No single object causes more pre-wedding grief than the seating chart. Couples put it off for weeks, then try to solve it the way you’d defuse a bomb — at midnight, alone.
The one-evening method
Start with the tables you cannot change: parents, wedding party, the two friends who must never share a centrepiece. Then seat for conversation, not obligation — people who will actually enjoy the same two hours.
Nobody remembers where they sat. Everybody remembers whether they laughed.