Grooms And Weddings
December 11, 2008
Historically, men were not especially involved in the wedding planning process. Aside from selecting his groomsmen, planning the honeymoon, and showing up, he is usually excluded from most decisions involving the wedding. Today, grooms are taking on a much more active role. Grooms should be involved with the planning of the wedding planning for several reasons. The most important reason is that the wedding day is their day too, and they should be involved with planning such an important event. Most of married life should be a team effort, and planning the wedding should be no different.
According to the Conde Nast Bridal Infobank, over 40 percent of couples plan their wedding together. One of the primary reasons for such an increase in groom involvement is that about two-thirds of couples are paying for some or all of their weddings. Grooms are more invested in their own weddings, and as a result, they are more involved. Many brides hold full-time jobs going into the wedding, and they would be overwhelmed without the groom’s help. Working together, planning the wedding, may not only be more effective, but may also prove to be more enjoyable.
Help is welcome because there is so much planning involved in organizing a wedding. Grooms are exceedingly involved with selecting, transportation companies, wedding bands, reception venues, and caterers. A gourmet groom that enjoys cooking should enjoy selecting the menu for the big day, and he may offer some good insights. Other grooms may become more involved with personalizing the marriage vows.
Grooms may find that planning a wedding can be an enjoyable experience that gives them an opportunity to share ideas with their fiancé. Due to the close involvement with the planning, grooms may become fonder of the entire wedding experience. If you and your fiancé come up with the budget together, it may be easier to adhere to it. If the decisions are made together, you too may be able to enjoy the wedding so much better. As active participant in the planning and organizing of your wedding, you know that each of you has a say in what is and isn’t going to be part of your wedding day.
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6 Responses to “Grooms And Weddings”
need to find photos with real weddings of grooms wearing brown?
want to know what brown tuxes will look like on grooms and groomsmen in real life weddings!
I DONT WANT ANY WITH JUST PLAIN I WOULD LIKE THEM IN A REAL WEDDING LINE!!!
By kiratrav2002 on Dec 11, 2008
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b99/bynumphoto/photography/HathcockWed04.jpg
this is the only good pic i could find!
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By Jill Michelle on Dec 11, 2008
Here are some.
http://www.jimsformalwear.com/images/product/282_parisian_alt3_lrg.jpg
http://server11.sitewizard.co.uk/sites/jackbunneys/images/brown_wedding_suit.jpg
You can just google it and click images and then it should bring some up. Im at school so I had to cheat my way around the system so I found some hope that helps.
Good Luck!
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BTB 5/31/08
By Mrs.Saurey2b on Dec 11, 2008
did you try googling imaging it?
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By should be working on Dec 11, 2008
I hope this helps…The first link shows the groomsmen in line for a casual pic but you don't see the detail of the tux until you look at the pic of the grooms sneakers!
http://www.alisonbynum.com/2007_09_01_bynumphoto_archive.html
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By mom2turtle on Dec 11, 2008
http://www.theknot.com you will find a lot of stuff you need
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By Moni on Dec 11, 2008