The Man's Guide to Weddings by Chuck Schading & John Zakour

Author:Chuck Schading & John Zakour [Schading, Chuck & Zakour, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780975509586
Publisher: Blue Leaf Publications
Published: 2012-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

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The Lazy Man’s Summary

Problem: You need music for the wedding.

Solution: Ask around, listen to demo recordings, figure out what you can afford and go for it.

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The meal

Finally, we’re talking about something you’re good at—eating. As with cake, you’ve been choosing and eating your own food for a long time and probably have it down by now; as a result, it’s very likely your fiancée will bow to your wisdom, or at the very least listen to your opinion. The thing to remember is, for this meal you are planning for a lot of other people. What might be great for you might not work out at all for a few hundred of your closest friends, especially when you are footing the bill for all these fine folks.

In the past, wedding meals used to be simple, either some kind of chicken or some kind meat, or maybe a choice of either. Toss in a vegetable and a salad and you’re good to go. Today, it’s not that simple. Now you need a veggie choice for those who don’t eat meat, and with the growing popularity of low-carb diets, you may want to have a trendy low-carb choice. Plus, everybody always wants to outdo everybody else, or at the very least do something different with the food at their wedding. So, even if you go with some sort of chicken or some sort of meat, you will quickly learn there are many, many, many sorts of either. The choices can be mind-boggling, and that’s even before considering if it should be a sit-down dinner, with one or more courses, or a buffet, or something different (don’t ask what, but you can bet somebody will come up with something) .

To make this as easy as sinking a six-inch putt, we’ll cut through all the selection criteria and hyperbole and get to the two most important points in picking a wedding meal:

• Pick something you like to eat. Heck, it’s your wedding. It’s only natural. You’re a guy, you like to eat; it’s one of the few things in life you are really, really good at. Sure, your fiancée knows lots of stuff like what temperature chicken is done at and what fork to use, and where (and where not) to put your elbows, and when to belch—but you know how to eat! She has to give way to your level of expertise.

• Pick something affordable. Yes, lobster is great and it would make for a memorable meal, but lobster for a hundred and fifty guests can be a year’s mortgage.

Also take note that even if you are not paying, you should consider the feelings and pocketbooks of the people who are. After all, you may need a loan from them someday and you don’t want them saying, "Sorry, but the two tons of lobster we paid for at your wedding really put the pinch on our bank account..." Remember, people who pay for weddings have feelings and limited bank accounts also (unless you are marrying a Trump, Gates, Kardashian, or Hilton.

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