From talking to people, it has come to my understanding each groom plays a different role in his wedding. Some men show little to no interest in the planning process, feel they completed their primary job once they proposed, and only worry about showing up for the ceremony. In other cases, the bride expects nothing from her fiancé because she planned her wedding in 1991 or has visions of doing everything with her mother. From my perspective, I like the thrill and pressure of organizing parties for people so I would like to be as much a part of the process as I can possibly be. I understand I will not be a part of the dress selection and I will probably review the details from the florist without much more than a nod of my head, but if there’s something I can do to relieve the stress level I’m 110% behind helping out.
In early November, it randomly occurred to me that I could coordinate the effort between our friends and two families to collect the addresses of our guests without Bethany having to contribute much on this project. After reorganizing our guest list using my previously mentioned Excel skills, I determined I needed to personally contact 60% of the people to complete our address book. Sure, I could send out a mass email to everyone, but where's the fun in that? I decided to personally write everyone I needed to track down by putting a little something special in each of their messages to hopefully brighten their day and make the process a little more interesting to myself. When I started writing I had some concerns because I wasn’t sure if I could meet my own creativity challenge or if some of the people would be upset with me with regards to some of the angles I used in my approach. To be more specific, I’m a pretty weird dude and I’m not quite sure Bethany’s friends realize the capabilities of my brain. Fortunately, everyone seemed to enjoy the process and I received some amusing emails back. I ended up having a great time and I found my creativity to be running at such a high level that I found myself developing blog ideas as part of the process.
I would like to thank everyone for playing along and here are some of my favorite ideas:
In early November, it randomly occurred to me that I could coordinate the effort between our friends and two families to collect the addresses of our guests without Bethany having to contribute much on this project. After reorganizing our guest list using my previously mentioned Excel skills, I determined I needed to personally contact 60% of the people to complete our address book. Sure, I could send out a mass email to everyone, but where's the fun in that? I decided to personally write everyone I needed to track down by putting a little something special in each of their messages to hopefully brighten their day and make the process a little more interesting to myself. When I started writing I had some concerns because I wasn’t sure if I could meet my own creativity challenge or if some of the people would be upset with me with regards to some of the angles I used in my approach. To be more specific, I’m a pretty weird dude and I’m not quite sure Bethany’s friends realize the capabilities of my brain. Fortunately, everyone seemed to enjoy the process and I received some amusing emails back. I ended up having a great time and I found my creativity to be running at such a high level that I found myself developing blog ideas as part of the process.
I would like to thank everyone for playing along and here are some of my favorite ideas:
- I regret to inform you our draft lottery did not include you as one of our top 425 guests, however, you did qualify as our twelfth alternate
- We reviewed your application to the prestigious Table 5. Thank you for the lovely tray of cookies although I do prefer chocolate chip to oatmeal so don't screw up next time.
- We're looking for a videographer for our wedding who could combine the skills of Tarintino, Ang Lee, and Penny Marshall. This was later described to me as “When Harry Met Sally” with machine guns
- A census review of our guest list alerted us to the fact we were not properly represented by enough residents from Allentown, PA.
- We've decided we would like our ceremony interpreted in Farsi
- I have recently contacted the Witness Protection Program to determine your whereabouts, but they could offer little assistance because they are also unaware of the current state you reside.
- The super secret Skull, Crossbones, and Savol Third Floor Organization is planning it's summer meeting in Boston. Please forward the correct contact information so we can send you your Kareoke assignment for the weekend
- As you know our selection process is very strict and numerous candidates are competing for our boarding student openings. Based on your location, we would like to see if you would like to also submit an application to be a day student this July
- Thank you for your request to appear on Sean "Puffy, Puff Daddy, P.Diddy, Diddy" Combs second season of Making the Band III. We have forwarded your information to Making the Wedding: Medeiros & Marcogliese
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