Pro tip: check your holiday seating chart before the turkey gets cold

At our big Easter dinner, I put my cousin who just got divorced next to his ex-wife's new boyfriend... because I forgot they even broke up. The whole table went quiet for like twenty minutes while we tried to figure out new seats. Has anyone else had a seating plan blow up in their face?

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nina_johnson868d ago

Seating charts are a total control move anyway. Forced family fun is the worst kind. Let people sit where they want. The awkward silence was probably because everyone was overthinking it. Adults should be able to handle a meal next to an ex. Making a big deal about it just makes everything worse.

fox.david8d ago

You're right, @nina_johnson86, the seating chart often creates the very tension it's meant to avoid. Assigning seats sends a message that you don't trust your guests to act like grown-ups. That lack of trust can make a room feel stiff before anyone even sits down.

jamie1017d ago

Forced family fun is the worst" is exactly right. A seating chart just makes people feel trapped. Letting people choose their own seats avoids that whole mess.