Grooms helping grooms... LIWeddings, this is for u!

You know a few guys have mentioned the idea of having a grooms board, and the more I think about it, I really think they should! Most people think that only women deal with wedding stuff, but thank god I am one of the lucky girls that have a fiance that wants to be involved! I can't say that he would come on here as much as me to get help, but if he needed to at least he would have a place... There is a board for future-in-laws.. and I think a groom's board would be much more popular than in-laws coming on this site.. just my opinion, but I thought it was worth a shot to back up some of these guys on here!

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i second that, kitten!

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Great Idea

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the only thing I have to say about all this is this - manyt imes we are on here venting, about everything, bc it is 'our' site. Sometimes I vent about FH, sometimes I ask advice about his gift, or post pics of my dress, etc. Other times I vent about FIL's, etc. Do we really want to open up this site and encourage everyone else to come on here, won't that limit the things we feel safe talking about? not that we have anything to hide from our FH's, but I sure wouldn't want him hearing about the gift Im thinking about, or knowing how much his sister is bothering me, etc....what do you think?

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I see you point JP. Hmmmm , i know that i have written about My FI family etc, LOL. Not that he doesnt know already what ithink LOL.

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I agree it is hard. Matt is very involved and as most of you on the site all the time. I love that he is soooo into everything but I haven't been able to share about my dress or his gift. Thank god I had his gift picked out from the start. But all in all I would have to vote that they should feel like they have their own 'spot' on LI Weddings. Having Matt involved has made this experience more fun!

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I think we SHOULD have a board.

If you are worried about a FH sneaking a peek at a dress or finding out a gift, I would just tell him that you don't want him to look at those type of posts or the brides board at all. I mean if my FW asked me to do that, I would respect her wishes.

I guess it's a trust issue. I mean I know my FW has pics of her in her dress on her computer... but I haven't tried to sneak a peek because I know she doesn't want me to. I also don't want to ruin the surprise anyway

I'm sure a lot of FHs know about LIW... what is stopping them at looking at posts now... without having a groom's board?

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In all fairness, if we could give the In-Laws a board, then we could give the grooms one too.
My FH would probably come on if he had his own area and I wouldn't mind.

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I agree with you Punk Rock Groom. My FH was the one who found the boards and was actually more interested in them than I was at first,(until I became an addict too!!! ) Alot of the time we go on together to get info. If I asked him not to read something or vice versa we would just respect eachothers wishes. I am all for a Grooms helping Grooms board.

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I'm not against it - I was just giving some food for thought. If I knew for a fact that FH was on this board, I would not be able to speak freely - not that he would snoop, but in case he happened upon something Iwrote and either a surprise got ruined or he heard me venting about his family it would really hurt his feelings. I felt the same way about the in laws board. I understand why it's wanted and I say go for it, I was just giving another angle. Nothing against you grooms at all!

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I just wanted to say I think grooms helping grooms would get used a lot. I can honestly say that it is more likely that FH would visit the site than my parents or FILs.