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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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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.

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Have you told your groom he’s beautiful today?

You know how in the movies (and in real life sometimes) the emphasis is so heavy on the girl dressing up? You ever notice how that doesn’t happen for men? Tribe member Miss Moppet is here to remind us to tell your man he’s pretty too.

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Brawling groomsmen

This Monday Montage is a little bit country, a little bit rock ‘n’ roll. Check out the spectacle of country-chic, metal heads, and crazy engagement photo hijinks.