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The Groom Tamer
Salt or pepper, catchup or mustard, bread or toast, the basketball game court-side or a booth at the opera, guess what, you can stop making these small bothersome decisions. You do not have to worry about them anymore. No, you are not dead; you are getting married. It is the reason you were born. If you think about it, it is a pretty good deal, actually. I mean, women enjoy making decisions for other people. That is why they are so darn good in the workforce and why there should be a woman president.
If a man were in charge of a wedding, we would have some pretty plain and ordinary ceremonies with very little style and zero class. We would have roses, a woman would have roses, and about two dozen other flower varieties that make roses look good. We would have wedding favors; they would languish for years in someone’s attic, closet, or cedar chest. A woman would have unique wedding favors that people would cherish and put on display in their homes.
Men can plan weddings and can come up with beautiful ideas that would enhance the wedding and make it special, but only by thinking like a woman. After the wedding, we would be heading for sports camp or a fishing resort to spend our honeymoons. By listening to women, we instead have a wonderful time lying on a beach being catered to by a staff that wants nothing but our happiness. I would not have thought of it but hey, I will take the beach any day of the week.
From the moment the doctor said, “It’s a boy!” A woman started making decisions for you. Does it sound like a bad thing? Well, you would be wrong to think so. If it were not for that woman taking charge at that precise moment, you would have lain there butt naked, shivering in the cold, crying your heart out. (Just like the last time a girlfriend left me.) Women do everything well but what they excel at is making decisions. I am not necessarily referring to major, planetary stuff, although if they were in charge, there would be peace and the planet would be in great shape. I am talking about everyday stuff, weddings included.
Not for the catch and see if this sounds familiar to you because it is a design that was set up by a clever woman centuries ago and, with the patience born of womanhood, has proven throughout the years to be a huge success. From the day that you were born, you were “groomed” to be a loyal and obedient husband. Every decision in your life was made by a woman. She loved you and cared for you and told you what to eat, (and when to eat it) what to wear, (and how to wear it) and what to say (do I need to say it?)
Then came the day that we grasped at our independence and we took control of our own lives rebelliously. When mother lay our clothes out we left them there on the bed. We chose our own set of clothes from the closet and we left for school leaving her standing at the doorway with a defeated look on her face at least, until we were out of site. Then she smiled at our foolishness. After all, the closet is full of clothes that she picked out, not the man-child.
For the next twenty or so years, we believed we were making the decisions that forged our independence, never realizing that we were being cleverly manipulated into becoming the kind of husband she and your new wife’s mother decided you would be years before you were born. Now, when you walk into a room and your mother, your mother-in-law, and your wife stop talking and smile at you, you jokingly ask if they were talking about you. They will all look at each other and laugh because they were talking about you. They were talking about how well you turned out and they were also discussing how to “groom” your son. Congratulations, you are about to be a dad.
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Weddings In The Sunshine with Summer Wedding Favors
Imagine that you were going to get married. What would be, in your mind, the perfect place for such an occasion to take place? For many people asked this very question, the first thing that pops in their mind is a church. Occasionally some people answer with a location that is considered to be romantic, yet some think it is unorthodox. The location in which they think of is a beach. Think about it, how many times can you say that you have attended a wedding on a beach? Not very often is it?
The location of a beach causes other questions to arise as well. It often leaves people wondering to themselves what some ideas for beach wedding favors are, as well as if they should also invest in some summer wedding favors to go along with the theme. Both themes pretty much coincide together because when one thinks of a beach, they generally think of the summertime as well. The trick is to find things which actually fit with the surroundings.
What type of favors would you choose for a location such as this? Would you use shells as dcor, or would you decide to throw a type of surfers wedding, equipped with surf boards and wet suites? Would you have snacks and delectable chocolates made in the shape of things often found at the beach, such as seagulls and sea shells? This is the fun part about planning a wedding; including all the fine details and piecing them together. It is almost like a jigsaw puzzle of life. Once it is pieced together, pictures of it will be taken and hung on wall for years to come.
People want every aspect of their wedding to be memorable from the “I do’s” right down to the “I’ll have another glass of champagne”. The key to accomplishing this is to have everything from the foods to the beverages and favors represent some aspect of your personality. If for instance you are a fun loving, witty person then your wedding favors and dcor should defiantly reflect it. In other words, these favors are almost like little reflectors of who you are. The most important thing about your wedding day though is that you are happy. Having decorations and wedding favors that are to die for is just an added bonus to your bliss. Enjoying the company of your friends and family, as well as sharing this day with them will defiantly make for the most memorable occasion in you life. This day marks the beginning of your very own family and the beginning of a new life. This is the day in which you and your soul mate have been joined together and have become one.
These are what make our lives worth living. Intimate moments like our weddings which we share with our friends and relatives, and the memories that we create together. When you look back on your special day, the things which will stand out the most is the person whom you love, your special day together, and the place where it all happened. As time goes by, you will find that memories are made to be cherished and shared, and that no matter how small or how big of an event you have, it will definitely be memorable.
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Ideas For Garden Wedding Favors
Have you ever attended a wedding in the spring time? If you have then surely you know just how creative some decorations can become for these events. Sometimes they are held outside where all of the beautiful flowers are just coming into bloom and the birds are chirping. This is because spring represents romance as well as the renewal of life. When two people get married that is just what they do, they begin a new life with their spouses.
As with any other type of wedding, spring time weddings mean having to choose wedding favors. Some people chose traditional spring wedding favors while others decide to go with garden wedding favors. Sometimes people even combine the two. I can even remember one wedding that I attended, where the happy couple used little glass bowls with two goldfish each in them as table centerpieces. After the wedding party was over guess what they gave out as wedding favors. Yup you guessed it; everyone received a pet goldfish as a party favor.
There are lots of brilliant ideas that people could use as favors for a springtime wedding. Sometimes people even give out candles with their names and wedding date on them. These types of favors can serve multiple purposes. They can be used as keepsake items, or the candles can be used literally for lighting and relaxation. Sometimes people use glass bowls with water and flower petals in them and a floating candle shaped like a rose as a centerpiece, and have party favors that match.
There are always unique and fun ways to choose wedding favors too. You can chose varieties of favors, so that everyone has different ones to choose from, or you can just order custom favors and everyone can have the same ones yet still unique. For garden themed weddings you could give out miniature garden shovels along with packets of seeds for your guests to take home and to plant. This way they can grow their own flowers and literally live up to the motto “to love is to nurture”. Just imagine if you gave out flower seeds and every one of your guests planted them and they grew. Every time they were to look at the flowers they would remember you and your wedding. That would defiantly be enough to be considered a hit party favor wouldn’t you think? In any account it would be a great way to get people to remember you.
Sometimes people even give out miniature garden gnomes with their flower seeds as well. There are literally thousands of possibilities for favors when it comes to these types of themed events. Some people even have fairy related favors. The possibilities for themes are practically limitless, although you defiantly wouldn’t want any snowmen or snowflakes as party favors for a spring time event. There are however the usual items which one could give out, although they aren’t necessarily specific to any particular season of the year. These types of non specific favors are of course usually the delectable edible chocolate flowers, wedding bell shaped mints, and of course even the little tins or containers in which they come in. Despite what it is that you finally decide to have as far as wedding favors, the important thing to keep in mind is that no matter what you choose, everything is going to be a hit with your guests.
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Like Your Wedding Planner As A Person
If you are lucky, you have a committed and talented family member that is eager and chomping at the bit to plan your wedding for you. Most people are not that lucky and will have to get out there and find one. Choosing a wedding planner is not as easy as opening the phone book and calling the first number listed although you could go that route and you might even get lucky enough to like that individual. The odds, I am sorry to say, are against it. A good wedding planner knows that you and he or she will have to form and emotional bond in the short time you will be together and you both will need to feel that bond on your first meeting.
This is a person who will come into your life and make help you make some of the most important decisions you will ever make. The wedding planner will be the maker or breaker of a wedding and a good one embraces this responsibility. They look forward to the challenge and they understand the gravity of the commitment.
Interview, interview, interview, and you cannot go wrong. A good rule of thumb is to meet with at least five event planners before you make a decision. If you find that it is a tough decision to make then you are doing something right. Let your heart help you make the decision or even better, let your heart make the final choice. That is usually the right thing to do.
Do not be afraid to ask for references and even quiz the wedding planner to test their knowledge. You do not want a planner that does not know the difference between beach wedding favors and summer wedding favors. You also want your planner to know the vendors you may hire by name. If, when it is time to talk about caterers, the planner pulls out the yellow pages and asks you if that would be under food or catering, you probably made a bad choice.
Wedding planners should come highly recommended. When they supply references, check to make sure that the references are actually married couples who used the planner and not just friend earning a few quick reference bucks. (It happens) One good way to tell if you have a reputable wedding planner is the way they interact with the vendors you will involve in your wedding. Call around in advance and get over the phone quotes to see if your planner is getting you better deals in person.
Once you have a good wedding planner, trust their instincts as well as your own. If they have been in the business for any length of time, they will know the tricks that will save you money and make your wedding an affair to remember. A good wedding planner makes between two and three thousand dollars per wedding and to many people they are well worth the money. Of course, the least expensive way to go is to plan your wedding yourself but only if your negotiating skills are very sharp. Part of a wedding planner’s job is to get you the best service at the best price possible. This is how they make a living and most of them are very good at what they do. The most important thing is to find one that you like and with whom you are comfortable.
Aaron Hu has authored on an extensive range of topics related to the wedding industry. If you are looking for unique wedding favors, E-WeddingFavors.com has the biggest selection available. You will also find Wedding Favors and much more, all at very affordable prices.
Tips for Wedding Pranks
When a man gets married, it is obligatory that his friends play a couple of practical jokes on him. That is, after all, what friends are for. Men look at this ritual as a kind of payback or punishment for leaving the pack to go out on his own with “a woman” who will now stand between them and their friend. The new wife is not deemed as the enemy, per say, but she is on the other side of a fence which they cannot cross. Gone are the days of all night rambles without repercussion.
There are many tricks and pranks that are standard procedure and are usually expected. The mystery of when is the only element of surprise left for these traditional pranks. The best man, however, is allowed one original prank before the invisible line is crossed. Only the best man or best friend of the groom is allowed this leeway and anyone else who attempts it — has crossed the line and will be severely chastised by the group. He becomes an outcast of sorts for an indefinite and unspecified period of time and the group knows only by instinct when that penalty period expires.
One of the traditional pranks is the greasing of the doorknobs of various dwellings owned or occupied by the husband to be. Large amounts of Vaseline are applied to the doorknob causing extreme difficulty in turning the knob to enter or exit. Another such original prank is the fake wedding favors, which could now be deemed as unique wedding favors as they consist of a package or condoms, a deck of naked lady cards and various other small items of a sexual nature all tied up in a nice little gift bag and placed before the bride and bridesmaids seats along with a fake invoice with the company logo of the original wedding favor supplier. This causes the bride to think that all the guests received these items and the shipper made a terrible mistake.
Toilet paper is another favorite prank when the friends of the groom get together and TP their buddy’s yard. In the wedding tradition, which differs from the Halloween trick, vast amounts of toilet paper are used and a thorough job is complete, usually late at night while their friend is asleep. This wedding prank can be carried out up to one week after the nuptials. Usually the TP party occurs while the couple is off on honeymoon.
The coup de resistance, as it were, is the best man’s prank, which can be quite original. My personal favorite the cricket joke, as it is both funny and embarrassing for the happy couple. It is vital to know what vehicle they will be using providing they will use one at all to go on the honeymoon. During the wedding or ensuing reception, thousands of live crickets are placed in the vehicle. When the newlyweds get in the vehicle and drive off, they do so to the tune of crickets noisily protesting their new home. It is hilarious to see them pull up to a red light next to other cars or even better, a police car, with crickets chirping so loudly that they have to blast the stereo or endure the laughing stares of strangers.
When your friend gets married, take your time and come up with something really original and unique. He may act upset at the time, but as soon as you are together without the new wife, he will appreciate you for it.
Aaron Hu has authored on an extensive range of topics related to the wedding industry. If you are looking for unique wedding favors, E-WeddingFavors.com has the biggest selection available. You will also find Wedding Favors and much more, all at very affordable prices.
The Importance of Your Wedding Florist
While there are hundreds of decisions to be made when planning a wedding, perhaps none are as fragile and important as choosing a florist to cater to the event. You can simply pick out arrangements and transport them yourself or you can have them delivered. Either way, remember that the flowers in your wedding can make it or break it — so you may want to consider having them catered instead.
Florist catering is a new aspect of the wedding that has broken traditional grounds of supplying the wedding with flowers by actually having an employee of the florist deliver your flowers and ensure their placement, workability within the wedding, and the maintenance throughout. They will even dispose of the unused and unclaimed remains of the day. Having a florist employee on hand to keep the flowers fresh and the arrangements moving from area to area is a sure way to make that part of your wedding a success.
A few things you will want to do before you choose a florist are listed here for your convenience. This is not a catchall list and is by no means inclusive of every detail of your weddings floral needs. The very first thing you will want to check is the experience the florist has with catering to weddings. Have they done other wedding and how successful were they. Always check the references that the florist provides to ensure honesty and integrity of their sometimes rather bold claims.
Ask if there is an employee who has experience with wedding arrangements in particular. It is also feasible to ask for a demonstration, should the florist not already have wedding display available. Ask informed questions of the person who will be delivering and maintaining your flowers. Find out just how knowledgeable this person really is. This may take some internet research on your part but it is better to be prepared.
Check around for pricing in your area as well. While buying flowers for your girl or beau is not a negotiable affair, catering to an event often is negotiable and you should get as much bang for your wedding buck as is possible. If you get a reasonable quote, do not be afraid to use it to get another florist to compete for your business.
Request an original arrangement to be prepared for your wedding that you will take on the spot. It does not have to be fancy; just twenty or thirty dollars but insist that it be created right then before your eyes. You will be amazed by some of the talent that is out there and it may even inspire you. Florist arrangers are very creative people by nature, especially when put on the spot like that.
This is your wedding and it should be as beautiful and creative as you want it to be. You can compliment the wonderful floral arrangements with spring wedding favors and garden wedding favors that match the colors and the style that you have chosen for the wedding. Creating a theme that is highlighted with beautiful flowers is sure to make your wedding so memorable that whenever your guests catch the fragrance of a flower in the springtime, they will pause and think of your amazing wedding and the wonderful time they had. This is truly the mark of a successful wedding, how it is remembered by those who attend.
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Best Groomsmen Gifts: Presents They Surely Love
Gift-giving can be a burden to a lot of men such as when giving gifts to their buddies. On the wedding day, giving gifts to your groomsmen is something that you have to do to show your gratitude to your close friends who were there to help make your day special. Besides assisting you with the wedding ceremony, your groomsmen are most probably your closest friends who have been there for you through thick and thin. Giving away those presents on your wedding will show them your appreciation and recognition of their presence.
Groomsmen gifts should not be cheap and effortless. It does not mean that you have to spend too much. You just have to remember that this does not happen every day so you have to put an extra effort on your gifts? Do not just pick something random and hope that they will like it. Do not leave the responsibility to your fiancee or just with anybody else. You are the one who knows your friends better.
Gift items for your sporty friends are available in the local sports shop. Depending on their sports, you can gift jerseys, gloves, rubber shoes, baseball hat, ball, racket, gym bag and a whole lot more. It can be helpful to observe which item he needs more. For example, if his shoes are old and already worn out, he will surely appreciate a new pair. Another great idea is to give him passes to a championship event, victory party or similar occasions related to his sports. His favorite player’s picture and autograph will also definitely be appreciated greatly.
For your corporate friends, you will definitely find some office supplies helpful. Examples of these are desktop displays such as pen holder or photo frame. A new tie or cologne to wear to work is also great ideas. Other items you can gift them are wall displays such as a painting, wall clock, framed picture or office-related quotation. These gifts are easy to find as they can be in different stores depending on what exactly you want to give.
Your friends who love outdoors will also like gifts related to his activities. Gifts such as a new tent, water cooler, barbecue grill, Swiss knife, fishing pole and reel are just examples of what you can give him. You can buy these from outdoor sports shops.
For our friends who like music, it is not at all hard to find gifts for them. A CD of his or your group’s favorite artist, much better signed if possible, is simple and a no-brainer but will surely rock him. Tickets to a concert of his favorite artist are also just as good.
Most guys are not fond of shopping at the mall so online shopping is probably the best way to go. You do not have to give the gifts on the wedding day itself. You can give them when the stress of the wedding day preparations is over such as after the honeymoon.
These are just samples of groomsmen gifts that you can present your friends. A simple yet appropriate gift with a little personalized touch will surely gain approval from your groomsmen.
Weddings are such joyous occasion that everyone participating in the wedding entourage are excited to experience its preparation. You can begin with groomsmen gifts that will display a stunning effect on this big day. Or you may want to try bridal shower favors.
Take Your Time When Planning Your Wedding
In planning your wedding, timing is everything. When you and your future spouse make the big decision as to when, it is a good idea to pick several dates and go from there. The reason behind this is that if you have the wedding in one place and the reception in another, which you will probably have to do, you will need to book both places for the same day. This is sometimes nearly impossible to do, especially if you only have one date and one location in mind.
You will want to put the date as far out as possible and still be reasonable. Setting a date of six months to a year from the day you start planning should give you enough time to get everything set up and your guests enough time to ensure they can attend. There is more to planning a wedding that you can possibly imagine and if you have no experience with it and plan on doing it all yourself, you will need as much time as possible to get everything done.
Minor details are key to the success of your wedding. It is always something small that comes back to bite you as the big day approaches. Little things like deciding upon summer wedding favors or if you are marrying at or near the ocean, beach wedding favors. When you have made a decision, don’t forget to order them. While this is a minor detail and is not huge in itself, add a few more minor details to it and you have a potential catastrophe waiting in the wings with the bridesmaids.
One of the very first decisions you will have to make besides location is how many guests will be invited. Even the location depends on this decision. You want to think this through carefully as the more guests you have, the more closely you will have to consider your budget and the more details there will be to overlook. Seek out friends that have been through this before and do not be scared to use the internet to learn as much as possible before you even begin.
Many catering services will charge by the head count. Food is going to be a big expense and what type of wedding theme you plan will play a big part in what kind of food you will serve. Can you see how the decisions seem to snowball off each other? Make a list of what you need to do and then follow your list. It will help to reveal many of the smaller things that you have missed and help you to plan a successful wedding and reception.
Another great reason to start planning early and give yourself plenty of time is that you will need this time to compare caterers and services for price and quality. Remember the difficulty in setting the chapel and the wedding hall dates on the same day. Many caterers that you contact will also be unavailable according to your schedule. If it seems like a daunting task that is because it is a daunting and difficult task but fortunately, it is not impossible, as many people have made it through before you.
The most important thing to do is to give yourself plenty of time to make and correct the mistakes you might make in the order of the services you plan. There will always be something you will have to adjust because it was not decide3d upon in the correct order. That is okay because if you have plenty of time, you can always correct your minor mistakes and forge ahead with confidence.
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The Wedding Cramps
There you are at the alter with your new bride to be listening to the long-winded preacher go through his eloquently prepared speech. He is just about to get to the good part when suddenly, your stomach cramps up and you know…, I mean, you just know that you are about to pass some of the most noxious and disgusting gas imaginable. How you know is easy, because, like an idiot, you went out last night and sowed the last of your wild oats. That means you drank so much that you are still over the legal limit and its been 18 hours since your last drink. You find yourself wishing that Taco Bell did not have an all night drive through and wish you had not polished off twelve of them.
The empty bottle of pink, cherry flavored stomach medicine laying on the bathroom counter will do nothing but add a slightly cherry-ish tinge to an otherwise deadly fume and at this point, the only thing you can do is bend over and clutch your stomach, and your butt cheeks. But you can’t do that in the middle of a ceremony that will remain in your wife’s keen memory for the rest of your short and painful marriage should you blow wind and kill all the guests on this side of the church.
What can you do to prevent or at least minimize the damage? Here are a few tips at damage control because short of sticking a roll of quarters in a very uncomfortable place, in public, you are about to embarrass yourself.
One thing you can do is cut it loose. Just let it go and then quickly step back and glare at your best man. This technique, known as deflection, is the same technique you used on the school bus as a child when you wanted to embarrass your best friend who is now your best man. He will know what to do if he is still sharp. He will turn and glare at the unsuspecting groomsman next to him. This may actually work if your soon to be wife has the I.Q. of a muskrat and is deaf on the right side.
Another option is to ease it out and pray for a silent passing that is not so potent that it fuses the sand in the beach wedding favors or wilts the wild flowers on the summer wedding favors. A silent passage allows you the opportunity to take a five count before dramatically sniffing the air and looking around as if you smell smoke and are trying to locate the fire.
There are a few things you have to remember when deflecting a butt bomb away from yourself. Fisrt of all, never and I mean never deflect, even in the slightest way towards your new bride. For one thing, she will never forgive you and ca dial a divorce lawyer faster than you can say I’m sorry. Most important, if she does forgive you, which she won’t even if she says she will, revenge is a dish best served cold. Women know cold, brother, you don’t want to go there. Your apt to wake up on your anniversary with the twins in a sling. You cannot deflect towards the preacher either. Accusing a pastor, rabbi, or priest is out of the question, period. I think that it is a law, written or not.
Your best option is to just grin and bear it. Make your apologies, hope for the best because if she loves you, truly and deeply loves you, she will be embarrassed for you, and forgive you. But don’t hold your breath. Well…, you might have to.
Aaron Hu has authored on an extensive range of topics related to the wedding industry. If you are looking for unique wedding favors, E-WeddingFavors.com has the biggest selection available. You will also find Bridal Shower Favors and much more, all at very affordable prices.