How has your FI surprised you during planning?

BrideofBigSur · March 2010

Mine, who is usually really laid-back and non-traditional, wanted a huge shindig - full bar, everybody invited he could think of - that I would have never expected him to want. Due to budget, it's not possible, but I was surprised to see that side of him. He has also been way more traditional with music choices (Sinatra, classical music) than I would have ever expected. What ways have your guys surprised you? Have they revealed any new sides of themselves to you?

eas2730 · March 2010

He has really surprised me by how much he wants to be involved in coming up with ideas and deciding on details, by how excited he is, and then how disappointed he gets about invited people responding they are not coming on the RSVP cards, how surprised he is that we have to follow up with people who missed the RSVP date.

amagwire · March 2010

Mine picked out the invitations and chose one of my top favorites!

aerinpegadrak · March 2010

He's come up with some really good ideas. He picked out the black and white color scheme, and came up with the brilliant plan to toast with mead instead of champagne.

Other than that, no real surprises.

SuMmErKuTiE · March 2010

I was pleasantly surprised at how helpful he's been. He didn't just sit back and let me plan everything and make all the decisions. He actually had a lot of say, and everything we decided on we did it together. There's nothing about our wedding except for my dress that he didn't have a say in. He also was a huge help with our centerpieces, he pointed out that my original vision wouldn't work and made a new suggestion.

I'm also surprised that FI was the one who said absolutely no strippers for our bachelor/bachelorette parties. It was very comforting.

JessieGirl1983 · March 2010

Mine has definately taken a back seat. I come up with pretty much everything and then ask his advice and he helps me narrow it down. It's a nice system because he'll let me know if anything is over the top or won't look right.. but still lets me take the driver's seat with the planning.

I was very surprised, however, about how opinionated on colors he is. lol. No jewel tones, no pink, no turquoise, etc. We are doing a summer wedding, and I absolutely do not like pastels (they make me think of Easter). We had a hard time picking those, but finally found the perfect shade of ice blue that we could both agree on.

bexter_fish · March 2010

my H2B picked our first dance song!

hes been really involved and i knew he would be - he doesnt care about things like flowers - he thought the only flowers at weddings were carnations?!
but he has done loads of the plannig - i thought the first dance would be something he didnt care about but he picked Take That - Greatest Day (?!) which is beautifully worded - im really suprised at him.

He has also booked a suprise for me for the 3 days between the wedding and our honeymoon - i dont know where we are gonig or what we are donig - im very excited.

3 months on saturday!! WOOOHHH

mb2712 · March 2010

Mine is pretty laid back as well. I do most of the work and then run it by him for the final "okay."

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