The Guy's Guide To Getting Married
By: Michael Wangner

 

Some women would have you believe there are actual "rules" to who-does-what when it comes to weddings. There are not, however, some traditions come close. The bride is usually responsible for things that involve the "look" or "theme" of the wedding (wedding reception hall, flowers, wedding invitations, wedding photographer, etc) and the groom has to do what might be casually referred to as "everything else".

Here's a quick cheat sheet on common groom responsibilities:

* Marriage License * Blood Tests (if required) * Music (Band / DJ) * Limos for the Bridal Party * Gifts for your Best Man and Groomsmen * Your half of the guest list * Rehearsal Dinner Toast * Wedding Night Hotel Room (if the Honeymoon doesn't start right away) * Honeymoon Schedule the marriage license and blood tests as soon as you can with your fiance (you both have to be there). Since this does require both of you, do this before anything else to get it out of the way before things start to get hectic.

Discuss everything with your fiance and make sure you're both clear on who is responsible for what. You just might impress her by knowing what you've got to do before she does and being proactive. Then again, she might expect this is all common knowledge and act like you're mentally deficient. Women.

Once everything is settled it's time to get to work. Get everything on your list checked off well in advance of the wedding date. You don't want anything hanging over you in the final run up to the wedding and considering how much stress everyone else will be under your best move is to stand ready to put out political fires from inter and intra-family conflicts as they arise.

May you have the best of luck, because you are most certainly going to need every bit of it! :)