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The Wedding Process: The Man Who Bucked the Trend

Martin

Sep 3, 2013 — 3 min read

The author batting well above!

Ehh Gads! Where To Begin ..

here comes the future — **Here comes the future**

It all started when we got engaged, it was one of the most emotional and happy times of my life.

Everything was so surreal and the wedding seemed like a slightly mystical thing that was so far away.

Until we called Reschelle’s sister with the good news, and she asked us, “so, when’s the date?”

“So, when’s the date?” is not a question of when your wedding will actually occur.

It ACTUALLY means…

When

Where

How

What

Who

Why

Flowers

Dress

Venue

Suits

Invites

Chair covers

Then begs the question, how do we go about doing all of the above?

Who is in charge of research, booking, money, budgets etc.

Confession Time

Now is where I must confess.

All of the above was largely left up to the wife to be.

She is a well-oiled, forward planning, multi-tasking, get the due diligence done, get the best price, get the date we want it for machine!

My role was largely a box ticker.

Once all the research was done and the final three options were picked out, they were then rolled out in front of me on a silver platter.

Then we met with the relevant parties, where my opinion was taken into account for a moment before the final decision was made.

Pretty sad to say, that I am pretty typical.

I also feel even worse when I say that throughout this whole process, my fiancée had the generosity to think of me, what my likes and dislikes were, the whole time, even when she chose her dress!

Out Of The Blue

But then, from out of nowhere, I had this flash of light!

When asked the question, “what should we do for our bonbonnieres?”

I blurted out “what about wedding stubby holders?” and the wife to be actually loved the idea!

I was a bit perplexed because the venue (Red Scooter) we chose was amazing and quite classy, the stubby holder idea was a bit risky, but with my personality being only best described as ‘Retro Sheik Bogan’ and with all my mates in attendance, it seemed to fit in well.

So I called a company that I had done some marketing for in the past named Soupcan Stubby Holders, had a look through some designs and away we went!

On the big day, it was all good news from the guest, the venue had an awesome range of bottled beers, and all the guests were sitting there with the beers in our Stubby Holders, it was sensational to see and added to the atmosphere of the reception.