Hey Everyone,

To start off with I'm not a bride, as I have a distinct lack of lady parts, I am a groom and a very very lucky one to have such a beautiful bride-to-be.
I was scouring the internet looking for good offers on venues, cakes and what-not in the Yorkshire area and came across this and decided to sign up, ignoring the site title of UKBRIDE.
we have just been revising our budget as hoped to get married in somewhere suck as Raven Hall or Allerton Castle, but because of many recent outgoing it looks like our full wedding budget for April 2015 is to be cut to approx £5000, which rules out these beautiful places.
I feel awful because I promised her anything she wanted however she states that she doesn't mind and would be happy with anything, I believe her but feel she is still disappointed.
Anyway just wanted to say hi and make sure its okay the a groom is on here too :D

Hi Andrew. Welcome to the site! As one of the moderators, I can hereby declare that you are most welcome here!

We have a few other grooms-to-be (G2B) on here and it's good to hear a male perspective on some of the topics here - it helps keep us grounded LOL!

Anyway, welcome and enjoy!
PS - make sure you read the rules and points stick at the top of the forum page ;)

Thanks Kimi thats great, it does seem like a real helpful friendly place :)

Hi Katherine my fiancee mentioned possibly converting a barn which could be amazing if done right, something we will look into, definitely

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

another G2B on here ......... Clive your not on your own babe

I should have mentioned I really can't sing at all though lol :)

hey andrew have you considered a week day wedding? some venues offer massive discounts on a weekday wedding so it's always worth a consideration if you're on a budget but have your eye on specific venues!

Hi Nicole the only problem with a weekday wedding is making sure eveyone really important can attend, but it's something we will give more thought to :)

there's a thread on weekday weddings somewhere, if i can find it i'll bump it for you. If you give enough notice with the save the dates i'm sure everyone important will be able to attend, but i was just mentioning it really so you are aware of all your options! good luck planning the wedding, its nice to see a groom so involved :)

Hope you find your dream venue soon. My sister and bil had a Thursday wedding, sent out STD's 6 months before and still got 80 guests so a mid week wedding is a good option to save cash on a dream venue and great package and people will still make an effort to come x

Welcome to the site I think it good that g2b are joining x

Hope u can find ur dream venue soon but don't always be put off by prove u can always haggle x

Also, if you can stay at the venue the night before you save on fancy cars which is a big expense. If you have a later ceremony you don't need canapés unless they include in your package.

You can find fab deals on the bay, I got quite a few things off the bay which saved a lot compared to what you pay on the high street.

Heya, welcome to the site. It's nice to see a man getting so involved as well. After all, it's his day aswell not just the brides.

Thank you all, Glitterfairy, I don't know why more men don't want to be involved it's an important part of life and a good time to practise them haggling skills ;)

Lol, my h2b got involved with choosing the venue, actually he was great with the venue choosing as he was very picky, then choosing the cars him and my dad out voted me on the choice (men) and he went all groomzilla on the cake and I had to reign him in before he spent the entire wedding budget on a cake!

I reckon I've done about 70% of our wedding so far.

Clive! Can't say h2b has done that much but he's been involved in everything and more than what I expected so can't fault him there plus he's done most of the house stuff so I'd say it's an equal split of duties lol x

The story so far:

We jointly chose the wedding venue, reception venue, car hire, photographer and the rings. I did the save the date's, invites, I am also in the middle of doing the place names,table plan and taking control of the budget. I'm liaising with all the venues as well as handling the RSVP's that come in. Flowers will also be a joint effort.

Super-Groom Clive!

Welcome to the site! Xx

Hello and ,
You will find may tips on saving cash. Happy planning x

would just like to say welcome to andrew =) enjoy planning your wedding

Welcome and congrats x

Thank you everyone for the lovely welcomes, I'm happy to give a male perspective on anything :)

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