Best man seated at family table with/without +1?

Hey Georgie

I'm so happy you reached out about this a got such wonderful responses! I agree with Melissa and Valerie that you could definitely ask them what they prefer. Especially if she's new to your circle of friends, I'm sure she will appreciate you asking.

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I also think Alexis has a great suggestion! It really depends on personnality! It can be fun to have games to have your guests know each other too!

Will most of your guests already know each other?

ASKING!? What a wonderful suggestion and it was staring us right in the face! hahaXD

LOL sometimes the easiest solutions are the nast ones considered!

I have noticed that a lot of Brides (myself included) worry so much about offending people at their wedding that we forget that most of these people LOVE us, and won't get too mad about most things.

Haha yes, asking does sound the most reasonable option!

Would it be totally nuts to ask her/ him? Obviously the final choice is yours, but if they are a close friend (I assume the groomsman is!) It might be easy enough to say.... "I can't promise to go with your preference...but how would you feel if..."

It is tough, especially when the family table is more strangers then friends for her!

Hey ladies

Thanks for all the responses! It is a tricky one for sure.

I'm definitely swinging towards seating together, as it would be odd to sit them apart. However, she would only know him at our family table, whereas the people she knows more would be at the"Friends" table. She is also a relatively new GF (few months), so we don't know her too well.

Definitely an awkward one, but I appreciate the thoughtful responses

I was recently at a wedding, in which my FH was a groomsman. They had a table for the wedding party, and their spouses were sat amongst the guest tables with 1 or 2 other spouses of the wedding party. I ended up being sat with members of the groom's family and 2 spouses of the wedding party. I thought it worked well, but I'm also social and very happy conversing with strangers. If you know them well enough, you could judge the seating location based on their personality.

I would most definitely sit all guests with their +1/significant other. Just think how their poor date would feel sitting alone at the other table, it would be very uncomfortable for them.

Hi Geogie! Nice to "meet" you

Personally, I would seat his guest with him, but I don't know the actual ettiqute of the situation.

Does the guest know others who will sit at table 2? If so, and it will help you balance things it might be just fine to seat them apart. I'm interested to hear other options too!

Oops, meant to write: "Groomsmen" not "Best Man" !