Where do you sit the partner of the Best Man at the wedding please!

Question

If she isnt on the top table though - what happens during the dancing part of the reception - it will mean they are separated wont it? Yet the top table isnt big enough to place her.

Answer 1

Does the best man's partner know anyone else in attendance at the wedding? If she has friends that are attending then I would sit her with them at a table close to the headtable.

At our wedding we sat each person with their partner at the headtable - but we had a smaller bridal party so there was enough room for everyone.

People are usually just in their seats for the first part of the reception - a lot of people get up and move around after that.  

Answer 2

Theres usually a table where the best man's partner and bridesmaid's partners sit, if your bridesmaids don't have partners then at a table nearby with the other guests. Just because they aren't sitting together for the meal doesn't mean they can't dance with each other afterwards.

Answer 3

with people she know or your friends that you think she'd get on with. not on the top table xx

Answer 4

I've just had the same problem sorting out my seating plan too, in the end we decided it would be best to sit her with our close family members up near the top table, so she can still see her partner. Everyone wont stay seated in the same place very long anyway, once the speches are over with people usually go and sit where they like, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Congrats and good luck!

Answer 5

usually the dates of the groomsmen and bridesmaids either sit at a table together, or if they have other friends that will be at th wedding, you sit them with their friends.

for my wedding, my hubby and i decided to just have a sweetheart table where it was just him and i sitting at the head table and that way all the groomsmen and b ridesmaids could sit with their dates at other tables

Answer 6

At an ordinary table with other guests.

Answer 7

Some people will include dates of the wedding party at the head table, however all weddings I have attended have had dates of the wedding party at a table together.  For my own wedding I will have the dates/families of the wedding party seated with others in the same situation.

Answer 8

At our wedding, we sat the fiance of the best man with the other bridesmaids, and the chief bridesmaid's partner.

Answer 9

Our best man's girlfriend knew a couple of his cousins - so we sat her with them.  Sit her with anyone there that she would know - and if she doesn't know anyone then just sit her with people that you know would make her feel comfrotable.  Once the dancing starts everyone will get out of their seats and mingle and she will be able to spend the rest of the night with him.  (We pretty much had no one sitting down in their seats after the dancing started.  Everyone was happy either on the dance floor or catching up and walking around meeting everyone else!)

Answer 10

someone please answer this coz my bf is the best man at his brothers wedding am i gonna be all alone too with people i've never met!!! :s eeek!

x*x

Answer 11

You sit her with the Best Man, of course. At the reception, they get to choose who they spend time with, and at most weddings I've attended, the paired attendants rarely stick together. My now-fiance' and I did, because we both were in my cousin's wedding two years ago, and dating =] The dates of your attendants should be seated with them, simple as that.

P.S. Speak with the Best Man, and give him the option of sitting wherever you place her. It would be kind to separate her from her partner, and expect her to spend the reception alone. My fiance' will be his brother's Best Man in October, and I sure hope the groom and his bridezilla don't expect me to sit alone, because I know how I would feel. Fortunately my fiance' would come and sit with me in a case like that.

Answer 12

I have been the best mans partner at weddings 3 times now.  The first 2 weddings I was sat with people I dont know.  Just chat and join in, its a good way to get to know other people, rather than just hanging on to your boyfriend all night.  I have known other people that have been through this too.  It is daunting, but it is only for a meal.  If the happy couple put out table games this should also help break the ice.  During the dancing part of the reception in my experience everyone gets up to walk about and chat to other people and dance! its not like you have been sat at that table and you have to stay there all night.

Answer 13

my brother was best man at his mates wedding and his girlfriend sat on our table, it depends on how formal your event will be, if its very formal then she shouldn't really sit on the top table as its for "official people lol" sit her with some people you think she will get on well with but close to the top table,  

Answer 14

if you are having a sweetheart table you can seat the signif others & gf/bf's of the bridal paty with the bridal party..if you are having a head table then the bride, groom and bridal attendants (maids & ushers, Best Man & MOH) sit together-the signif others, bf & gf's do NOT sit with them, nor do they sit with immediate family unless they are immediate family...seat them with the 'general public' or friends of the couple & family if they are not family...seat them with family if they are.

They will be separated for dinner only...after the first dance the bridal party can hang/dance with anyone they wish...often after dinner seats get traded and exchanged anyway....you're @ss isn't glued to the seat you're assigned, really.  I was married to an usher(he was the groom;s bro) for a wedding...I did not sit at the bridal table with him, I was seated elsewhere...big whoop. (well it was but that was only because I was the SIL of the groom and should have been seated with his family, not the neighbors  of the bride....boy, did the S hit the fan when my in-laws saw what the new DIL's father did in seating me in no man's land..wow lol) I did not expect to sit with my ex at the bridal table (just didn;t expect to be seated with casual friends when I should have been with my in-laws lol).....it was fun to watch the MOB constantly running up to my ex MIL and then me to apologise for what her husband did...then they totally forgot to include me in the family pix....I reamed my ex out on that I mean how can ya not know your wife is missing in the groom's family line-up, hahaha.And my MIL reamed out her new DIL on that, too, dissing her oldest & first DIL, the mother of her only grandchildren that way....oh well.

Anyway, just becareful you do seat her with the appropriate people...but as I said, unless the bridal parties' signif others are sitting with them at the bridal table, you don't have to seat the Best Man's gal there.

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Answer 15

She would sit with the other attendants partners or girl friends or boyfriends. And after the bridal dance and pictures they can mingle with them then.