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lovebeingamum76
post 05/01/2013, 01:36 PM
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Just wondered if other partners help on decibgnon wedding plans? Mine has no interest and is happy to just show up.... A little frustrating at times....
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post 05/01/2013, 01:43 PM
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Eh....mine just wanted to be told when to turn up, what to wear and what to say. He didn't care, and it really didn't bother me. I just wanted to get it done and didn't care about the details that much myself, so one person making decisions made the whole thing easier rather than having a two hour pow wow for every detail......
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post 05/01/2013, 01:48 PM
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DH and I planned our wedding together. The both of us decided on the venue, made the invitations together, chose what vows and readings we would have, the cake, the music, pretty much most things we both had equal input on. There were of course some things that I decided with no input from him, but they were things where I'd asked him already if he had a preference and he had said no, he'd be happy with whatever I wanted to do.

EFS

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post 05/01/2013, 02:14 PM
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Yes DH and I planned our wedding together, though he was a little out of his league so to speak. I think the only thing I organised without his input was my bouquet.
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post 05/01/2013, 02:19 PM
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The question is similar to "does your dh babysit your children", weird.

It was not my wedding, it was our wedding, so of course we shared the decisions and the organisation.
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post 05/01/2013, 02:31 PM
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We planned our wedding together, but there were some things that DH said I could decide on without him as he didn't mind and trusted my choice. These were mainly the finer points of decorating as we did our own crafty DIY decorations. I was conscious to include him in all aspects but sometimes I think I was too inclusive! We were buying a house and moving right before the wedding, so for ease of communication, he did all the house related organisation and I did all the wedding organisation. Well, generally!

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post 05/01/2013, 03:02 PM
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Nope I did it all!! I was glad because often men don't get it like we do! They would be happy with a sausage sizzle lol.

The first time I blew up at him about not helping- he tried to help bu selecting an invitation style. I hated it so from then on I shut up and planned it all myself so I could choose what I wanted lol. At the end of the day he didn't care but he was so impressed on the day!
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post 05/01/2013, 03:07 PM
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Yup. We picked 'big' things together. Venue, menu, invitations.

From there we have split the rest. He's arranging cars, rings & music. I've got decorations, cakes, thank you cards etc.
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post 05/01/2013, 03:10 PM
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Nope I did it all!! I was glad because often men don't get it like we do! They would be happy with a sausage sizzle lol.


It was the reverse for us... I was all "we'll just have a bbq in the backyard" and he was all "over my dead body!".

We are doing all the decorating DIY, so like a PP most of the finer points of the decorating I've done because DF isn't really crafty and doesn't mind either way. The reception venue was his idea and we chose the menu together. I've done a lot of the research into readings etc, but once I collated a bundle we decided together what to use. He has suggested some of the music for the ceremony.

He had a LOT of input into his outfit. I just requested grey rather than black suit. He wanted a suit and he chose the style. He also chose the style for the groomsmens suits.

However everything to do with me and the bridesmaids has been 100% me.
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post 05/01/2013, 03:13 PM
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Yes, he did. The only thing he didn't have any input on was my dress. That said, I don't think planning a wedding is difficult.



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