The Groom's Checklist
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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. |