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The funniest thing mine has said so far was on October 25 (we're getting married on July 25) - "Guess what? It's nine months until our wedding. You know what THAT means.........we won't have any bastard children! High FIVE!"
One of the sweetest/funniest things that happened with us was when we were planning transportation from the Church to the receptiong site and some good friends of ours offered us a ride. He looked at them and said "Can you make your car look as much like Cinderellas carriage as possible?" I just laughed it was cute he actually thought of that.
I can't think of anything funny, but I hear you on your #2. My FI is adamantly opposed to anything during college football season (we're big Ohio State fans, along with many of our friends.) I'm going to keep thinking though...I'm sure something will come to me. Good luck on finals! I have mine this week!
EAQ219 - We are big Penn Staters in my house (interestingly, my FH graduated from Pitt, a big rival, and his parents went to Ohio State, another big rival). This isn't something my fiance said, but my Dad. I was bummed that 11/7/09 is a PSU home football game because that is our date-aversary. I wanted to plan the wedding for that date, but trying to schedule a fall wedding around football season is very tough to do!! I later found out that it was the Penn State-Ohio State game. My Dad suggested we getting married at Penn State and then take everyone to the game for hot dogs for the reception.... reallll funnnyyyy Dad!
I'm happy to read I'm not the only one who was shunned from a beautiful Fall wedding! I went to Boston College and my fiance went to Virignia Tech ... big ACC match ups ... so I gave up on the fall date and we've chosen Jan 2 -- I actually remembred to make sure there wouldn't be a bowl game on that date!!
As for funny things he's done ... I was in the bedroom of our very small condo ... about 15 feet from him in the living room, separated by a THIN door ... yapping on the phone with one of my bridesmaids about how I found my dress and just as I was about to start describing it he comes running in with his ears covered screaming "nooo!! I can HEAR you!!!! lalalalalala" He really doesnt want to know anything about the dress!! It was hilarious.
Good luck with finals!
My fav clueless fiance moment during planning was when I was looking for a wedding band that would work with my E ring. I had mentioned it several times and could tell he wasn't listening to me. When I finally picked out what I wanted and explained it to him his response was total shock..."What?! You already got a ring. You get two of them?!" Priceless
My fiance had his heart set on a huge guest list (his family is big and there are many family friends he wants to invite). I assumed this meant we would only be looking at places big enough to hold all those people, but somehow my fiance got really excited about having our ceremony at a particular location that could only hold part of our guest list. When I pointed out to him that the maximum number of guests at that location was too small, he said we could ask our college friends to stand in the back -- or ask them to skip the ceremony entirely and just come to the reception! Yeah, they've flown hundreds of miles to come to our wedding, I'm sure they wouldn't mind being asked to stand in the back or skip the ceremony. ::rolls eyes::
Okay, the March Madness is cracking me up. My husband popped the question in late September - we had gone out of town for the weekend (just to get away) and were staying at a very nice old hotel, and he (thinking he might need a drink to get his courage up) asked if I wanted to go down to the bar. Well, my college football team was playing on the big screen, and winning (not a regular thing for them that year). So he ended up having quite a few more drinks than he planned, as he had a hard time tearing me away from the TV. He likes to remind me that he would have been quite a bit more sober when he asked, except that I had to see the end of the game!
Also, I know that he always thought I was hugely exaggerating when I told stories about my parents (even though my sister tells about the same stories). My mom is extremely organized (like, think invasion of Normandy organized), and my dad is a total space cadet (typical nuclear physicist, head in the clouds - my sister and I like to say that if anything had happened to mom while we were growing up, it would have been like being raised by wolves). Well, 30 days into the wedding planning, my husband had started referring to my mom as "The General" and my dad as RBW (raised-by-wolves). I know that he really likes my parents, but that is what he still calls them when we are alone! (Just last night, he asks - Do you think The General would like a snow-blower for Christmas?)
My story is not about what my fiance said but rather what happened while he was proposing. His lovely proposal was done on a private small boat while we were cruising the harbor. He was acting so crazy and asked to drive the boat (which I was happy to do). Moments later he shimmied his but along the seat to the wheel where I was standing. He then sunk down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I was so excited and said yes, but wanted to give him a big hug so I asked him to get up already. His reply? "I can't I'm stuck down here." I literally had to put up a foot on the seat and PRY him from between the seat and the Captain's wheel! We were laughing so hard that when I sprung him free I nearly fell overboard!
Oh and I hear you about the sports schedule. My brother is a Head Football Coach for college therefore, nooo fall wedding for us (unless we wanted to do it without him.)
MrsDavis, I totally feel your pain. My fiance told me that if he knew I wanted two rings, he wouldn't have spent so much money on my engagement ring! Although, the wedding band we picked out for me is something we're planning to wait on since the wedding is tapping us out, so I guess in the short term, he wins on that one.
Ha ha, fiances are funny! Mine thought I was making things up when I told him some people save some of their cake for their one year anniversary. He first thought it was some crazy idea I personally had invented, but then proceeded to ask every female we encountered for the rest of the week if they had heard of this. He made special phone calls to both his mother and mine JUST to ask. He still thinks its weird, but at least he doesn't think I came up with it!
Girls, I hear you on the football ruleing your life! My fiance is a coach in the NFL and we literally had 2 weekends to choose from to have to wedding!
Now, funny fiance story:
He set up this whole private dinner in a hotel suite but told me we were going for drinks on the rooftop bar then to the restaurant to celebrate my new job. Well we're sitting there having drinks and the manager walks by and my fiance WAVES to him! I asked if he knew him and he said "oh, no, uh he just looks like a friend from high school. I should tell Justin." and then proceeds to pretend to text Justin, whom he went to COLLEGE with! I was a little confused but didn't think much of it. I still make fun of him for that!
I love these stories!
Here's mine:
I asked my fiance what kind of dress he imagined me wearing when I was walking down the aisle towards him. He just kinda shrugged his shoulders and said "I dunno...not a bumpy one."
What?! I think he meant he doesn't like dresses with lace or beading. Just something plain and SMOOTH! 
I had a three hour break between my ceremony and reception. Initially I was worried that my guests would be bored to tears because almost all of them are from out-of-town, but there was nothing I could do about it.... It turns out they were actually thrilled about this because it meant they could back to their hotel, drink beer, and watched the game in the meantime!
This is so not wedding related, but its funny!
My fiancee has to cut down a tree to put the drive way in (so its perfectly centered :) and I was telling my parents about him having to do it soon.
My dad asked me "well, what kind of tree is he having to cut down?"
and without skipping a beat I answered
" a regular tree!"
Needless to say, my parents were laughing their butts off and they and my fiancee (bc my dad HAD to tell him) still bring it up for a good laugh :)
My funny fiancee story is when i asked him what type of dress he wanted me to wear and he looks at me and said "A hot little number" oh well he will be getting "a hot little number" at some point on the honeymoon but not at the ceremony or reception where our grandparents will be in attendence.
Wow -- I had no idea so many others were affected by football. We actually held our wedding on Sunday and hosted our guests (we had a smaller, destination wedding) at the Texas/Baylor football game the day before. The Austin wedding location was mainly decided on because my fiance loves Austin, but once I mentioned the Sunday wedding and going to the game the day before, he was sold.
Funny fiance moments:
1. When we first started talking about wedding planning, FI didn't think it was necessary to feed the guests at the reception. He thought it was a waste of money.
2. Once I convinced him that food was, in fact, necessary, I mentioned that we need to be careful to include enough vegetarian options. He said it wasn't important. I pointed out that his sister (who he's very close to) is vegetarian. "She won't mind" he said. Um, ok.
3. FI was not very involved in wedding planning, and didn't get why planning took so much of my time and energy. Well, about 2 months before the wedding, he planned a bowling night out including about 10 of our friends. At one point he said, in complete seriousness, "planning a party is hard!" I really almost punched him. :)
Maybe it's just funny if you know my man...BUT
1) When I asked him about what type of dress he likes he said "don't get a long train, bc I'll just step on it!"
2) I grew up in a very conservative family. I was stressed about moving in w/ him, even after the engagement, so I simply asked "What do you think about me living here?" In his typical engineering ways he said, "your pictures make my house look nicer" Cluelessly cute!
3) for fun, ask your guy to estimate how much "girly/wedding" items cost...I bought an "almost full face" of makeup specifically for our photos & told him it was EXPENSIVE, and he said, what, like $90? He was also shocked by my dress which wasn't even that crazy, less than $1k TOTAL
I actually know more about sports than my man, so that was no issue, but our pastor would've lost it if he had to miss an Ohio State game. I also live in Austin, so many friends would be upset to miss UT football...
When I first started blogging, I referred to Mr. Pomegranate as FH. Upon reading my first few entries,
Mr. Pom asked, "What does FH stand for?"
I replied, "What do you think?"
He said, "Fi-Hance?"
(pronounced like fee-han-say)
He laughed pretty hard when I told him that it stood for Future Husband. :D
We went to a wedding a few months ago where in lieu of favors, the couple had made a donation to charity. Halfway through dinner my fiance whispers to me, "where are the almonds?" I had a confused expression on my face, so he said, "you know, those little candy covered almonds that you're supposed to give out at weddings?" Apparently he thought that wedding favors are always Jordan Almonds.
I am loving these stories. FH and I have been engaged for 2 years already, and we have two years to go. So the stories are slowly collecting.
*FH is confused as to why I am not wearing my mom's wedding dress... she was 5'3" and 105lbs... I am 5'7" and significantly, erm... curvier than my mother was.
*I love that he is trusting me with the details... especially when he told me just to, the night before the wedding, lay out his outfit and put a 3"x5" card in the pocket, telling where to be and when. I love it. So him.
*When explaining the concept of engagement photos, he was scared but wouldn't tell me why... until he revealed that he was scared that all of our pictures would come out like bad Sears Photo Studio shots circa 1978, or those awkwardly posed church directory photos where everyone wears denim shirts and bolos.
*He's overjoyed that we can register for a tent and grill tools. He was convinced that you could only register for boring things like towels, silverware, and china.
*He thinks is fantastic that some weddings give out free flip flops... oh, men.
Haha these are great!
My husband had a few clueless moments too. We had a small wedding of 80 ppl and 30 people at our rehearsal dinner. Originally we were only going to do just the wedding party and immediate family for the rehearsal. When my husband's dad asked him how many people were in the wedding party he said 80. I can only imagine the look on his poor dad's face!
When we did our tastings he absolutely LOVED the hors d'ouevres! Then I told him, you know you won't be eating these at the wedding right? He was so upset and couldn't understand why we would miss the cocktail hour!
And this just shows how differently men and women think. At our weddng my sister asked her Fi what he thought about the cake, to which he replied, I don't know I haven't tasted it yet!
My FI is psyched for catering tastings, while looking at cater's websites and discussing possible dinner options he stressed the fact that we need to have a vegetarian option. He is not a vegitarian and completely hates the concept of not eating meat so this was super random. I asked him is any of his friends don't eat meat (I was pretty sure none of our guests are vegitarian). We are not inviting any vegitarians so in the end he gave up his veggie kick. Not that he even eats vegetables when left to cook for himself.
We are having our wedding in an old Converted barn. We will be having an upscale BBQ, will will be serving Hot Dogs, and Hamburgers, and grilled chicken. But will be using real plates and silverware to make it a more upscale event and not just feel like a back yard BBQ. We will also be having a full bar, no kegs, bottled beer, wine, and pretty much all the liquour you can think of.
Well we were at a party a couple of months ago and my FI was informing people of our menu choice, and then proceded to say that it was going to be very casual with plastic cups so that if anyone dropped anything it wouldn't break (as if we were in college and would be so wasted that we couldn't hold on to our cups). . . I quickly had to jump in and expain to people, that no we were not throwing a Kegger! . . . Everyone got a good laugh . . . he's trying very hard to get into the wedding planning, but he's a boy and just doesn't get it
All of the responses to what kind of dress they want us to wear are hilarious!
When I asked my fiance, he said "Something that prominently features your boobage."
"What kinds of wedding dresses do you like?"
"Um, white. Definitely white."
The only "cute" thing that I could think of is, my FH didn't want to commit to getting married because he hates to be the center of attention! Imagine that, after 4 1/2 years together "not being the center of attention" is the only reason for not wanting to get married. He kept avoiding the topic and avoiding the topic. At last he had to bite the bullet. I look forward to seeing the deer in headlights on our wedding day. 
LOL
I love all your funny stories, thanks!
It's that time again (for me, the dreaded finals week. Argh)
I was telling my FH our plans for spring break which included miscellaneous wedding appts, including a design meeting with the caterer to see how we can set up the reception tables! =o)
He looks at me coyly and says "After the last presidential administration, the only valuable lesson I learned was how to assert veto power- so during the meeting be forewarned that I will be exerting executive priviledge as deemed necessary." :o/ MEN. I swear... they think they are so funny.
(We shall see who gets the last word ladies... mark my words... the design meeting will prove it!)
;o)
Well im extremly late on this but here goes:
The church we are having the ceremony in is Extremley conservative and requires that my shoulder/back be covered and because my dress is a halter, i had to get a bolero. On the way to the dress shop, the conversation went a little like this
Him: "Where are we goin?"
Me "To the dress shop i need to get a bolero---(in response to his blank stare)--ya know a jacket-thing"
Him: *makes face* "A jacket? your going to look like a line-backer in a dress"
LOL-- o i love my boy, so honest. He is right, i have very broad shoulders and dont look good in bolero-type jackets
Another time he was with me while i was picking out things to make the favors with and he asked why i was buying the things i was and when i said it was for the favors he said "Why do we need to get THEM favors. . .arent they supposed to give US gifts?!?
LOL
Yes- I have made a habit of bringing out this post during my finals!
Our wedding is at the end of this month... due to finals I have been thwarting off vendors and having an "out-of-office' type reply message asking people to be patient with me re the wedding until after my finals are done...
After talking to my uncle who asked how we are holding up & if we were excited my fiance replied "I'll be excited when the planning is done, and the day is over! Enough with the planning, let's get to doing!" Cute...
Hmm, the funniest thing so far that has happened, wedding related, is:
I'm reading the new blog post on the Hive, it's about Garters, and I open the link to a website featuring beautiful models showcasing these gorgeous creations. I start wondering if the fiance would be interested in something like this, so I decide to show him. He's laying next to me in bed, and I point the laptop in his face, and I go "Do you like this" ... He's looking at me all weird and saying what. I'm like, the garter! He's like, what's that? I point to it, and I go "sometimes girls wear them on the wedding day."
He's like: "It looks like a headband on her thigh." LOL.
It was really funny. He didn't understand why I was giggling soo uncontrollably ... I came on to WeddingBee to write a post about it. Haha.
Headband for the thigh?! Ha ha.... try telling him you will get one- and see if he can figure out how to take it off without using his hands. 
Headband?! That is hilarious...
I know. LOL. He's so clueless... in a sweet way. Haha. I'm like ok.
He asked what they're for ... and I'm like, I have no IDEA! LOL. It's decoration.
Probably if I get that whole garter set up ... thingy ... which I've never ever even thought about so I don't know what the whole "outfit" even is called, lol, he'll be so shocked.
I'll be like "VA VA VOOOOMMMM"
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Ok ladies-- This post isn't about any advice needed-- other than a good laugh. I am a graduate student with finals approaching while juggling work and wedding planning... & I need some humor. Tell me the funniest thing your fiance has said or done during the wedding planning process. Here are a few of mine: