A Dude's Guide to A Wedding - Episode 1

Episode 1: 96 Days to Go

In 96 days time, me and my fiance will be getting married. Like most couples, we have been working hard towards our goal and our plan for quite a bit of time now. The last year leading up to the wedding day has been all about details. Unlike most couples though, we are on a long distance relationship (LDR). My fiances working in UAE and I'm based in the Philippines. So, as the guy left behind, I have been on top of things for our preparations and whether that's good or bad, we have yet to find out come our wedding day. But for my bride's sake (and mine too), I do hope everything pans out accordingly.

As a true bro, I know this experience of being hands-on over your wedding isn't really a guy-thing. We men are genetically engineered to be hunters, women, on the otherhand, are gatherers. They love anything that has to do with home-building, cooking, and being up to date with the latest news (aka gossip), and that goes back to prehistoric times, I believe. As hunters, our original disposition was to be out in the jungle and look for something to kill, and eat. As such, I believe men are both predisposed to a chance at instant greatness, or stupid death, yeah I have remembered you, Robert Baratheon. We dudes, go after what we want and do what we can for the hunt. How we do so is usually secondary as the details will just come about. Because what matters the most is we just get what we want - the hunt.

I understand that most dudes don't really pay alot of attention to the small details that make up for a wedding. Like me when all these talks of colors schemes, dates, food choices, venue, church, flowers, etc., have started, I was clueless like this poor guy -

Before my fiance left, I was always relying on her to make every little note on every small details. And trust me, there's a lot of it. Eventually though, specially since she went abroad a year before our wedding date, I had to up my ante and take care of business. This my friends, is a premiere on my first hand experience to our wedding day. See you next time!

Cheers,

Stephen