Doing the wedding reception seating chart exhausted me

[LostinVA]

A son not talking to his parents, where to put crazy granny, seating the only two Repubs under 45 together, and guessing that the death metal BF of a bridesmaid will click with the old family friend Catholic priest.

Jeebus.

But, it's finished, unless Midlo does something to torment me.

[TheProphetess]

1. Yikes!

That's a tough task to do well. Congrats that you're finished! :toast:

[LostinVA]

5. It was exhausting

The DUers were easy: I just put them all together and by the table with the college-aged kids. That way, their shenanigans will blend in with the other table's.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I did not do a seating chart

Only assigned seats were for those in the wedding party.

Yes, I am an uncivilized douchebag.

[LibraLiz1973]

7. How funny. The best wedding I ever went to

had no seating chart. We had the best time EVER. SO fun.
I think the seating chart ends up constraining people.
But thats just MHO.

[susanna]

3. Well damn, I feel better now!

My DH and I always thought our families were straight-up batshit crazy. We did do a seating chart; we worried about every detail twenty times. Then we figured it was one day, everyone should behave, and the hell with it. It wasn't too big a deal, in the end, but honestly? Now I feel like our strife was completely meaningless compared to your kind of trauma. I feel kind of inadequate. ;-)

P.S. Enjoy this time. As crazy, stupid and annoying as it might be, it really is some SERIOUS fun. Who wouldn't want to seat a death-metal chick next to a priest? That's just cool. :-)

[HuskerDU]

4. Sounds like fun. And my GF wonders why I wanna just

elope in Vegas or somewhere!

[Midlodemocrat]

6. Are you seating the Two Repubs with all of us?

That could make Granny's behavior look downright respectable.

:rofl:

And, I BETTER BE SITTING NEXT TO LYNNESIN!!!

[LostinVA]

16. I can switch Pacifist Patriot with LynneSin

And no, the two Republicans won't be sitting with you guys, although, they both would actually get along really well with the DUers. Seriously.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. I hate wedding receptions in which people tell me where to sit.

I prefer my family's method - rent a cheap hall, put together a great big hodge podge meal that's basically potluck except that it's cooked by just a few aunts, roll out a couple kegs, cover long tables with some kind of cheap tablecloths and cheap decorations, serve it all buffet style and let people sit and go where they want and when the polka band fires up, move the tables to the edges to clear out a dancing floor.

But, that said - congrats on getting it all done! One less thing on the to-do list! Whew!

[Midlodemocrat]

9. You wouldn't say that if you got stuck sitting with Granny.

:rofl:


:hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Sitting with people with which one would otherwise have no contact is one advantage

to the seating chart.

I have met interesting people that way.

But as a person who is basically introverted in public, I hate it.

[Midlodemocrat]

11. Series?

The last thing I pictured you as is an introvert. Your rants are amazing examples of culture and refinement, so I am very surprised.

You have always struck me as very outgoing.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Series.

I can be outgoing when necessary, but my preference is to hang with the people I know and am comfortable with.

I do somewhat enjoy meeting new people at, say, a table at which we're all required to sit - I love hearing their stories; but at the end, I'm exhausted.

Probably one of the reasons I like etiquette and protocol so much - they make interactions with strangers (at least, others who know etiquette and protocol) much easier by eliminating a lot of the variables.

And thank you for the compliment. :blush:

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. You forgot to mention

that after the first keg is cashed a brawl erupts between the two families, spilling out the front door onto Milwaukee Avenue and sending various cousins and uncles to the hospital for stitches.

[NewJeffCT]

13. Have you considered eloping?

and saving yourself the upcoming headaches?

[Courtesy Flush]

15. In my area we do things differently

Here in the Deep South, we don't assign seating for wedding receptions. The reception isn't a sit-down event. It's more like a party. Sit if you must, but we're here to dance.

But then, I'm in Cajun Country. Don't know if this applies to the rest of the South.