Top table - best man & moh partners?

Id have best man and moh on their own little table next to the top table, personally i couldnt think of anything worse than being on my own at a table with nobody i knew at a wedding, i dont think id want their partners at the top table though.

We wont be having the traditional top table either as both mine and oh's parents are seperated and have new partners so our top table will be me, oh, moh, bm and our 2 kids

We got round it by having two of the three bridesmaid's partners as ushers (her brother, his fiancee; her sister, her husband), the third bridesmaid's son and daughter are our ring-boy and flowergirl, and her husband is going to control the CD player for music during the ceremony

Bridesmaid 3's son and daughter - who are both under 10 - are going to sit with husband/dad on a separate table for the wedding breakfast.

I realise that it can't always be this convenient

We are not having a top table but opting for a sweetheart table instead (just Oh and myself). The people who would normally be on the top table are then going to be hosting a table of their own so my parents, OH parents, bestman and bridesmaids will all be on different tables with groups of people they know.

Might not be much help but we are having round tables OH's mum is hosting one with with his aunts and close family, my mum is hosting one with my aunts and god parents then on our table will be BM and wife, and usher and wife (we are close to both couples. my BM who is single and my CBM (met her OH twice, and neither of us re his biggest fan) so he is on another table with a friend of ours he knows.

as you can tell, not everyone sticks to etiquette, just what suits them!

Luckily my Maid of honour is my Sister and her Husband is one of our Ushers and their daughter is a flowergirl so she will be on the top table between them too. My Mum has a partner but I'm not having him on the top table (Although I KNOW she's not gonna be happy) so I'll stick him with his family on a regular table.

My oh was best man 2 years ago and sat on top table, i also sat with him. I must say i felt really awkward because i didnt know anyone apart from bride and groom. I would of prefered to sit on another table!

The partners of mine will be at a seperate table, lucily most of our friends now each other (through us) so they should be fine being seperated with other people for a few hours LOL I am just struglling where to put the In laws, who are in the midst of a divorce and his sister who is well I cant even explain...

Still 17 months to decide I suppose. Everyone else is sorted LOL!

Our Best man sat on the top table but chief BM and her husband (usher) sat on another table. Best man partner also sat on another table. We picked a table for them with people we thought they would get on with. We threw tradition out the window with our top table and had it how WE wanted it.

It seems clear from all of the posts that everybody has chosen different ways of doing it, and they're all "right" if they work for you.

I'm MOH for my sister in April and H2B is an usher. He will be sitting with me on the top table. Best Man is a friend of the groom's and his girlfriend is also bridesmaid, but she will be sitting on a separate table with friends.

I'm quite fortunate as well as my BM and bridesmaid are together so they will both be at the top table, just need to sort out what is happening with my other bridesmaid's bf

We did it differently and had only friends on the top table - it was FAB!

The husband of one of our bridesmaids was a best man so that was easier, the other best man's wife didn't come, the other bridesmaid's boyfriend did a reading (even if he didn't he'd have been on the top table) and we had another of our groomsmen on the top table too. We didn't however sit them next to eachother - they were all mixed up but then we're all good mates.

Groomsmen 1 - Bridesmaid 2's boyfriend - Bridesmaid 1 - GROOM - BRIDE - Best Man 1 (Bridesmaid 1's husband) - Bridesmaid 2 - Best Man 2

The other 2 groomsmen were our brothers who were sat on the family table.

My MOH's boyfriend doesn't know anyone either and as my MOH is my cousin, he's going to sit on the family table. I've already had one 'bridal party party' for everyone (apart from parents) that is in the BP so he can get to know everyone else and am planning another one next month. Everyone that is in the BP are family so he'll be sitting with some of the people from the BPP at the wedding.

Hmm lots of different opinions on this! The sweetheart table sounds like a cute idea...

I am so looking forward to spending a bit of time with just the two of us so that we can talk about the day and how we are feeling now we are married.

The more I think about it the more I love the idea Told h2b and he was "hmm dunno if I like that" but after discussing it with him and finding the following pic he is starting to warm to the idea:

He was worried about us being isolated from everyone but as you can see the above arrangement would let us have family/bridal party nearby.

I am also now really liking this idea! ?

Partners are not part of the wedding party. They have no right to the top table.

Stick them with siblings or best mates of yours. I'm sure they are more than capable of socialising and making conversation.

We didn't have a top table, we sat bridesmaids with their partners on their own table and we sat with our siblings, and same as others have mentioned, our parents hosted their own tables of their friends and relatives. Everyone mingled between courses on the day so it didn't matter!

I wouldnt have the partners on top table. Im not having my cbm because I gave her the option to sit with her fella or sit on top table nad she chose him - which is fine cos I wanted my sister on top table. in an ideal world I would have had all 3 bridesmaids ontop table but couldnt. So yeah, thats how ive sorted it out.BM wont be so bothered hes not sitting with his wife though, although she will be on the first leg closest to him x

I am so lucky - none of my bridal party will be briniging extras! My BMs are both 13 so no dates, Best Person is single and doesn't want to bring a +1, Mum is widowed and will be on her own.

I don't think we're going for the 'Groom's father sits next to the Bride's mother' malarky either, I think we're going:

BM - BM - Mum - me - OH - MIL - FIL - BP

But if there were partners involved they'd be on another table, I'd try and put them with people they might have something in common with even if they didn't know anyone.

Im same i dont have a clue who to put on my top table....obvisoulsy want our parents and best man cos he'll be doing speech but dont know wehter to have his partner and I cant decide who my chief bridesmaid is going to be yet.....