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Offbeat grooms

Oh, we LOVES us some grooms and we have all sorts of advice from and for them. We love grooms with beards, we love gay grooms, we love grooms in tuxedo alternatives, we love grooms who don’t identify as men, we love ALL THE MASC MARRIED FOLKS!

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Epic hairstyles for the discriminating offbeat groom

We received a request for some offbeat groom’s hair ideas and I thought that sounded easy enough. Surely there’s a shit load of inspiration for the dudes, right? But I’m just going to say it: you guys need more resources for cool hair. So I’ve attempted to find some awesome examples of epic hairstyles for men to fill this void.

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Ties that don’t suck: Get in on the Cyberoptix secret

Psst: we’re gonna let all of you in on a little secret that many many many many many many many many many Offbeat Brides AND grooms already found out about. What’s this big secret, oh, only Cyberoptix — the coolest little boutique design house specializing in men’s affordable-but-luxurious accessories.

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I am not a bride

I am not a bride. He is not a bride. We are neither brides. I don’t want to have to come out over and over and over again to Gift Registry associates in stores. To suffer through confused and judging looks simply because I’m not in some glorious mold of who should be married. I’ve found the person I want to be with forever and it’s almost as if we don’t exist.

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Offbeat groom gear ideas I stole from my husband’s Pinterest

Those of you who read Offbeat Home have heard about my husband’s scandalous love affair with Pinterest. He’s been pinning like a fiend for the last six months, and he’s got some stuff pinned that I thought might be of interest to Offbeat Grooms who are just starting down their process of “I think I don’t want a tux, but then what DO I want?” Here, courtesy of my husband’s Pinterest board, are a few ideas.

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Let’s put an end to exclusionary language and sexist vendors in the wedding industry

In which an event planner gets worked up over the poor treatment of grooms in the Wedding Industrial Complex and while she rages against the machine, she also gives us tips on how YOU can help put an end to sexist vendors.

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Grooms and the wedding industrial complex

My partner, Alex, and I took a day off from work to attend to some wedding-related appointments. And now I know why men often don’t want to be included in wedding related appointments, and it’s not because they’re not interested.