Q: Our reception is going to be laid-back, with no formal sit-down dinner, so we aren’t going to do table assignments. How do we communicate to our guests that they can sit wherever they want?

So long as every other +1 at the head table is related by blood or marriage, I see no problem with having mom's boyfriend at the extended family table." The Headache of Wedding Seating Plans ...

Even if these things had never happened before in 34 years of marriage, the solution now is to keep yourself safe and away from your husband — not to request separate tables at a wedding reception.