Now, a lot of you are probably watching this and laughing at it, but there is a certain reality contained therein.

Florists, bakers, DJ’s, and all the others, simply don’t care what the guy has to say. In fact, they all believe that men are just sitting there to agree to something and hand over a credit card or cash. How do I know this? Because I was there, and it wasn’t that long ago.

While I can honestly say that our “people” weren’t terrible, the bias toward Beth was very obvious every time we met with someone. When we met with the florist, the nice young gentleman barely looked at me the entire time. When we met with the studio that was going to do the photography, they pretty much ignored me and asked her what kind of pictures / video she wanted. At the end of our appointments, the hand flew forth across the desk and in it, I placed a stack of hundreds. That was how our wedding was conducted.

I don’t hold any bitter feelings about it, but it may not be a bad idea for wedding planners and the associated service providers to stop treating men like ATM’s and at least acting like we have an opinion and that it actually matters. It may actually make men want to have an active role in the planning of one of the biggest events of their lives.

Just a suggestion.