You Put a Ring on It, Let the Wedding Planning Begin

Congratulations. You did it! You put a ring on it and proposed to the woman of your dreams. You asked the love of your life if she would spend the rest of her life with you and she said ‘yes’. To which most of your best guy friends most likely chuckled, “She did, she said yes? She wants to marry YOU!” before they reached in for a manly guy embrace, a high five, a toast or a handshake offering you their heartfelt congratulations on your engagement.

In addition to promising to love, honor and cherish you till death do you two part, your future wife has additionally promised to spend a lifetime picking up your dirty socks, yelling at you for channel surfing, sending you to the man cave, testing your shopping endurance and countless other wifely tasks.

But before all that married bliss can begin, you have to get hitched! This is the fun part! (Guys say it with me … “this is the fun part!”) And while wedding planning means different things to different sexes. For her, it’s the biggest day of her life and every detail is a dilemma. For him, it’s tell me when and where I have to be and what I need to wear. But for both, it’s about celebrating this joyous lifetime occasion with friends and family. It’s about making toasts, sharing childhood stories, sharing embarrassing stories, sharing friendships and family ties.

Tuxedos will have to be purchased or rented, groomsmen will have to be chosen, the wedding guest list will need to be cut then cut again, cakes will have to be tasted, thank you gifts will have to be purchased, seating charts will have to be made, hotels will have to be booked, a band will have to be found, and countless other wedding details, no groom ever imagined, will fall into place before your wedding day arrives.

As the groom, your friends and male family members will be in the position to create lasting wedding memories during your engagement and on your wedding day. You will ask your dearest relations to stand beside you as you give up your singlehood and embark on the partnership of your life. You will no longer be ‘some guy’, you’ll be ‘somebody’s husband’. You’ll no longer be a ‘Mr.’, you’ll be a ‘Mr. and Mrs.’ And your best friends, brothers, cousins, father, step-father will all have something to say and something to contribute.

Whether it’s your best man who’s toast makes your grandmother cringe, or your friends who fill your stag night with hookers and gin, or your uncle who sings “of all the girls he’s loved before” at your reception, or your ring bearer who steals the show down the aisle, these are all the grooms men who will make you cry, laugh and smile and create treasured memories on your big day – your wedding day!