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I haven't heard of this, but I'm sure some people do skip it. If you wanted to avoid the issue altogether, you could give the tables names instead of numbers. We were just at a wedding where all the tables were named after animals (i.e. the bluebird table, the horse table), and I've seen other weddings where the tables are named after cities, or artists, or flowers). Just something to consider.
What's normal?
I don't think I would skip it, but that is just me as the #13 doesn't hold any superstitious significance for me.
Isn't the number 8 considered really really lucky by Chinese(Asian?) superstition?
I've never heard of someone skipping it. I feel like you'd have to be REALLY superstitious to even think of doing that.
Yes, '8' is supposed to be really lucky.
I was just wondering if it was common to skip 13.
What if you skipped numbering the tables altogether and decided to name them instead? My FI and I are planning to do that. What about nameing your tables after your favorite vacation spots, or your favorite people in your life. How about after your favortire movies or bands or even your favorite flowers or months of the year? Any combo of those would be fun and personal as well. My FI and I are planning to name our tables after locations from our favorite movies. Of course FI is naming things after Star Wars planets and I'm naming mine from Jane Austin books and movies with a few fun ones thrown in, but thats the fun of it. If you end up numbering them, I say number then whatever YOU want and the venue that YOU are paying for will just have to deal with it.
I second the opinion of naming the tables instead. I like that option way better than the tradition of numbering them. You could use love song titles, romantic places, colors. There are so many options.
If I have to have #13, I'm going to skip over it. I am VERY superstitious!
I got married on the 13th, clearly not superstitious at all!
I've never heard of skipping it and no one I know has at their weddings.
Hmm, yes, it would definitely be a little crazy skip 3 table numbers (4, 13, 14) because they're unlucky. I'm not superstitious at all, but FI was like "How would you like it if you had to sit at a table called 'the Table of Death'?" (Since '4' sounds like 'death')
I'll consider different table labelling systems as two people have suggested.
I would name the tables. The building I grew up in skipped apartment #13 and it would confuse workers and guest when they would stop in.
Jessesgirl what a cool idea for naming them after love songs or even colors!! The possibilities truly are endless aren't they?? Book titles, favortire car models, designer shoe names.....
I know this is an old thread but I had to add my experience with the number 13. So we went to a wedding where they accidentally had too many people labled to sit at table number 3. We had the venue cordinator come out and look at the mess of (400+ ppl) names and table numbers. She decided that there was no one listed to sit @ table 13................ so we sat there... now I wonder if they purposly skipped table number 13 for extras or if they really did mean for us to be @ table 13 and we all got sat at table 3........ lol we are doomed
I think that 13 is just a number like any other number , so why you want to skip it? I think that would look a bit weird with having things in order for table numbers and table (13) is not there.
Haha we are doing names, not numbers but.... we technically live on the 13th floor in our apartment building... even though it's labeled 14 because they skipped 13. I was like... did they really think we wouldn't notice that we're living on the 13th floor just because they labeled it 14?!?
Keep 13, but let that table be the table that goes up to the buffet/served first...then they would be lucky no? lol
You could just pick random numbers. FI had suggested that we do that but we decided to just do 1-12 (minus our table).
I would name or letter the tables instead to avoid any issues if your concerned.
Personally I always find it funny when large buildings/hotels skip the 13th floor. I mean isn't staying on the 14th floor technically the 13th anyway? So what's the point.
We had a table 13 and it was the only photo of our table numbers that our photographer took. Go figure! LOL
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Did anyone leave out the table number 13 in their seating plan? (ie. skip from table 12 to 14)
We're having our reception at a Chinese restaurant, and to superstitious Chinese people the Chinese word for the number '4' sounds too similar to the Chinese word for 'death', so I guess we won't have tables numbered 4 or 14.
This got me wondering, do people normally skip table 13?