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The
Groom's Checklist
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6
MONTHS BEFORE:
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Pick up fiancée's
engagement ring from jewelry store (if
not selected). |
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Start making out
your guest list. |
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With fiancée, meet
with clergy-member, justice of the
peace, or judge to discuss ceremony. |
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Discuss how many
ushers you'll need (one for every 50
guests). |
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If you are
traveling abroad, be sure to update your
passport; arrange for visas,
international driver's license, check on
inoculations if needed. |
3 MONTHS BEFORE:
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Complete guest
list; give it to fiancée. |
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Consult fiancée:
order wedding attire for self, best man,
ushers and fathers |
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Order wedding
rings. |
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Arrange to pay for
bride's bouquet: order men's
boutonnieres, mothers' corsages. |
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See your doctor for
check-up, blood test. |
6-8 WEEKS BEFORE:
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Plan rehearsal
dinner with your parents. |
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Consult with fiancée
and arrange lodging for relatives and
ushers from out of town. |
2 WEEKS BEFORE:
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Select gifts for
bride, ushers. |
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Make sure necessary
documents Legal, medical and religious
are in order. |
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Give or attend
bachelor party. |
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Pick up wedding
rings; check engraving. |
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Help fiancée with
thank you notes. |
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Go with your fiancée
to get the marriage license. |
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Arrange for best
man to drive you from the reception to
the airport, station. |
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Double-check
honeymoon reservations. |
1 WEEK BEFORE:
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Explain
special seating arrangements for family,
disabled guests, to head usher. |
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Put
the clergy member's or judge's fee into
an envelope, seal, and give it to the
best man to deliver after the
ceremony. |
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Purchase
traveler's checks. |
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Get
your going-away clothes ready so you can
change after the reception. |
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Pack
for your honeymoon. |
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Arrange
to move belongings to new home. |
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Remind
best man, ushers, of the rehearsal and
rehearsal dinner details; present
gifts to attendants at rehearsal dinner. |
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