2011: The Year Of The Groom

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The groom-centric pros over at Staggered have declared 2011 to be the Year of the Groom.

“What we want wedding companies to do is accept that a wedding should be a celebration of the couple and that obviously includes both brides and grooms. Unfortunately, the feedback from our readers is that grooms are still seen as a bit of an irrelevance by some suppliers." explains Staggered editor Andrew Shanahan.

This is something we can definitely support. Grooms are playing a bigger role in the wedding planning process and it's about time someone declared the groom revolution!

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Ben The Groom | Wedding PRO

Tweet Hey everyone! We are excited to introduce one of our new BrideTide PROS to all of our readers so you can begin putting a name with a face. Today's wedding PRO is Ben from BenTheGroom.com and he'll be a regular guest blogger from the Groom Room. Everyone give a warm welcome to Ben!
Hi, I'm Ben from www.benthegroom.com. I'm excited to welcome you all into my life on the guys side of wedding planning!

I asked my beautiful fiancé to marry me this past January and immediately my life changed. Soon, I was reading 'Real Simple Weddings 09' from cover to cover, and after getting the big picture I started searching for helpful groom information. As you may know, there are few online resources dedicated to grooms, which is why I created Ben The Groom.

I was born and raised a preacher's kid, graduated with a communication degree, found myself in marketing, and surprisingly, this wedding has become the focal point my life! Just 2 months ago I was busy playing hockey but now it seems each weekend if filled with vendor visits and guest list analysis.

I was in Norway during grade school, studied abroad in China, and competed in the Baja 1000 off-road race. I'm no wedding expert, but that’s exactly what gives my groom's perspective a whole new look at weddings! I care enough to learn how to best play the role of a groom, but am oblivious enough to give real guy advice.

My site offers style, advice, real stories, and some entertainment all dedicated to the groom. Each day I diary my experience, looking for ways guys can get more involved, while studying bride’s blogs to find out what they really want from us. I look forward to continuing to be a voice for the grooms…we want to be involved, we're just not that great at it yet!
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Temple of Groom TV appearance

Tweet As a male in the wedding industry, I can tell you that by far, we are the minority. Only a handful of groom-centric wedding blogs exist and I often find myself visiting those blogs on a regular basis just to solidify the "band of brothers" mentality that we have created in the bridal space. On that note, one of my favorite "groom" bloggers, David from Temple of Groom, had his first in-studio TV appearance over the weekend so I wanted to share it with everybody just in case you missed it. Great job David!

Here are a few more great groom sites that every guy should check out:

The Man Registry

Temple of Groom

Groom Stand

Groom Groove

Grooms Online

Manvite

Enjoy!