GROOM SCHOOL
Brides, Send Your
Groom to Class
For those of us that have been in the wedding industry a number
of years we have heard or seen too many times brides frustrated with their
groom for what they perceive as a lack of help through the wedding planning
phase. The typical answers they hear far too often from their fiancés when
seeking their opinion on such things as color schemes, décor or bridesmaids
dresses?
“Oh, I don’t care.”
“Whatever you think is best dear.”
“It’s up to you.”
After a while these phrases are like hearing nails on a chalkboard to an over-burdened bride. Could it be that these grooms really don’t care or could it be that they are already trying to prescribe to that age old theory that a happy wife equals a happy life, it’s just best to let them have their way? Or is there something more plausible?
For years the bride has been dreaming of her wedding day, taking mental notes from other weddings and critiquing the fictional nuptials she has seen in the movies. Because of that marketers have zeroed in on her. There are bride magazines, bridal shows, wedding planning websites whose color schemes are designed to attract the bride and even a cable television channel that hosts such bride-centric shows as Say Yes to the Dress, Something Borrowed, Something New and Four Weddings.
Is it any wonder why a groom questions where his place is in the wedding planning process?
That's all beginning to change with the growing popularity of the Grooms Workshop. The first one ever in the Tri- States will take place in conjunction with “A Bridal Affair” on Sunday, April 14th at the Grand River Center, Dubuque, IA at 1pm. It will be a no cost, completely free event. In it grooms will learn:
“Oh, I don’t care.”
“Whatever you think is best dear.”
“It’s up to you.”
After a while these phrases are like hearing nails on a chalkboard to an over-burdened bride. Could it be that these grooms really don’t care or could it be that they are already trying to prescribe to that age old theory that a happy wife equals a happy life, it’s just best to let them have their way? Or is there something more plausible?
For years the bride has been dreaming of her wedding day, taking mental notes from other weddings and critiquing the fictional nuptials she has seen in the movies. Because of that marketers have zeroed in on her. There are bride magazines, bridal shows, wedding planning websites whose color schemes are designed to attract the bride and even a cable television channel that hosts such bride-centric shows as Say Yes to the Dress, Something Borrowed, Something New and Four Weddings.
Is it any wonder why a groom questions where his place is in the wedding planning process?
That's all beginning to change with the growing popularity of the Grooms Workshop. The first one ever in the Tri- States will take place in conjunction with “A Bridal Affair” on Sunday, April 14th at the Grand River Center, Dubuque, IA at 1pm. It will be a no cost, completely free event. In it grooms will learn:
· What they should NOT be doing or saying
· Key elements of a great speech
· Microphone Techniques
· Ways to impress their bride and WOW the guests
This is a GUYS ONLY event, so brides send your grooms (and they are invited to bring along their best man or a groomsmen) to join us.
This is just another piece of the puzzle that will help make your day the wedding that you have always dreamed of.
