Seating arrangements at wedding receptions tend to always have couples sit together at tables with other couples. The arrangements often go like this: elders together, family together, young couples together, and then… singles together.
I’m not sure why there’s this “singles” table rule. Ok, I understand that when you seat people, you seat them together in accordance with common interests, age, etc. But, why is there this unspoken rule that singles should sit together? What if there are no common denominators other than the single status? Sure, the idea for this is to allow singles to meet, chat with other singles, ”hit it off,” and hopefully become a couple… because that’s what a wedding reception is about right? Celebrating (and even encouraging) ”couple” status. This singles table rule presupposes that every single person at the table wants to be “coupled.” But what if that’s not the case? What if the single person has friends from the couples table and would have preferred spending the night with his/ her friends? After all, a wedding reception is about having fun, right?
Being put at a singles table could make one feel obliged to befriend, converse, and “hook-up” with persons they may not want to associate with. This could make one feel awkward and even offended because it ”singles” them out as being “single.”