Having to sit away from friends/relatives at wedding

[Annacandida]

Recent wedding, childfree. Ended up sat on a table with someone who didn't know anyone else on that table but knew plenty elsewhere. Came on her own as not able to get childcare for a weekend away without children. There were spare seats at other tables with people she knew and I couldn't see anyone else having to sit as a stranger.
Is the bride a bridezilla and making her sit alone to punish her, or what else could she have done to have to sit alone?

I’d be a bit miffed if I travelled myself to a wedding and was seated with no one I knew. Did your table all know each other?

Yes

Looks like the bride and groom were being dicks and did it deliberately. Poor form.

Why didn’t she just move to another table with spare seats and people she knows?

Like the wedding where, being single, I, in my late 20s, was seated with all the children. Some people don't think when it comes to seating plans.

No one can say if she was a bridezilla as we don't know their thought process. Nor can anyone say whether it was to punish someone or not. Again, as we don't know the thought process or what possible reason anyone would have to punish their guest.

It appears to be inconsiderate. But that's not the same as being a bridezilla or trying to punish someone

Why do you think she was being punished ? I mean if there was spare seats she could have just moved table to sit near her friends. I don't understand the bridzilla comment 😕

The only other explanation is that she's fallen out with everyone she knows but they felt obliged to invite her, that's a stretch though. Doing it as a fuck you for whatever reason makes more sense and I'd be pretty pissed off if I was that guest.

Were the free seats no shows, or deliberately empty?

Whya re you attending a wedding where you think so poorly of the bride that you could consider she was a bridezilla ahead of all the far more plausible options?

Possibly the spare seats were no shows on the day and the guest was seated with your table as the only table with a "single " spare seat. The table plan would have been done beforehand and it is likely that the bridge and groom didn't even know that the no shows weren't going to attend. She may also have thought your group were friendly enough to include the sole person rather than being nasty enough to think the bride and groom weren't being nice!!

None of us knows!

But, I've never heard of single people being seated with nobody they know at a wedding. I know some people like to get people to mix so avoid one table for x family and another for y group of friends etc, but usually people seat people with at least one person they know.

Doesn't really make sense to me. Wouldn't the family members think it was odd she wasn't sitting with them? Presumably she mingled before going inside the church or venue, so she would have already spoken to family members.
Once she saw where she was sitting and realised there were spare seats next to friends/family why didn't she go and sit with them? I think she was either quite happy to sit elsewhere but might not want to delve into the reasons why or she enjoys being a martyr because it doesn't really make sense otherwise. Also, when she said to you "table 6 is all my family and friends" and you noticed there were spare seats wouldn't you have said something to her along the lines of "I just noticed there seems to be spare seats at the table in case you prefer to sit with them". Very odd.