I am totally in agreement with dd. I have gone to separate seating weddings where the only people I knew were the baalei simcha, my husband, and one other person. Oddly enough I was not seated with the one female whom I knew. It was a very uncomfortable experience, because after a perfunctory hello, nice to meet you, the ladies at my table conversed amongst themselves, and I could not really get in there. I was able to get a message to my husband, who was likewise being ignored (we are very friendly people, so it wasn’t that we didn’t make an effort), and we left the wedding right after the main dish. Truthfully, this situation would not have been any worse without arranged seating, but it certainly underscores how important attention to seating really is. You want everyone to be as comfortable as possible at your simcha.
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