Seating plan issues

I wouldn't put all the single table on one table. I got put on that table once and it was horrible! JMHO!

I wasnt planning on putting the singletons on one table ? I just dont know how to mix them in

Why don't you just roll a dice and for each person/couple, the number the dice lands on is the number of the table out of the 4 they will be on? If you land on the 5 or 6, roll again. And once a table is full, roll again if another person lands on that number!

I'm a big believer in letting fate decide! ?
Might be a bit of fun too, and a story to tell them if they ask why they're sitting where they are!

I feel your pain sister!! We're at this stage and it's awful, our venue holds 120, we've got 117 guests, to fit onto 11 tables of 10 (not inc top table). My family take up two tables (filled), OH's take up the rest! But some of them don't talk to others, he wants to keep young people together etc...I ended up slamming the laptop shut the other night because I had just had enough of trying to please everyone but myself at this bl00dy wedding!

If I was a little braver, I'd be tempted to just let people sit where they want but with it being so tight for space I wouldn't trust everyone to seat themselves and their families together ?

Why do the tables have to be even?

I'm planning 6 tables between 7-10 people on each, its just how the groups worked out. Ive got a table for bridesmaids and ushers plus partners who aren't on top table then 2 tables with a mix of aunts, uncles and family friends then 3 tables, each with cousins and friends on.

Why don't u put the single people with people they know if they don't have plus ones so they will feel comfortable

All the tables do not have to have the same number of people as long as they fit comfortably. We had tables of 10, 9, &8.

we seated people who we thought would share interests - music, politics, relatives who 'd not previously met, etc. We had so many comments on how great the table allocation was.

at the end of the day don't stress, they're all adults and can sit wherever for a couple of hours, they can move anywhere they like for the dancing etc.

have you considered 3 tables of 8? Would that make the mix easier?

I struggled with mine too. We have got 60 guests. About 22 of them are children ranging from age 6 to 16. We are in our early 40's so most of our friends have teenage kids. There are only 5 on the top table (bride, groom, brides mum and dad, grooms dad), bridesmaids both have husbands and kids so are sitting with them, same with best man. I have 8 ladies coming on their own - most of them are not single but I used to work them all and don't know there partners so haven't invited them! I also have two single mums with their kids (one each), and my brother is single. Also had to find a spot for my own 13 year old son who would be bored on the top table.

It took me a while but I've done it! And if anyone isn't happy they can sit outside on their own!!

As long as each person is sitting next to someone that they'll be able to hold a conversation with and the partners are sitting together (apart from the top table issue) then it really shouldn't matter. Easy for me to say... I'm having exactly the same problem!

Uneven tables will not be the end of the world and you're very likely to have a couple of people drop out at last minute and mess it all up again. The sit down meal is only a small part of the wedding, after a couple of hours everyone will be up and mingling anyway.

Hey guys

Thanks for all the help, we have FINALLY got the tables right.

with my OH has been very very stubborn about having each table an even mix of each family (hence the even numbers on the tables) and after finally convincing a family member that her 15 year old son was old enough to sit with teenagers his own age ? all of whom he knows and not next to her and her husband the tables are finally complete! such a weight lifted.

I know I was finding it difficult but believe me it really doesn't matter at the end of the day - everyone is so happy to be there celebrating that they don't really mind where they sit for an hour or two - if they do mind, then they need to get out more. Start by seating the most important people - I seated my sister, brother and nan-in-law first (my sister was in a wheelchair and nan-in-law needed easy access to the loo) then build around that. Dawn