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"Cocktail hours and milling about with a drink in one hand and a plate of food in the other seem inextricably linked. But that doesn&amp;#39;t mean guests are happy about it.\nPinterestFacebookWeddings are all about (or at least a lot about) entertaining the people you&amp;#39;ve invited to celebrate with you. And your guests won&amp;#39;t be very entertained if they&amp;#39;re uncomfortably standing while balancing glasses and dishes. Giving them a place to sit--or at the very least, lean--shows you care about their good time.\nThere were tables and chairs (and comfy couches, too!) at my cocktail hour, but not nearly enough for all 150 of my guests. And, while no one flat-out complained about it to me, I do regret not having a seat for every tush. That&amp;#39;s because I&amp;#39;m not so great at eating with a fork while standing (and yes, I know I&amp;#39;m abnormally uncoordinated), so why should I have forced some of my guests into doing that same thing?\nMy friend PJ did the cocktail hour right: tables that comfortably fit about six each in the center of a room surrounded by stations of food. Not every cocktail-hour venue will have space to accommodate so many chairs, but your guests will appreciate it (especially the klutzy ones like me) if you squeeze as much seating in there as possible.\nDo you mind standing at cocktail hours? Do you think guests should just suck it up and stay on their toes (it is, after all, only an hour)? Will you request extra seating at your cocktail hour?\nMore Cocktail-Hour Advice__\nMake a Cocktail-Hour Playlist\nA Cheap Trick to Jazz Up Drinks\nMouthwatering and Memorable Hors d&amp;#39;Oeuvres\n__More Ways to Get Glamour\nVisit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10!\nEnter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nFollow us on Twitter\nAdd us to your iGoogle homepage\nPhoto: Gail Chatelain"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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