Wedding Invitations

I ran across an online wedding etiquette article which had numerous common dilemmas and concerns. The one that jumped out at me was as follows:

“Do I have to have assigned seating at the reception? It feels so snooty.”

Elise’s Advice in the article was: “You don’t have to have assigned seating, but it sure can come in handy. If you have guests who don’t get along or just a bunch of shy people who might cling to the walls, you might want to use a seating chart to help your guests get along.

When you plan your tables, think about mixing extroverts and shy people and avoid creating a “dud” table for all the people you don’t want to deal with. Mix it up, and let the charismatic types help with the conversation.”

As for me, I’ve been to both receptions with reserve seating and others without. I’m always relieved when the seating is already arranged with our name. It avoids the whole awkwardness of what table to sit at and who to sit with. There have been a couple times that I have gone to sit at a table and the one person at that table (which sits 6-8) rudely tells me those seats are saved. Sometimes they were and other times they went empty the entire night.

The original article can be found at:
http://manhattan.about.com/od/manhattanweddings/a/weddingetiquett.htm