Groom Power
One of the side effects of a bride-driven business is that sometimes the groom gets forgotten. I know of some grooms that are happy with smaller roles in weddings, but that doesn’t always apply to every guy out there. But where do these involved guys go for advice? Let’s face it, 99 percent of the websites out there are geared towards the ladies, but every once in a while, you come across a gem written by, for and about the guys.
Groom Power is one of those websites.
If you check out my links page, you’ll see a list of sites just for the guys, and I’ve just added this one. Benjamin Roe, the creator, is a thirty-something Londoner who got married last year and had this to say about the experience that drove him to create Groom Power:
“My wife had plenty of places to turn to for wedding advice – I am sure there are as many wedding magazines in the US as there are over here, lots of books, lots of really helpful websites, lots of online wedding forums with brides generously offering tips and advice. Of course this helped both of us, but I couldn’t find anything much that was specifically for grooms. So after my wedding I wrote down everything I had learnt and put it on the web! I also spoke to lots of male friends who have got married in the last few years and got their tips too. Hopefully grooms-to-be will find it helpful. There’s advice on the site that you wouldn’t find in your average bride-orientated forum (choosing your best man, surviving the stag night, etc), and we generally try to come at things from a male perspective. For example, when choosing a wedding ring I am sure most women aren’t too concerned about where gold and platinum rank on the Vickers hardness scale, but guys love that kind of stuff, so it’s on the site.”