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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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Christina and Justin

Oh Red Heart Photography you have done it again… you’ve brought us another incredible offbeat couple rocking a sweet Hawaiian wedding! This time it’s Christina and Justin and their awesome wedding style. I love the groom’s all black, “Johnny Cash” look. It’s one of those outfits that you NEVER see grooms wearing for an Hawaiian […]

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9 ways to get your groom involved

Are you having trouble getting your groom to buck up and help with the wedding planning? Or getting him to say anything other than “Sure, whatever…” when you ask him wedding-related questions? These 9 suggestions just might change his attitude from “meh” you “yeah!”

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Smoking hot groom in a Manuel jacket

The groom was only the tip of the style iceberg at Christine‘s wedding, but really … I’ve got to start SOMEWHERE, right? This stunning jacket is from Manuel, the Nashville tailor who’s made shit for rock stars for decades. Not to be outdone by the stylin’ groom, Christine was pretty much rocking it with her […]

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One groom’s perspective on taking his wife’s last name

So far the name change hasn’t cost me more than a few hours of paperwork, some explanations to public officials and a few strained conversations with brittle relatives who think I’ve joined a matrilineal cult. I still feel like myself. My identity remains intact. Marriage will demand larger sacrifices than this, I expect.