The bride is not the only one with planning to do! Here's what the groom should do before the big day:

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Six to twelve months before the wedding:

• Purchase the bride's engagement ring.
• Discuss with fiancé the date and type of wedding.
• Start on your guest list.
• Choose best man and ushers.
• Start planning and making necessary arrangements for the honeymoon.
• Discuss and plan with fiancé your new home together. If fiancé is moving in with you, start cleaning out closets, cupboards, and drawers to make room for your bride and wedding gifts.

Four months before:

• Shop with fiancé for wedding rings.
• Complete your guest list, including full names, addresses and ZIP codes with phone numbers.
• Check requirements for blood tests and marriage licenses in your state, or the state in which you are being married.
• Select and order men's wedding attire with your fiancé.
• Finalize all honeymoon plans and send in deposits if required (don't delay, some resorts fill up fast in popular months).

Two months before:

• Meet with officiant to finalize ceremony details.
• Assist parents with plans for the rehearsal dinner party.
• Discuss the amount and the financial arrangement for the flowers which are the groom's responsibility.
• Arrange accommodations for out-of-town attendants.

One month before:

• See that all attendants have been fitted and wedding attire has been ordered.
• Purchase gifts for best man and ushers.
• Purchase wedding gifts for fiancé, if gifts are being exchanged.
• Pick up wedding rings.Make sure they fit.
• Take care of business and legal affairs (add bride's name to insurance policies and medical plans, make a new will, add her name to joint checking account or joint charge cards).
• If you have both agreed to a pre-nuptial agreement, have it drawn up and signed.

Two weeks before:

• Together with fiancé, gather necessary documents and get your marriage license.
• Arrange wedding day transportation.
• Reconfirm accommodations for out-of-town guests.
• If moving, give change of address card to post office; arrange to have utilities and phone service turned on in new home.If not moving, finish cleaning and reorganizing your home; help your fiancé move her things.
• Have your hair cut.

The week before:

• Discuss all final details with fiancé; offer to assist if needed.
• Pick up and try on wedding attire.
• See that attendants get their wedding attire.
• Pack clothes for honeymoon.
• Reconfirm all honeymoon reservations.
• If flying, make sure you have plane tickets.
• See to it that you and your attendants are at the rehearsal and that they know their duties.
• Go over special seating or pew cards with ushers.
• Make sure luggage is in the car or the hotel where you will stay your first night.
• Attend rehearsal dinner. Relax and enjoy yourself.

Congratulations! You're ready for a wonderful wedding day!