Recently started planning my top table and the rest if my seating plan to try and be organised. Because my parents are divorced and have new partners it meant we need extra spaces so my top table totalled 11. Went to my venue today as they had a wedding fayre on only to be told the top table in the room i have to have can only seat 10!!! So we could keep all our parents together we discussed the possibility of putting the best man on a seprate table with our friends as he knows them all then i spoke to my mum and she said that moving the best man was out of the question because of tradition...... if i cant move him then id have to move a parent or a bridesmaid who are my sister and daughter!!! STUCK is not the word.... :(
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CommentAuthorlil miss sunshine
i'm sure they can put another person on the table, however what about having your parents on the table and the partners can sit at tables surely the should understand
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CommentAuthorlouise
No they wont allow another space i asked the woman at the time and she said the cant because one side of the table is a fore exit and the other is a fireplace. I think im going to have to seperate them :(
Getting Married 27th November 2011
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CommentAuthorx ashlil x
ive got kind of the same problem hun, my dad has a new wife (14 years theyve been married) but my mum doesnt want her at the top table but i do, then ive got my 2 children and mr clarkes parents, cant have my bms as they have partners and children and i cant fit them all on x
CommentAuthorlil miss sunshine
yeah seem like that would be the best option......... hope it all works out
i wud have MOH MOG FOG GROOM BRIDE MOB MOB PARTNER FOB FOB PARTNER BM thats 10! thats who u hav on top table x
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CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
I have 10 on my top table :-( erm if you cant move the bestman what about the bridesmaid whose your sister???
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CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
Get a sweetheart table for you and the hubby and they can all go and sit with the guests!
CommentAuthorleafy
what about having all the parents hosting a table each ?? x
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CommentAuthorlouise
Thanks everyone got some goo ideas to be thinking about there. Hails i dont really want to move her cause my daughter is only 2 so i wanted my sister to be helping her with her dinner and stuff just so i didnt have to be doing it. Besides i could see my mum going off again sayng you cant move bridesmaids off the top table. Its a nightmare, il get round it im sure :)
Getting Married 27th November 2011
Il be Mrs Dobson!!! :D
CommentAuthornini
How about getting each set of parent to host their own table, then you have a round table for you, groom, bridesmaids and best man.
That way there isn't a 'top table' as such and people wont feel like hey have been relegated!
CommentAuthorlil miss sunshine
that sounds like a good idea to get family to host a table
