115 days out from the big day for me and my bride to be, the pressure is on. But stress just doesn’t get to me. O.k. maybe when my team gets knocked out the playoffs, but I am not going to let flower arrangements, merlot vs. pinot noir, or centrepiece options stress me out. I [...]
Ghandi paid $10 for a custom suit on famed New Bond Street in London, many years back. Not that I compare myself to the great man, but I think I will follow suit.
They say that everyone will be looking at your bride on the day of the wedding, but she will be [...]
For those of you who have yet to dive into the black abyss of faux shopping fun, allow me to offer a few tips as I am heading into round two. 1) This IS shopping. Don’t be fooled by the name guys, this isn’t a spring football or little league sign up. This is like [...]
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We’re back! This time, we’ve got a fantastic groom, Brad Bodnarchuck, who will be getting married sooner rather than later. Brad hails from Vancouver, British Columbia, and like you (and me before you!) is a prospective groom. He’ll be sharing his insights into dealing with Bridezilla and other such subjects from time to [...]
Mike Arnot, founder of Groom Groove, has a book for the groom coming out in December 2008. It details everything a groom needs to know about everything from popping the question to honeymoon planning and boyond. It is based on some of the materials on Groom Groove, but is an original work by Mike. Not [...]
The guys at Groom Groove have been approached looking for stories of marriage proposals gone wrong? Got a story that’s worthy? Send us the details at info@groomgroove.com. We’ll keep the gory details to ourselves. But we know that it happens, either because prospective grooms make a way-too-complicated proposal or because the girlfriend is not totally [...]
Once you’ve made a transition from boyfriend and girlfriend to fiance and fiancee, things are a tad more serious. You do know what the next step is, right prospective groom? No worries, billions of guys have taken this step as well. The guys at Groom Groove believer, however, that one of the major keys to [...]
We’ve been contacted by a news organization looking for marriage proposal stories gone wrong. In an effort to help them out, let us know if you know of a marriage proposal story gone wrong - where the guy proposed, but the girlfriend turned the guy down. Yup - it must not be much fun, and [...]
We’re sending a fair amount of wedding MCs to the Wedding MC Joke book, created by two comedians from Canada. We reviewed the book in June 2008, and like it quite a bit. There’s nothing quite like a good laugh about weddings for guys like us that are perpetually writing about the groom and weddings! [...]
Not every marriage proposal needs to be crazy and elaborate, with fireworks and tears. The guys at Groom Groove have read a ton of marriage proposal stories that were very elaborate, and some that we’re just simple. Here’s a simple marriage proposal story. Now, that’s not going to be the way to go for everyone, [...]