With one of my friends getting married, I found out that it was the groom who actually picked out these personalized men’s micro fiber toiletry bag to give away to his entourage, without any prodding or suggestions from his wife. I thought that was uncanny — a man picking out bags to give to other men? They would usually go for something hip or cool and totally useless. But then I realized, that’s actually so typical of my male friend. He is quite the practical one and probably saw something very useful about this gift, so he picked it.

I was also told, he’s been very involved and cooperative with the whole wedding preparation, making it easier for his bride to be. She has quite a catch right there!

Some of the things he helped with the wedding planning involved booking the honeymoon suite as well as the venue for the rehearsal dinner. He took care of planning those. He also made it a point to say what he thinks of a particular wedding vendor or a wedding idea. He’s not necessarily hands-on but when the bride wanted to rely on him for something related to the wedding, he was very much that — reliable.

Many grooms should take a cue from this kind of behavior. Grooms-to-be ought to be very involved with the whole process, as this is their wedding, too.