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Operation Get Ready for Marriage
Operation: happy groom. Your mission if you choose to accept it is to get ready to walk down the aisle. Bonus points if you can find groomsmen gifts before finishing these five missions. Mission One - Global Boys Only Bash Operation: Get out of town with the boys. Vegas, South...
Beyond Beer Pong: Fun "Guy Time" Ideas for Married Men
If you're a married man and run with single guys, expect some teasing when you get back from the honeymoon. Certain crew members might wonder why you'd rather spend time with the new wife than close out the neighborhood watering hole. Every guy has to adjust to married life and...
How to Make a Dirty Martini
If you are old enough to say "I do", keg stands and blurry beer pong games are most likely a thing of the past. Leave them there. Don't try to recreate your college years by forming a frat with your groomsmen a la the movie Old School. With a few...
To Shave or Not to Shave - Wedding Facial Hair Trends
Conan O'Brien and David Letterman refused to shave during the writers' strike. Hockey players sprout full beards during the playoffs every year. And who could forget in 2004 when the clean-shaven Yankees lost the American League Championship to the grizzly Red Sox? Seems like solidarity beards and mustaches are the...
Cool Groomsmen Gifts for Guy Getaways
Sometimes guys need to take a trip with their buddies, without the bride to be. Guys-only trips have been done since hunters went out in groups to search for food. Whether your band of buddies is like the Rough Riders or Miles and Jack in Sideways, planning your last harrah...
Cigar Night - Start a Cigar Club with the Guys
Remember that scene in "Knocked Up", when Pete went behind his wife's back to participate in that nerdy baseball draft? Poor Pete! We all know guys (especially married ones) long for male camaraderie. From boy scouts to fraternities to the mob, the boys-only club is an American institution. But now...
Wedded Couple Trades Electric Slide for Electric Shock
It was a pretty traditional wedding-until the tasering began. See how one Vallejo couple ended up spending their wedding night in jail after being stunned and subdued by taser-bearing police. Highlights include quotes like this, "Them do what they do," said astute observer JB Burroughs."It's they wedding night!"They gotta have...
March Madness and Marriage: The Championship Edition
I'm a good planner. It's one of those reasons my fiancée brags about me to her girlfriends. I'm always on time; I plan romantic dinners; I'm good with numbers; I've always got a pen handy. To top it off, I've been dutifully helping out with the logistics of our...
Wedding Mishaps
After seeing that cake yesterday we decided to go find some other laughable wedding clips. Enjoy! Oh those silly Brits.. Bitty Wedding - Little Britain - For more amazing video clips, click here ...make me smile... Teeth - The funniest home videos are here ...at wedding mishaps and humor. Great...
The Rules Of Celebratory Creativity
If you keep up with our postings you'll know we try and preach a unique fanfare to your wedding and the planning of it, but something has come to our attention that brings us to another point. Something extremely necessary when being unique and pushing boundaries. That thing would be...
It's Tradition, You Better Stick To Making Some New Ones
Tradition is a funny thing. Actually it's not that funny, at least in this case. Or maybe you do find it funny. The point being that tradition is a thing of the past and nowadays it is completely open to interpretation and action. Because something was a certain way in...
Bride Prices?
You're the groom and you're about to empty your bank account for a wedding with however many guests, gifts, a wedding ring, etc. All adding up to quite a bit, but true love has no price, right? Wrong, if you consider the bride price. What's that you ask? The bride...
An Inconvenient Truth On Convenience?
Marriage is a time-tried tradition that has lots of baggage to go with it, namely a ceremony to consummate the relationship in the eyes of the couples' friends and family. They are lovely occasions that have an amazing atmosphere, that of two people promising their lives to each other. Being...
Hey! Hey! It's A SPECIAL Day!
It is a special day, full of family, friends, and other related guests, so here's an idea: don't be white trash. Even if you're not white, having a hostess wedding cake or a crispy cream donut cake makes you trash. They aren't cost-effective alternatives to an expensive wedding cake and...
Champions To Be Wed
New news on the groom news front! Christ Evert and Greg Norman are engaged after less than a year apart from their now divorced long-time love partners; Norman ending his and Ms. Andrassy's marriage to the tune of $600 million in Florida's Martin County court in September, with Ms. Andrassy...
Set The Mood Mr. Groom
Let's face it, the wedding always has and probably always will be all about the bride and what she wants, but this doesn't mean you, as the groom, can't get a few wins in. Let's start with something easy, music. Not to be a chauvinist, but men usually know their...
Personal Wedding Leash
That's right, hire a wedding planner. According to Susan Kinzie of The Washington Post, spending on weddings has nearly doubled in the past 15 years rising to an estimated $80-$161 Billion nationally. In the last four years, almost every expense has increased more than 20 percent as people added days...
Redneck Wedding For Real
All of you wedding planners should be happy to hear about this, Country Music Television is planning to air "My Redneck Wedding" early next year. They will be including the wedding of Gail Brittingham, who will marry fiancee John Myers at Bargain Bill's Flea Market in Laurel Saturday. Quite the...
O.W.A. - Organizational Wedding Assistance
In getting ready and planning his wedding, what more could a groom need than this: My Wedding Hero. A first-of-its-kind Internet-based software program that acts as a comprehensive wedding planning tool, this guy will keep your plans running along smooth and organized. It obviously wont help a groom get the...
Mistakes, Divine And Otherwise
Yesterday we had a big wedding day no-no, though the fact that they downed that thing between the two of them that fast is pretty impressive. But we didn't want the groomsmen to be the only ones on the spot so today we thought that maybe a video of some...
Do. Not. Do. This.
Fear of marriage comes in all shapes and sizes. Maybe you express your fear at the bachelor party when at the end of the night your groomsmen find you curled up in the fetal position sobbing like a baby. Or maybe you express fear by doing something manly and physical...
Present Yo Self
Welcome to Groomstand.com! The wedding gift shopping experience that brings you great products, great prices, updates from the wedding world, and a few laughs to brighten your day. Lucky for you today's one of those laugh days and we've got a two-course video of funky chicken that'll fill you with...
Love Might Be Ensured But It Sure Isn't Insured
Figuring that first bit out is probably something better kept between you and your lover, but insurance is something we all can discuss. Insurance claims for canceled and postponed weddings have more than doubled in the last year rocketing up to 47.5% from its prior 22%, according to Debenhams Wedding...
Scientific Love Rocks
So the cost to mass ratio of your wedding just got a whole lot cheaper for you, at least where your rings are concerned. Lab-grown diamonds are coming into the market with wide-spread approval and finally some acceptance. That would be acceptance by diamond purveyors like De Beers who have...
All In A League Of Their Own
At least that's true when you're the Queen of England and the Duke of Edinburgh. Buckingham Palace recently unveiled 60 facts about the couple to mark their diamond wedding anniversary. The facts go as far back as their four month engagement all the way up to the present and their...
It's Good To Be a Groomsman!
It may be difficult thinking of what kind of gift to get your groomsmen to properly thank them for everything they have and will be doing for you to help with your marriage. Chances are they all enjoy something similar, but how does that translate into giving a gift? Obviously...
Duties Shouldn't Always Tax
Your groomsmen should have more of a part in your wedding than the bachelor party and the ceremony and it's important to make sure that they know what those responsibilities are (hopefully they're reading this too!). The groom has some of the responsibility too though, picking guys that are reliable,...
Ok Children, Go Get Married
Honestly now, marriage means that you've grown up at least enough that you're willing to dedicate your life to someone you love. That takes a mature person to really contemplate and consciously make the right decision. What this is boiling down to is that marriage isn't all just fun and...
Wedding Thrills
Now a question you probably wouldn't ask yourself, but is getting asked now is what reason would Michael Jackson have to be at a wedding that wasn't for children? Too soon? Well he wouldn't, except in spirit. A little thriller spirit that surely gave that day another reason for remembrance:...
Smart Saving And Giving
Wedding costs are always getting higher and it's important to keep an eye out for cost-cutting possibilities. There aren't many that are straight up savings, but taking the time to shop around and find the best price really works, though it does take up a lot of time. There are...
Why Is There A Difference?
Vanity gifts for groomsmen are a good way to reclaim the groom's rightful place in the wedding. Having read multiple articles on couples' weddings and all of their fancy and unique details one thing stands out the most, why do they only describe the women in detail? We'll do a...
Weddings-Go-Healthy?
Apparently Korea is having a little revolution on wedding gifts, or more specifically the alcohol that they gift. The popular drinks to consume, and thus gift, are/were whiskey and soju, a hard liquor distilled from grains and potatoes, but with people looking to show a little more class and make...
Vegas And Matrimony
Marriage is an important event, but everyone has definitely heard of how Las Vegas runs things. Whims and lusts dominate the wedding scene down there what with 120,000 couples wedded each year, but that's not at all to say that a wedding with family and friends doesn't exist down there....
Wedding Solutions Episode One
After spending some time reading stories from brides and bridesmaids and mothers and any other woman that can possibly be involved in a wedding, it seems there are a lot of party poopers out there, specifically women in these stories, that can't seem to get across the fact that two...
I Do...Not Know Why I Said That
There are always do's and do not's for your wedding, but we ran across a fun list of some things not to say on your wedding night. Here are a few that were pretty good: 1. But everybody looks funny naked! 2. You woke me up for that? 3. (in...
Game Day Picks Are Important
You get your fantasy teams picked out as fast as they're ready to be made, so why not get the drop on picking your groomsmen too? We're not saying to rush into any decisions, but earlier is better in this situation (just ask your soon to be wife!). In fact...
African Wedding Crashers
A crazy little story came out recently about the fate of a couple of brothers in Africa who decided to crash a wedding. Anyway the story goes that Hlakkaniphani and Sithembiso Ziqubu arrived at a wedding in Hlabisa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and were enjoying the activities up until the guests...
Number One Wiidding Gift
A nice little article from joystiq gave us an update on the most requested newlywed gift at amazon.com, and we think they'd work as gifts for your groomsmen too if you want your buddies to love you forever. Their wedding registry shows that it is no other than Nintendo's Wii...
Harmony Is For Harmonicas, Not Fidelity
Alright so apparently this happened, but you all can relate to the situation somehow. Anyways, it's a huge wedding with 300 guests and after the wedding reception, while everyone is still sitting at their tables, the groom gets up on stage and grabs the microphone. He's courteous and thanks the...
Groomsmen Gifts Are For Afterwards
Here's a nice little pre-ceremony story involving a bride walking with her father as he gives her a quick little rundown of what's been happening while she was getting ready. Apparently her soon-to-be-husband's father, also the best man, had lost her ring. He put ring on his pinkie finger, thinking...
Creepy Wedding Thieves
Not quite the smooth talking character of Vince Vaughn or Owen Wilson, nor nearly as fun loving, a Miss Kimberly Cooper wasarrested for crashing a wedding and stealing gifts given to the couple (at least she left the groomsmen gifts alone). According to News Channel 6, she apparently showed up...
The Importance of Wedding Coordinators
Interesting story out of the McClatchy - Tribune recently. Apparently there is a way to ensure your wedding gifts don’t get stolen and you don’t run out of ice. The article talks about the importance of wedding coordinators and how it basically ensures that most weddings only end up with...
Wedding Master of Ceremonies - A Robot
Life in the Fast Lane, a site that reports on unusual, offbeat news and weird science reported a story on an unusual robot, Tiro, that performed the master of ceremonies for Seok Jaeto and his new bride Daejeon, 78 miles south of Seoul, South Korea. You can bet this groom...
Meeting Your Future Bride or Groom
Listen we're in the groomsmen gifts business so anything wedding related is all right with us, but I'd like to officially welcome you to 2007 where you can get everything your heart desires at the twitch of a fingertip - including your future wife. We truly are in a brand...
Fake Wedding Cakes
The Associated Press (A.P.) recently published an article about "Fake Wedding Cakes For Thrifty Couples." I know you want to save money for important things, but c’mon. The idea is that budget minded and 'thrifty' brides and grooms put out a beautiful pretend, multi-layered cake while they serve a less...
The First Dance
This article will make you want to buy your boys groove lessons. WSJ Online wrote an article called, "The First Dance Spins Out of Control" which is all about brides, groom and occasionally wedding party attendants that do these well thought out and intricate dance numbers. My first thought was,...
Weddings on the Web
We at GroomStand love talking about cool groomsmen gifts, but we love unique proposal stories too. The newest trends in entertainment thanks to the YouTube boom are outrageous proposals caught on tape and broadcast online. The Wall Street Journal Online recently told a story of a couple who were jogging...
Sexaholics and Marriage - Like Tabasco & Milk
I weave you a tale that will include the best groomsmen gifts imaginable...and that gift is the gift of incredible loyalty, in the face of desperation with some ingenuity sprinkled in. Now Matt was a handsome fellow. The ladies loved him and he more than loved his share of the...
Credit Cards Don't Lie
The proof is in the pudding and the averages and statistics don't lie. Discovery has published their findings that men actually spend more money than women on weddings. Groomsmen actually spend an average of $1,009 on wedding expenses (which include pre-wedding festivities) while bridesmaids only spent an average of $963....
Best Man Duties
Many a best man has dropped the ball on important wedding duties and details that can make or break a wedding. The inclination is that a wedding is a party to be enjoyed, and one can get carried away with all of the hullabaloo that surrounds these fantastic soirees....
How The Toast Works at The Wedding
Often times after the groomsmen gifts have been passed out, the first dance has come and gone and the evening meal is in the process of being served the protocol or lack-thereof of the best man speech can become an issue. Who is supposed to speak? Is it just the...
An Unforgettable Wedding Night
This article is written expressly for those few, but existing grooms-to-be that are still virgins. We've all seen the "40 year-old Virgin", so we know there are certainly Andy's out there, and chances are if they waited this long to lose it, there will most certainly be a barrel...
Wedding Crashers - The Sequel
Extra Extra - Read all about it! NBC is bringing a reality tv show to the network called, "The Real Wedding Crashers" which was an idea spawned by the hit film starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. The twist of the new show is that there are hidden cameras and...
Avoiding Wedding Day Disasters
If you live in Turkey you can count on one thing, your wedding will likely not be boring. Instead of focusing on what groomsmen gifts you'll be either giving or getting, depending on whose wedding it is, you might be just lucky to escape with your life. The Asian Times...
Couple Who Marry Several Times
I actually think this might simply be a rouse to get more wedding gifts. Think about it. If you were to have two weddings, don't you end up with twice the amount of presents? And would you have two different wedding parties? How many groomsmen gifts are you supposed to...
Bride Gets Hit By Car...Groom Was Driving!
Yahoo News (AP) SALT LAKE CITY – Take the wedding gifts back! A newlywed couple having just been married in Las Vegas were, um, enjoying their honeymoon in Salt Lake City when they apparently got into a heated argument and the groom apparently ran into her with his car, pushing...
An Insured Wedding - Sleep At Night
The idea not only has merit, but when you read the headline, you automatically wonder why no one has pushed for wedding insurance in the past. According to a Media Post Publication article, less than 5% of weddings in the U.S. are insured, and the average cost of a wedding...
The Groomsmen Cometh
Coming soon to a theatre near you: The Groomsmen. No, I'm not kidding. Screening July 6 at the Learning Annex in NYC, and opening nationwide July 14. The motto? "There's a difference between getting older and growing up". Here's a snippet of the story line: "In one week's time Paulie...
