Traditionally, the bride-to-be has taken on the lion’s share of the wedding planning. As she and mom buzz about town selecting caterers, bakers, flower arrangements and the all-important wedding dress, the groom has chilled out at home waiting for the big day to arrive.
Fortunately, wedding planning doesn’t have to be only up to the bride. In fact, there’s no reason why the groom shouldn’t get involved in the entire process. With this in mind, here are four wedding-related tasks that can all easily be handled by the groom:
1. Create and Maintain the Wedding Website
To help share the details of their big day, many couples are embracing the idea of creating a wedding website. If the groom-to-be has a knack for technology, this would be an ideal task for him to take over. To get started, the bride and groom can visit a website like Minted.com and choose the template they like the best.
These templated wedding sites are created by independent artists and then can be customized by the happy couple. As the wedding planning moves along, the groom can maintain the website, which will help guests know more about the upcoming celebration.
2. Completing Various Guest List-Related Chores
Ideally, the bride and groom should work together to come up with the guest list. Once the invitations have been sent out and the RSVPs start to roll in, the groom should make it his duty to track down any missing RSVPs from, at the very least, his side of the guest list by calling or emailing them to see if they plan to attend.
3. Handling the Rehearsal Dinner Details
Traditionally, the groom’s family will host the rehearsal dinner. If this is the case for the bride and groom, he should help to pick out the location and send out invitations. In addition to these to-dos, the groom should let the wedding officiant, as well as both sets of parents and the members of the wedding party, know where and when the rehearsal dinner will take place. Having this important chore off the bride’s plate will help to reduce any stress.
4. Choosing Cake and Food
Even if the groom isn’t too opinionated about how many tiers the wedding cake will have and if it will be festooned with real roses or those made from frosting, he can still get involved in the selection of the cake. Many wedding cake bakers are happy to offer samples of the different flavors of cake, filling, and frosting.
The bride and groom can try everything together and select if they want a lemon cake with a blueberry filling or a chocolate cake with a cream cheese frosting. The same is true for what food will be served at the wedding. The groom can accompany the bride to meetings with the caterer and both can enjoy sampling potential wedding food and then select what will be featured in their first meal as husband and wife.
The Big Day Will be Here Soon
By playing an integral part in the wedding planning, the groom will not only remove a lot of responsibility from his bride’s plate, but he will also help her to not feel overly stressed out. Indeed, working together, making joint decisions whenever possible and showing support for one another is a great way to start off a marriage.