• The groom traditionally pays all fees associated with the church ceremony and the marriage license.
• The groom’s parents traditionally host the rehearsal dinner. This is sent as a separate invitation from your wedding invitation.
• In some areas, the groom’s family pays for the alcohol at the reception
• You are responsible for all reservations and fees starting at the end of the reception. This means you rent the car that gets your hotel on your wedding night and you reserve said hotel room.
• You pay for the honeymoon.
• You pay for her wedding band (in addition to the engagement ring) and she pays for your wedding band
• You choose and arrange the attire of the groomsmen, this includes choosing a rental shop if you decide to go with tuxedos. Please do this in a timely fashion!
• You pay attention to the details of your wedding and show interest in attending tasting, dance lessons, etc. You are grateful that you have to devote 1/5 of the time you fiancée does to planning this soiree, and you shower her with complements and flowers accordingly.
• Your most difficult task, and oft shirked responsibility, is to attempt to keep your bride-to-be’s expectations in check. She may find that Martha Stewart Wedding displayed the PERFECT exotic bouquet for your wedding. Unfortunately, your/her last name is not Rockefeller and the flowers would have to be flown in from New Zealand and would therefore cost more than all of the groomsmen’s tuxedos combined. She might think it is ok to ask your hipster best friend to cut off his mullet because it will ruin her wedding pictures. You have to say NO! You might be yelled at, but take it like a man! Perfectly normal, rational women exhibit highly irrational behavior when planning a wedding. I should know- I’ve been there! It is your job to try to combat the bridal brainwashing your future wife has undergone, in some cases you will be the only one who can.

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