where do the dates of people in the bridal party sit?

It really is up to the bride and groom, and what they feel will be the most comfortable seating arrangements. It is perfectly acceptable to invite them to sit at the head table, especially if they don't know any of the guests very well.

Other options are to have all of the dates sit together at a table close by, or to only have the bride and groom (possible the MOH and best man as well) at the head table, with the rest of the wedding party (with or without dates) at the nearest tables.

Congratulations on the wedding!

I get hate mail on this, but I'm only the messenger. Miss Manners says that couples should not be seated at the same table. The idea is that these two people have plenty of opportunity to converse with each other and will welcome conversations with others for the brief duration of a dinner. Of course if both members of the couple are in the bridal party, they would both sit with the bridal party.

I sat w/ my date during receptions. On two occasions while I was a maid of honor, my bf and I were placed in the same table, and while my bf is a groomsmen on his brother's wedding, we were also placed at the same table too.

On both occasions, the bride and groom were gracious enough to place us on the same table. In fact, there were no bridal party table, a special table was set for the parents but for the bridal party, we were placed together with our dates or w/ people closest to us.

They sit together at a table in the far back corner...lol I am kidding.

Do some of these "dates" know eachother? Or know other people at the wedding, seat them where you think they would feel most comfortable, and if possible try to seat them on at least the same side as there partner.

Once the cake is cut, the speeches is over, and the dancing starts, people are going to be mingling, so really their dates are on thier own for a couple hours max. But I do think it is our duty as bride and groom to be, to ensure that ALL guests are seated with company that they know, get along with, and feel comfortable around, this clearly will avoid conflict for you as well.

It is up to the bride and groom...

Typically, I think that the dates usually sit at their own table. However, I was recently in a wedding where the dates were seated at the head table, too. It was really nice!

Once, I was in a wedding where we were seated boy-girl-boy-girl. It wouldn't have been so bad had we known the groomsmen, but myself (and the other bridesmaids) had only met these guys the night before. It was very awkward for me. I'm very shy, and apparently so were the 2 guys I was seated between. We hardly said a word to each other through the entire dinner!

That is up to the bride & groom.

Sometimes they are seated with their bridal party member at the head table, other times they are seated together at a table near the head table.

we're having a "sweetheart table" so everyone gets to sit with there dates and there dates don't have to sit with a bunch of people that they don't know

i think it's better this way so everyone gets to sit with people they know and like

my fiance's sister let us sit at the regular tables and had the parents at the head table with them - it worked out too

My boyfriend was a groomsman in his brother's wedding, and we didn't get to sit together. He had to sit with the bridesmaid he was paired with, and I sat with my boyfriend's aunts and uncles.