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Seating arrangement....Should I have one or not?

I am getting down to the final details and wonder if I should have assigned seating or not? Any advice? Pros/cons? I have the escort cards already but wonder if I should just let people pick their own seats instead?
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futuremrslilley's Pink wedding
futuremrslilley
 |  London, ON, Canada  |  08/17/2011  | 
We have a seating board that tells people what table they are at but they can sit anywhere at that table.
I would have let our guests sit wherever they wanted but my mom stressed that she wanted to have seating plan for my side of the family.
gagal81's Purple wedding
gagal81
 |  Armuchee, GA, USA  |  08/17/2011  | 
I was thinking about this the other day although I have a while before I have to worry about it.
I was thinking that I would skip out on the seating arrangement. I think its one more headache I dont need. Trying to make sure I don't sit Dick and Jane together because they hate each other or cant sit Sue at Dot and Bills table because Dot is jealous of Sue. You get the idea lol.  Im sure by half way through the night most people will be sitting where they want to anyways.
My only concern is families having enough room to sit together. I have been to a wedding that FH and I had to sit cramned in a small space just to sit together :I just have plans for our wedding party to sit together with their families near us.

Im interested in hearing others thoughts on this.
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kaylag
 |  Manchester, NH, USA  |  08/17/2011  | 
definitely a seating chart. i have fears if i don't have one that people will just sit wherever and there will be no room. for instance a family of 8 and the kids decide to sit at another table. now they are taking up two tables and no one else wants to sit at their table so random people end up being forced to sit there and it's awkward. i think not having a seating arrangement is more of a headache.
laurie88's Orange wedding
laurie88
 |  Westminster, MD, USA  |  08/17/2011  | 
I was at a wedding once where there was no seating arrangements-at all. I thought it was really tacky.. but maybe that's just because of the way the Reception laid out, it was two separate rooms and we were unable to see the bride and groom from our table. We had to stand up and walk to see things like the first dance.I know her parents table was reserved but that was it. Some of the grandparents were sitting towards the back with us.  I know it's probably easier on the bride if she doesn't have to worry about a seating chart but at a wedding like yours I think you should have one, you have a really elegant theme going.If you already have the escort cards then go with it, it won't be something you regret. I had place cards at my wedding, obviously  some people switched tables which was fine with me but it was just for my piece of mind that I did the seating arrangements anyway. =)
lolita2105's Orange wedding
lolita2105
 |  Bakersfield, CA, USA  |  08/17/2011  | 
Me personally am not having seating arrangments, other than haveing 3-4 tables reserved in the front for the parents and  imidiate family like our Brother and sister:) were also not having the whole bridal party sit with us we are doing sweetheart tables so i want to make sure our parents are in front of all the reception tables:)
kristah's Green wedding
kristah
 |  Langley, BC, Canada  |  08/17/2011  | 
We had assigned tables, but not assigned seats. (I was lazy :P) That worked out really well though.
soontobemrsmccaleb's Black wedding
soontobemrsmccaleb
 |  Veneta, OR, USA  |  08/18/2011  | 
Awesome, thanks for all the opinions/advice!!! I am nervous as it is getting SO close (3 weeks)...all of these little details have me stressing LOL!!!
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