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Leading up to the Wedding Day, for the week or two before the Wedding you will need to clear your schedule. As Groomsman there will be plenty to do. The final fittings for the Wedding suits, the final preparations for and attending rehearsal dinner, bachelor party preparations, wedding speech or wedding toast practice and many other chores will need your full attention.
These are the most important things to remember:-
Contact the Groom and Best Man
Make sure that you contact the Best Man and the Groom at least two weeks before the Wedding Day and write in your schedule or diary all the engagements you will need to attend. Find out when final fittings for Wedding Suits will be and make sure you can be there. Ask about the rehearsal dinner, venue, time and offer help if needed.
Buy New Shoes
Buy new shoes for the Wedding, make sure they match with the rest of the Wedding Party and wear them each night at home for and hour or two to break them in. It’s no good being a crippled Groomsman on the Wedding Day who can not dance with the beautiful bridesmaids.
Get a Haircut
Make sure you get a professional haircut about a week before the wedding. Notice I said Professional Haircut, don’t be tempted to go for a cheaper back yard haircut like this guy. Remember that you will be in the wedding album for a long time, maybe even on the internet in a book marked photo album. In any case plenty of people will access and see the photo of you in the Wedding Party so it is wise to get a professional haircut. A great haircut will have time to settle in a week and this will give you more confidence if you look great on the day.
The Bachelor Party
Offer your help to organize the bachelor party. Make sure that the Best Man has this thoroughly organized from beginning to end and make sure that the theme and activities are appropriate for the Groom. The Best Man may take your advice on this, he may not, but at least you will know what’s planned and have the opportunity put in place a good contingency plan if things go badly.
Remember, many bachelor party’s end up with an injured Groom or worse. You don’t want to have to explain why the Wedding is off to the Bride or her family. It’s worth thinking about and a bit of planning can make all the difference!
Speak to the Bride
Let the Bride know that you will be keeping eye on the Groom during the bachelor party and will not let things get out of hand.
Contact the MC
If you are intending to make a Wedding Speech or Wedding Toast make sure that the Wedding Master of Ceremonies (MC) has this information so that he can add it to his running sheet for the Wedding Reception. Ask the Groom who is officiating at the reception as the MC and ask if you can make direct contact with them. You will need to inform the MC how long your speech or toast is so he can factor in the time needed.
Practice your Speech or Toast
If you are making a Wedding Speech or Wedding Toast now is the time to start practicing. Practice, practice and practice some more. You should give this about a half hour of your time each day leading up to the wedding day so you will be polished and professional on the night.
Wedding speeches Store hope that you enjoyed “Leading up to the Wedding Day“.
The next post will be about “The Bachelor Party”
Supporting the Groom means more than just being at the Church on time on the Wedding Day. This may be many things over the course of many weeks leading up to the big day. Everyone always focuses on the Bride pre-wedding stress, and for good reason…. but the Groom also has many things to organize and achieve in a short span of time. As the Groomsman you can be a functional and highly valued part of the Wedding Party by Supporting the Groom!
Supporting the Groom could mean any of the following and likely many more. Here are some examples of how you can support the Groom.
- If the Groom needs to vent frustrations ~ be the person he can vent to.
- If the Groom needs your opinion about venues for the rehearsal dinner ~ help him look.
- If the Groom needs someone to help to try on suits for the Wedding ~ offer to tag along.
- If the Groom needs to have a beer with just to de-stress ~ make yourself available.
- If the Groom needs help shopping for the Wedding Ring ~ offer to go along
The most important thing you can do as Groomsman in Supporting the Groom is to make a sincere offer of availability and help, and mean it. The Groom needs to depend on you to take some of the pressure off him and the Best Man.
Next order of business is to find out who the Best Man is and get in contact with him. The Best Man may also need some assistance completing the pre-wedding chores. He may need help in organizing the bachelor party, suits, cars and many other incidentals that come with the role of Best Man.
The key is to make yourself available, let the Groom know that you are available, by doing that you can be a great Groomsman by Supporting the Groom.
When you are asked by your brother, friend, old college room mate or work buddy to be a Groomsman in their Wedding Party it’s an incredible honor. Congratulations! You may ask, “How do I be a Good Groomsman?”
In this series we will explore the following topics to help you be a fantastic and memorable Groomsman or Best Man. The only problem this might cause is that you will be invited to be Groomsman or Best Man again and again!!
- Supporting the Groom
- Leading up to the Wedding Day
Coming Soon These Posts:-
- Bachelor Party
- Supporting the Bride
- Meeting Bride and Groom Parents
- Best Dressed
- Rehearsal Dinner
- The day before
- The Wedding Day ~ The Ceremony
- The Wedding Reception
- Your Wedding Party Partner
- Your Wedding Speech or Wedding Toast
- The Wedding Guests
These are the topics covered in Groomsman Tips. If you have an suggestions on other topics you would like covered in this section please leave a comment or get in contact with us through our “Contact Us” Page.
Wedding Speeches Store hopes you enjoy Groomsman Tips.