Wedding Party SO's

For our wedding we have a small party with only 1 GW & a MoH. So we are having their SO's sit beside them at the head table.

We are doing a sweetheart table, the wedding party and their partners will be at their own table. Our reception is at a restaurant in a private room so we want everyone to be with or near people they know and are comfortable with.

My fiancé and I dedicated a table to just the significant others of the wedding party. Not every member of the wedding party has a significant other, so with those empty spots, we put our good mutual friends so it's a mixture of the two groups. Everyone is the same age and get along well so we thought that would be the best thing to do. In terms of table placement, we put them closer to the head table, just beyond our dancefloor with how our venue is set up.

Don't stress over it!! In my experience, I've gone to a wedding where my fiancé was in the wedding party and I was put at a table where I didn't know anyone, and I had the best time. I find that guests at weddings are super friendly people and they're there to have a good time, so they'll make anyone feel welcomed

We sat SO’s at the ‘friends’ fable where most people knew each other. We also weren’t allowed to have a full head table like we wanted because of COVID so we ended up having a head table with us and just our MOH and BM, with the rest of the wedding party seated at the two tables right in front of us. It was actually really nice to just have the 4 of us up there, it felt less hectic and like a bit of a break

My Fiance really wants to have a head table vs a sweetheart. As we have a fairly large wedding party (6 BM/GM, a Jr BM & Jr GM), so having sig, others won't really work well - tho, the JRs will probably be seated at a different table, but we will give them the option (the GM is my step-son). One of my BM is married to the best man, but we will have to figure out where to sit the other sig. others/dates - I am not too stressed tho, as most of our group is fairly easy-going. We also look at it this way - the wedding party will be seated for the dinner and speeches (which we are limiting), and the rest of the time everyone will be up dancing and mingling

All except 1 of our wedding party are married, so our plan is to place their spouses with my fiancee's family, mutual friends from my work or my family. The only one who it may be difficult to place is my best man's wife because they are from out of province, and know almost nobody else who's going to be there. I am hoping to place her with some co-workers of mine (they are all very friendly and welcoming) but am not decided yet.

We are having a head table with our bridal party. All but one of my bridesmaids are married and the one that's not married has a common-law spouse. The husbands/boyfriend all know each other so they'll be sat together with a few other friends they know. Two of my fiancé's groomsmen are single, and two are married. Of those who are married - one is his brother so my future SIL will sit with other members of my fiancé's family - the other friend's wife will sit with mutual friends who she has known for years. We are only having 90 guests and will already have 10 at our head table. If we included spouses it would look ridiculous with 16 people at the front!

We are doing a head table so my fiancé and I will have to figure out who to seat 2 of the wedding parties significant other… we have yet to figure out a a seating chart as the wedding isn’t until 2023 (I am super excited though!)

We aren't doing a head table that is elevated at all. It'll just be like all the other tables except slightly different decor. We'll have us and wedding party with their SO I may even have one guest that I can't find a seat for lol. We only have a MOH and BM so 6 maybe 7 of us

They sat with their partners at the tables where they would have the most amount of fun. Honestly, really sucks not sitting with your partner at a wedding and fully enjoying the evening together, and we did not see why the wedding party had to sit with us.... Our parents sat at the head table with us. That made the most sense to us. When either of us is in the wedding party and the other isn't, we're always put with people we know but again, sucks.

We decided to do a sweet heart table as my MOH doesn't have a SO and BM does... I felt it would be odd having a odd number at the head table. Also to keep drama on the low it was easier to place them at tables but put something on their chair to show they are apart of the wedding party.

Personally, we are doing a sweetheart table, mostly because our party is very uneven and I think it will look weird 1 MOH on one side and 3 groomsmen on the other.

However, here are some of the arrangements I have seen:

If you have your party with you at the head table, place SO with likeminded people. So the one time I was in this position, it was my FH brother, so I sat with his family. And I know they had placed other SO with friends.

Alternatively, you could have just your MOH/BM at the head table. My bestie did this, I was MOH, so me and my partner sat at the head table, with BM also sitting with us (solo) This way it wasn't 10+ people sitting at one table.

But honestly, for the maybe hour or so they will be sitting there, I dont think it matters too much.

We are doing a sweet heart table and allowing are bridal party to sit with their significant other. We are having a brunch wedding which will be short, so we felt it wasn't fair to separate them.

We're having a head table and MOH and BM's significant others will be seated with our close friends and family members

We’re going to have a head table with our bridal party and their SO’s. I’ve always thought it was awkward attending a wedding where my fiancé was a best man and I didn’t really know anyone

Does everyone in your bridal party have a partner you're inviting? If so, would you be open to having them join you at the head table?

If there are other guests they know, I'd seat them with those guests. If they do not know anyone, just use your best judgment to seat them with people you think they'd get along with.