OK, so both my and Ben's parents are divorced, my parents don't speak to each other and neither do Ben's. In fact, there will probably be a lot of tension. Is anyone else in this situation? I don't know what to do about the head table (if i have one), or what to do about any of it really. Also, I live with my father and my step mother, and while she's been a mother like figure for me for the past few years, I would rather have my mom be more present than her, but I don't want to hurt any feelings. (I also didn't mention that my family hasn't seen my mother in 5 years, I'm the only one whose been keeping in contact with her. I'm not sure my dad would allow me to invite her).
I feel like just eloping at this point!
My suggestion, if you are having a large wedding is to put the divorced spouses on opposite sides of the hall so they don't have to be close to each other ....thats really all i can think of good luck :)
I thought most head tables are just the bride and groom and wedding party. If so, then I would do it that way. We were going to do a seating chart to keep the parents away from each other, but it would be too much work and since they don't like each other anyways, we figured they would stay away from each other.
Also, it's your wedding too, so if you want to invite your mom, you should even if others might not agree. You wouldn't want to exclude her from your happy moment even if it causes some tension. Sorry for such the long comment, but it's nice to know I'm not alone in this situation! It's crazy!