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So I knew FI would not be into the whole wedding planning thing, I mean he is a guy. Not surprised at all. There are times we do have to make the big decisions together of course and some of the things he has said are hilarious.
1. Before we were even engaged we were talking about rings and we were talking about ring size and I put just a regular ring on my left finger and he looked so puzzled. He thought the engagment ring went on the right and the wedding band went on the left. I know some people do this after the wedding, but he thought it was the RULE and that I was crazy to think otherwise.
2. My parents were planning to come look at stores for centerpieces and I asked him if he wanted to go and he told me he didn't. But his reason was because I will probably make too big of a deal out of it and want something crazy like 1 centerpiece on each table. 1 per table is too much for him.
3. We were talking about the guest list and who we thought would/wouldn't come and his solution was to send out the invitations now, 6 months before the wedding. I guess we would just have to remind people a couple months before that they said they were going to come?!
Poor guys haha any other FIs completely clueless about wedding norms?
Oh I love 2 that's funny. I'm lucky Fiance is pretty easy going about this. He's been super supportive and when I ask him something he doesn't understand he asks me to explain it. He's funny though when it comes to colors. I'm like what do you think about black and yellow, the first thing that comes out of his mouth is yea sounds great for a bumblebee. So then I suggest blue and yellow and he starts to sing our high school fight song (school colors where blue and yellow). I've learned what to ask him about and what to just tell him about. Like colors, he's horrible at putting them together so I narrow it down between red or navy and pink. He picks one. I show him something that I think is tacky (because I think it's funny) and he's like it's nice. His same reply when I show him a bridesmaid dress I like. I'm lucky that he does care about some things though, like his attire (a kilt), his groomsmens attire, the boutineers, the music, etc
The only funny thing I can think of at the moment is when I was trying to decide my wedding hairstyle. I said to him, "Do you think you would like it up or down?" knowing very well that I'll still choose an updo (that's just what I've always wanted) but I was curious if he would prefer my hair down.
He looks at my hair in that moment (down and just blah-no fancy style or anything) and said, "That looks perfect" and he really meant it-for the wedding. Men!
I think the most surprising thing my FI has mentioned is that he has an opinion on almost absolutely everything from colors, to location, to size, to ties, to suits! It's amazing. That's what I get for him having been in SEVEN WEDDINGS. Geeze, that's alot of practice.
My mom is coming up tomorrow to pick up my dress, shop for a headpiece, etc.
I mentioned to FI that I was leaning toward a headband. He said "Oh, so you aren't wearing a veil anymore?" Apparently in his eyes, you can't wear both. LOL.
LOL, this is a funny thread. I'm glad to see I'm not alone. I love my FI but he has said some ridiculous things.
1) He didn't understand why we need to "spend all that money on invitations people are just going to throw away anyway." I asked him what his solution was. He said we could send an Evite to everyone and just have them respond that way. Um, no.
2) We went to meet with a priest to see if he would consider co-officiating with a Cantor from FI's synagogue (we are having an interfaith ceremony, FI is Jewish, I'm Catholic). On our way to meet the priest, he says, what is a "RECTUMRY?" I laughed so hard I almost drove the car off the road. I said, not Rectum-ry, it's called a RECTORY! There's no rectum, it has nothing to do with your butt.
I think the funniest thing FH has said so far is one night I was surfing WB, and he was next to me on the sofa, and out of nowhere he suddenly blurts out really loudly “STDs!!! There are girls on WB who talk about their STDs with everyone else?????” LOL I was like “Umm sweetie, that stands for SAVE THE DATE”.
This is rather embarrassing, but early on my FI mentioned that he was excited to go on our honeymoon - that lasted 1-2 days! He didn't realize that most honeymoons are significantly longer... I still have no idea where he go that from.
My husband had no clue which finger the ring went on. When he proposed he grabbed my right hand, lol!
I sent FI a text with about our "STDs" and he got so confused (and was sitting across a crowded room from me) that he looked up and half-yelled, "What are STDs?"
Oh, the looks I got.
Also, I love number 2 as well! OMG NOT ONE PER TABLE, that's shocking
This one happened last night: I told him that once we had the addresses from his friends, we'd be done. He looked at me and said "we're never going to be done" and was all sorts of serious and resigned to the task in front of him. So, I rephrased and said "well, we'll be done with that step of the STDs." He just goes "why do I feel as if you're lying to me?"
@Monkeygirl: my FI said the same thing, only he wanted to send Facebook invites. When I asked about reply cards (there are members of my family who don't have computers, still think long distance costs an arm and a leg and would be offended if we didn't have reply cards) he said "Why can't people just get with the 21st century?! I mean, send me an email, call me on the phone. Who are these people?". Hilarious!
For the most part, my FI doesn't care about the colours, decor etc. He's been in wedding parties before but HATES all the stuff that's "expected".
I think that the really frustrating, yet sometimes funny, part of planning the wedding with the FI is that he has NO idea what things cost. I'm all about bargain hunting and we're on a budget, but some wedding things are just expensive. Like photography. He told me that he could only imagine spending, at the most, $1000 on photography. That's total....including engagement photos, the CD of the photos, etc. I just LAUGHED AND LAUGHED.
lol got to love men!
My FI is totally into the wedding planning. I was going to have the grooms side wear non flower boutiners (sp), then he saw some pictures and decided he wanted an orchid. I love my guy...he wants flowers! :)
HAhahhahaha! How funny! I love guys wedding planning.
WHen my SIL got engaged, she and my BIL were fighting over the budget. When they started talking about decor and flowers he didn't understand why she wanted to spend the money. He said, "I thought the presents and the cake were the only decorations we needed."
Really? Presents and cake are decorations? What?!!?
@ Arwenbride- My FI said the same thing. When I said that what if people don't have computers (like my 91 year old Grandmom for example)- and he said, then they can just call or text us! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.
And you are right, they really have NO clue how much this stuff costs. And when you tell, them they look at you like you're an alien!
@Arwenbride: I know what you mean about guys not understanding cost. I found a photographer that could do engagement, bridal andwedding pics for LESS THAN $800!! He thinks that's too much. My $750? Too expensive. And the petticoat that goes with it? Unnecessary.
Oh, I think my favorite conversation had to do with chairs. Our venue provides 100 chairs. I figure if we have a total of 110 people there,we won't need extras because the wedding party isn't sitting. The convo went like this:
Me: We either need to make sure we only have 110 guests or we have to rent extra chairs.
Him: That's ridiculous. We don't need to rent chairs.
Me: Well we do if more than 110 people show up.
Him: No. Ridiculous. They can just stand in the back.
@ Twista- "No. Ridiculous. They can just stand in the back." hahahaha. LMAO!
This thread is cracking me up! I'll have to think about some of the stuff FI has said...hmmm.
I can understand where he is coming from, I guess, but it cracks me up how suspicious he is of inspiration boards. He doesn't understand what they mean, or what he is supposed to get from them, and so he has this very suspicious look in his eyes when I show him one. Basically, he takes them very literally, so if there is a flower girl in one, or a horse, or a skyline, or some other element that won't be in our wedding, he will ask "you want a horse now?"
@Twista- maybe I need to see if your photographer can come to Toronto! What a SWEET deal. LUCKY. :)
Has anyone else had issues getting their FI to wear certain clothes to the ceremony? I thought that this would be a perfect opportunity for my FI to get a new suit, as his is too big. The conversation went like this:
Me: I think that you should get a new suit, shirt and tie for the civil ceremony and we should see how much it would be to rent a tux for the reception (aside- we're doing things on two different days).
FI: Why? I have a suit. I have shirts.
Me: I thought it was too big.
FI: It is.
Me (in head): WTF?!?
Me (out loud): Seems like you may need a new suit and this is a good time to look at getting one.
FI: I have a suit.
Fade to black while I go mad.
:)
LMAO @ twista, that is hilarious! lol you gotta love 'em!
oh oh I remember one, he actually thought he would get to see my dress... and when I told him he wasn't allowed he was bothered by it lol now whenever it's mentioned he goes " well, I don't even know what she's wearing, I have no idea what it looks like"......... yeah.. like most grooms..
I am dying laughing at this post. "you want a horse now." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
My fiance asked me where on your finger you wore a wedding ring... like could you wear it above your first knuckle!?! And he really didn't know. He also didn't realize that those classic-kind-of pictures of solitaires that you see everywhere are pictures of engagement rings, not wedding bands.
The night before my first dress shopping trip, I asked my then FH how he'd feel if I wore a dress that wasn't white/ivory/etc. I'd been looking at champagne and oyster coloured ones. He thought for a moment and then said "The same way I felt at Christmas when there was no turkey."
Lucky for him colours didn't look any good on me and I ended up with diamond white :)
These are really funny!
@ otb my FI did the same thing. He put the ring on the wrong hand when he proposed. LOL
We have a friend of the family (a guy) who changed his FB status to "Don't make plans!! I'm getting married October 16th!!!" I thought his fiance was gonna KILL him! LOL
Gosh, SO many things!
One of the more recent ones had to do with the invitations...
Me: So can you get me a list of all the cadets (his classmates) you want to invite so I can get them invitations?
Him: Oh, I just want to announce to the squad that they can come. Then they'll just show up if they want.
...not quite :)
we were getting ready to go and register, i hadn't told him yet but i was really looking forward to registering for bath towels; he has about 50, each a different color, some holdiay themed, most w/holes in them; all from college. on the way there he says "oh, i know ONE thing we definately DON'T have to register for, bath towels! i have like a million!" haha he was so serious i said "um, thats the FIRST thing we are registering for!"
then, our first meeting w/the priest...we had the church and ceremony site booked, that's ALL. the priest asked how wedding planning was coming along, i opened my mouth to say we haven't even started yet and FI says loud and proud "oh we're practically done!! this whole planning thing was alot easier than i thought!" again i was speechless! hahaha easy b/c we havent even BEGUN yet dear!
Hilarious thread!
I wish I could remember them all...
The most recent was when I said something about shower favors and he said "we're having a shower?" This was less than a week after we had gone to lunch w. the people throwing our shower, solely to discuss shower plans. LMAO.
my fiance had no idea which finger the engagement ring or wedding band went on too! how is that even possible? i guess guys don't look to see if women are engaged or not before striking up a convo with them. 
i also love that we went to bed bath and beyond last week to finish our registry there and walking in he goes "let's just get this over with". he spent seriously an hour in the cooking/utensils department scanning all this crap in and i breezed through the rest of the store in a half hour! i can't wait to go to the crate and barrel wedding registry on sunday, at least they'll have food!
LOL @ nurseamand - the towels story is really funny.
He was funniest when we went to register too:
Me: Do you like like *this* china pattern or *that* china pattern?
Him (shrugging & in a WTF voice): uhh I dunno it's a plate?!
Or when we were looking at flatware.
Me: Which one do you like? I kinda like this one. Whaddyou think?
Him (takes the fork & lifts it to his mouth): Yep! It works. Sounds like a plan to me.
He was more interested in the kitchen area - he liked the Margarita makers, blenders and taco warmers. "I'm allowed one totally stupid thing from each store" he said. LOL
"So you want a horse now?" and "I don't even know what she's wearing" are my all time faves. Cakes and presents for decor are a close second though. HILARIOUS!!!
@ mountain.bride: I'm pretty sure FI doesn't know the difference between Champagne and Ivory...or at least I hope not :/ The turkey comment is one of the best I've ever heard though.
My FI couldn't believe it when I told him how much our per person costs are and said "We shouldn't have such an elaborate dinner". My aunt is catering and dinner is only about $6.00 per person. Poor guys, they just don't get why we keep spending so much money!! lol
You guys, this is too funny.
I would love to see the thread that men would come up with about the hilarious things we women say about sports or tools or something manly like that. Although if most guys are anything like my SO they never remember anything, so there'd be no list.
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