Getting married can be an exciting and overwhelming time. While your bride is busy with all the fine details of planning the wedding you should be prepared for your responsibilities…
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Buy an engagement ring.
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Write your wedding guest list and have your family make out theirs.
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Choose and invite your Best Man and ushers in the wedding.
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Choose formal wear with your bride to select outfits for you and ushers.
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Choose gifts for the ushers to be given out at the rehearsal dinner.
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Choose your bride’s wedding present.
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Select a wedding ring with the bride. This should be engraved on the inside with both of your initials and date. A personal message is special.
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Plan the honeymoon several months in advance to ensure reservations.
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Traditionally the groom pays for the bride’s bouquet, corsages, and boutonnieres.
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Apply for the marriage license several weeks before and give it to the Best Man the day of the wedding.
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Check to be sure you and the bride have all the necessary papers, birth certificates, blood test, baptismal certificates, etc.
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Make insurance provisions for your new status.
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Notify your attendants of time and place for rehearsal.
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Provide the officiant’s fee, which is given to the Best Man to hold on the wedding day.
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Send a thank-you card to your bride’s parents the next day saying how lovely the event was.
