Lifestyle Gifts Ideas

Just because you're about to head into the married lifestyle, it doesn't mean your groomsmen are coming along with you on that journey. This is why you shouldn't listen to the future wife for groomsmen gift advice - come on, are your bachelor buddies really going to want furniture or wall art? When it comes to choosing the right gifts for your groomsmen, you need to keep in mind the lifestyles of each guy, whether they're college buddies, friends from work, dedicated bachelors or married men themselves. You only have one chance to give the perfect groomsmen gifts, so give your buddies gifts they'll actually use.

Groomsmen Gift Ideas for the Redneck Wedding


Ever watch “My Big Fat Redneck Wedding” on the CMT network? It’s a reality show that documents down-home country couples as they prepare to take a trip down the aisles of matrimony -- it’s like a train wreck that you can’t turn away from.  After watching a bubba-thon of these episodes one day and getting high on Cheetos and Twinkies, I started thinking about what would make some really cool groomsmen gifts for the redneck. 

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10 Reasons To Get Your Gifts Personalized

You have to learn his middle name eventually, so isn't it best if
you can find it out under the guise of getting his groomsmen gifts
appropriately initialed? The noble end might...

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A Better Bachelor Party Guide

Want to ensure good groomsmen gifts this year? The key to gaining
great groomsmen gifts' karma is to shine in the centerpiece of
groomsman duty: the bachelor party. Indeed, when determining your
overall...

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Atheist Gifts

Athiesm isn't quite the full-time job that religion can be, which
leaves guys like us plenty of time to indulge in all the seven
deadlies. Okay, maybe not all of them, and...

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Best Man Gifts Versus Gifts for Groomsmen

Sure you've got a pack of buddies tight enough to rival the gang on Entourage,
but when it comes down to it, there's always that one friend that
stands out from the...

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Christian Gifts

If you are looking for Christian Gifts or simply more clean-cut
presents for your conservative groomsmen, don't despair! Just because
you can't buy them blow-up nurses and NC17 tattoos doesn't mean you
can't...

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Gifts and Your Wedding Budget

Sure, you want to give your boys the best, but they don't want you
to go overboard anymore than you do. They're your friends, but if
you're trusting them to stand up...

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Gifts By Destination

Depending on the individual budgets of your groomsmen, your
destination might either be a great excuse for a short vacation, or a
major financial hit. Either way, your guys are traveling quite...

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Gifts For Old Friends and New Friends

You have to give your boys props for sticking with you all these
years. Unless you're somehow getting married with a wedding party you
barely know, your selection of groomsmen probably runs...

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Gifts for Pals from Each Life Period

Your wedding party is generally made up of groomsmen from every
phase of your life, so why not get groomsmen gifts to reflect each
unique friendship?! Read on for a full list...

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Gifts For Perfect Strangers

Picture this: you fall for a girl on a trip, sweep her off her
feet, propose in a matter of a days and now you have to plan a wedding
in a...

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Gifts Of The Month

Okay, not exactly. Unless you're really devoted to your groomsmen,
you're probably going to just get one gift for each guy and be done
with it. But why not try out something...

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Gifts To Impress Women

Even though you're not single anymore, chances are one of your
groomsmen is. Whether your buddies are swinging bachelors or searching
for the right girl, they're probably going to get married eventually.
Help...

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Gifts: It's the thought that counts

If it's truly the thought that counts when it comes to giving gifts,
why do guys give their wives candle holders and toaster ovens? Husbands
everywhere agree that giving gifts requires the...

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How to Give Amazing Gifts to Your Groomsmen

Do you have a history of giving pretty weak presents? If your idea
of a fine gift is one you purchased at the drugstore on the way to the
birthday bash, you...

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How To Make Shopping As Easy As Possible

We know - shopping can be a painful process for everybody. It's not
until you go to pick out a gift for someone that you suddenly forget
every hobby they've ever had,...

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Instead of Wrapping Your Gifts in the Comics Page, Try This…

Yes, having Garfield and company wrapped clumsily around Christmas
gifts has gotten you points for charm in the past. Unfortunately, the
past was when you were twelve, and your poor excuses for...

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Know Thy Groomsmen

Smart Ideas for Groomsmen Gifts "Be
courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well
tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant
of slow...

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Practical Gifts

When you're a kid, just about the worst thing you can get is a
practical gift like a pair of socks. Who's excited to open that package
up on their birthday? There...

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The Art of Organization

Let's face it, guys are pretty easy to keep organized: we've got our
wallets and keys in our pockets, our watches on our wrists, and our
schedules on the PDA. We don't...

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Is it Halo Heaven? A Video Game Wedding

Just because you’re getting married doesn’t mean that you have to give up on your favorite hobby. And, if you’re anything like the typical guy, you love video games. According to the Entertainment Software Association, a video game player is typically male and is, on average, 35 years old -- playing for the last 13 years! So, it’s shouldn’t be surprising to learn that some die-hard video game fans are incorporating a love for this type of entertainment into the biggest day of their lives.

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Aging Whiskey At Home, Worth the Wait

Yo, ho, ho and a barrel of booze! Grooms who enjoy the deep, mellow taste of barrel-aged alcohol and have a “do-it-yourself” attitude are going to love our latest find, personalized whiskey mini-barrels! Fill ‘em up with your favorite spirit such as whiskey, rum, tequila, wine and even plain ole moonshine and then just kick back and wait for the magical process to begin. You’ll hardly be able to wait and share your new secret recipe with bachelor party revelers or wedding reception guests. Plus, when given as groomsmen gifts, the guys are literally and figuratively going to be intoxicated by your gesture.

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Beer Flights Take Off


So many beers, so little time. Did you know that beer is the third most widely consumed beverage in the word over water and tea? The Chinese alone drink more than 45 billion liters a year! From pale ales, stouts and lagers, it’s hard to decide on just one type of beer let alone which brand to guzzle among the seemingly endless array of suds pumped out by major and micro-breweries. No doubt if you’re serving alcohol at your wedding, the bride has agreed to let you serve your favorite beer.  Now pull the beer theme into other aspects of your wedding with beer-inspired groomsmen gifts.

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Possible Celebrity Weddings This Winter


The summer isn’t the only season for celebrity weddings, late fall and winter are also popular times for A-listers to tie the knot. Of course, the latest big stars to get married are Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel who wed in the Italian countryside in October of 2012.  Other engaged celebrity couples who are rumored to be getting married in the near future are Britney Spears and her former manager Jason Trawick, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux, and Sofia Vergara and Nick Loeb. Looks like quite a few sexy screen sirens are a

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Wine-Inspired Gifts for the Holidays


Wine gifts have long been a popular choice for the bride and groom to give their respective wedding attendants as a “thank you” for participating in the Big Day. Even if your ceremony isn’t until next season, you’ll appreciate the impressive array of tasteful wine gifts for men and women at Groomstand.com.

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A Manly Winter Recipe - Whiskey Barrel Aged Wassail


Colder weather means it’s time for a hot beverage and wassail is a popular choice during the yuletide. This old English drink is historically made from mulled cider along with an infusion of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and other spices. Today’s wassail recipes have evolved, often beginning with a base of wine, juice or ale and punched up with brandy or sherry. Keeping these traditions in mind, Groomstand.com has a delicious wassail recipe that we’ve created for one of our popular groomsmen gifts (which also makes a great Christmas gift, by the way) – the Personalized Mini Whiskey Barrel.

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Three Seasonal Drinks for your Holiday Bachelor Party


If you are getting hitched in December or January, it’s time to celebrate. Whether it’s a bachelor party, guy’s weekend away, or the rehearsal dinner, serving up delicious drinks inspired by the winter season are sure to put folks in a festive mood. Forget about the old and overdone drinks, such as eggnog or hot toddies; we have three unique options (and the appropriate glassware) that will have the groomsmen and guests toasting your good tastes. Oh, and here’s a little hint; a set of personalized barware or engraved beer mugs always makes a we

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Man-centric Spending Strategy for a Wedding

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The average wedding budget in 2011, according to a recent survey conducted by The Knot, costs a whopping $27,021 – and this excludes the honeymoon.  Do you know how many beers this would buy? According to our calculations, you could buy 18,000 cases of Budweiser (at $15 dollars a pop) which equates to 43,3oo cans of icy, cold goodness. If you consider 55 years to be the maximum beer-drinking lifespan of a man (from age 21 to age 76), that comes out to be 785 beers a year – or a little more than two beers a day!  Would you rather have an “average” wedding or be guaranteed two beers a day until you kick the bucket?  Gee, that’s not a hard decision for us guys, but trying selling that on the bride. Here are some other interesting wedding budget comparisons that may make you want to evaluate how you are spending your hard-earned money.

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Adventurous Outdoor Bachelor Parties

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Bachelor parties have traditionally been the stuff of alcohol-marinated, strip club debauchery. But maybe the groom for whom you are planning a bachelor party isn’t into that kind of debauchery – no matter how much you might wish him to be No judgments here; every man has different interests and his wishes should always be respected when it comes to his own stag night. If you are trying to sidestep the boobs-and-booze type of party, you may be onto something big if you plan an “active” bachelor party. Many guys like to get their thrills from the great outdoors, not from smoky, shadowy, and sleazy situations that make him look like a guilty suspect the next day. Plus, you don’t want him to have to spend his budget for groomsmen gifts on bailing himself and everyone else out of jail the next day. Keeping this in mind, an “outdoor adventure” bachelor party is sure to get hearts pounding in much healthier ways – especially if you consider he won’t be killed the next day by an angry bride. Here are some outdoor bachelor party ideas to get you started:

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Mind-boggling, Budget-busting Wedding Records

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There is something about human nature that makes us want to “one-up” each other. From SAT scores and the square-footage of homes to the numbers of push-ups and zeros on our paychecks, people – especially guys – like to compare and compete. For goodness sakes, this is how the Guinness Book of World Records came into existence; man needed a way to record random accomplishments and set the bar higher and higher for the next guy to bust his butt achieving. Well, you will be happy (or horrified) that the details of your wedding are not immune to this drive to climb to the top of the heap and get noticed for being bigger, better, more expensive or some other sensational superlative.

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Social Media Mania Hits Weddings

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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more. You could spend countless hours online, mixing and mingling with old buddies and new friends alike. Both Twitter and Facebook report having more than 1 billion unique visitors per month. Facebook alone reports having more than 50 million active pages. Everyone’s doing it from home computers, tablets and smart phones. For celebrities (think about the whole Aston and Demi drama) to regular Joes like us, the trend for interacting via social media just keeps growing exponentially. At Groomstand.com, we even have several groomsmen gifts that would be apropos for the guy who doesn’t like to be far from his virtual friends. A popular choice in gifts for groomsmen who tweet and Facebook from their cells is a monogramed iPhone case. If you want to splurge on your Best Man, consider our city-style urban briefcase crafted from genuine leather, the perfect parking spot for his laptop when not in use!

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Smoke to infinity and beyond! Gigantic Cigar Sold for $185K

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Do you and your groomsmen like cigars? I mean, really, really like cigars? If so, you may have just missed out on aquiring the granddaddy of all smokes – the Gran Habano #5 “El Gigante cigar.” It’s hard to believe that this 19-foot bad boy with a 3-foot circumference is really rolled fermented tobacco because it looks strikingly similar to a timbered tree trunk being hauled out of the woods.

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A Dream Come True, JFK Cigar Box

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If you’ve ever watched the hit History Channel show, “Pawn Stars," you’ve no doubt seen the random parade of memorabilia, paraphernalia and just plain junk that comes rolling in.  I love to sit back and watch this colorful reality show that centers on the real-life pawn business “Gold & Silver Pawn Shop,” now a popular landmark on the outskirts of Las Vegas. Folks from all walks of life haul in their antiquities, artifacts and, er . . . well, junk and negotiate with the savvy three-generational pawn shop owners, grandfather Richard, son Rick and grandson Corey.

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Travel Issues When Giving Pocket Knife as Groomsman Gifts


What guy wouldn’t want to receive a pocket knife as a thank you for being your groomsman? As far as men go, I don’t think there is a single one of them who wouldn’t get excited about unwrapping a box, lifting the lid and finding a sleek, streamlined pocket knife or fully-loaded multi-function tool waiting within. Even if he already has a pocket knife or two, another is always welcome. It’s like women and shoes; you can never have enough!

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Bachelor Party Paradise: Self-Serve Beer Taps

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Times are a changing, we are doing more and more stuff for ourselves. Most people under forty or fifty don’t even know that gas-station attendants used to pump fuel into your car or that elevator attendants were in control of the lift to ensure safe arrival and the desired floor of a high-rise. Help was also required for getting money out of the bank, now we self-serve at ATMs grocery store check outs and a host of other locations. Another sign of the future, the role of the bartender may also be changing . . . . make that vanishing thanks to the integration of new technology in bar and food establishments. 

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