter where they sit.