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Mrs. Tiramisu, Annapolis, MD/Maine Age and Occupation: 26, Healthcare Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Project Manager/Real Estate Management grad student Engagement Date: May 15, 2007 Wedding Date: July, 2008 Blogging Since: March 4, 2008 Venue: Oceanfront lawn and tent About Me: I was born and raised in Maine, now living in Annapolis, Maryland and planning a hometown wedding from afar. I’m nothing short of obsessed with wedding planning, and am loving the do-it-yourself madness that has now taken over my life! As for me, I’m a craft-loving, martini-drinking, girly-girl who loves traveling, photography, my schnauzer, and above all, spending time with Mr. Tiramisu.
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A Word From Mr. Tiramisu

April 28th, 2009 @ 4:28 pm by Mrs. Tiramisu

Pardon the brief interruption from the honeymoon recap while we bring you a glimpse into the groom’s side of the wedding planning equation! Our photographer, Samantha Warren, recently ran a series of guest posts on her blog, titled “Bride’s Side”. She asked her previous clients to give advice to her future clients in the form of a blog post. Well, today she had to change up the title of her series just a bit, because Mr. Tiramisu volunteered (his wife may have coaxed him just a little) to offer his point of view, as well.
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In response to Sam asking us, “What do you know now that you wish you had known then?”, Mr. Tiramisu had the following to say:

You always hear people say, “It was the best day of my life,” when describing their wedding day, but I guess I never truly believed them. Sure, weddings are fun, but the best day, out of all the days in your life? Surely unlikely. When people get married they’re old enough to have lived many thousands of days (I hope), and continue to enjoy many thousands of days after the wedding. The time that makes up that one day is a drop in the bucket of life. Right? I mean, it sounds like something husband says fishing for brownie points from wife. Picking that one day you joined her out of the thousands- how can you lose with that one? Smart play, guys.

But… now I’m a believer. I wish someone had drilled through my thick skull that it was going to be the best day of my life, and you should prepare yourself as such. As an ADD groom with a big family and an out of state wedding to help plan, I was overwhelmed and disillusioned by the whole wedding planning bonanza. I let some of that malaise carry over into my wedding day expectations. Don’t do that. You will be gravely mistaken.

There is only one day in your whole life when all of your best friends and closest family gather in one place to celebrate that you and the love of your life have found each other. One day. The only day that college buddies, uncles, neighbors, your grandmother, your wife’s grandmother, and people you have never met will raise a glass, and cut a rug together in name of your eternal happiness. That, is a great day by any definition. The best day, by mine.

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Sam also had a series of questions for her participants to answer. Here are a few of Mr. T’s responses:

Favorite wedding moment: When the power went out, the cake almost fell over, the lawn furniture blew away, hail dotted the grounds, and I saw the band pour water out of their speakers, I looked around and saw that people were smiling, laughing, enjoying themselves, and that my wife was still glowing just as brightly as ever. I’ll never forget that moment of relief and peacefulness.

Detail that was worth it
: Signature Drinks- those Dark n’ Stormies were a hit, which explains a lot about our guests’ post-reception antics!

Detail that was a waste
: We rented extra lights because we were paranoid about the lighting being too weak in the tent—they were totally unnecessary and kept tripping the circuit breaker.

Best wedding splurge
: The Band. They rocked the house/tent/swampy grass patch.

Best wedding steal
: The lanterns with LED lights that we put together ourselves—we spent $250 on them and the rental company wanted over $5K!

My best advice is: Listen closely to what your partner wants. That can go a long way towards a smoothly planned wedding. Do your best to make your wedding great, but if you can’t pull off what you’ve dreamed of, don’t worry. Your family and friends are what make the wedding—everything else is a bonus.

You can see the rest of the post here.

Mr. Tiramisu’s was the thirteenth entry in this advice-filled series. You can check out more of the entries on Sam’s blog here.

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31 Responses to “A Word From Mr. Tiramisu”

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Miss Bruschetta (message)  5,565 posts, Bee Keeper

Awww, this is sweet. Mr. Bruschetta’s gotta read this — thanks for sharing! And what a great idea for a post series! :-)

 
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Miss Gloss
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Miss Gloss (message)  1,222 posts, Bumble bee

Yup, consider this forwarded to Mr.Gloss!

 
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Miss Bear Cub
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Miss Bear Cub (message)  1,566 posts, Bumble bee

This is such great advice for the guys! That’s so awesome your photographer is running such an interesting post series :)

 
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LatteLove
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LatteLove (message)  5,587 posts, Bee Keeper

what a neat series! This is getting emailed!

(ps. great responses Mr. Tiramisu :-))

 
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MarryingtheNavy
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MarryingtheNavy (message)  233 posts, Helper bee

Aw… what a sweet post from Mr. T! I’m excited to go read the others in the series :)

 
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Sparkles
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Sparkles (message)  706 posts, Busy bee

Good job Mr Tiramisu! You said some really nice things to read- I knew grooms really thought all that stuff… it just validates my suspicions! (Mrs. Tiramisu- all that planning paid off!) ;o)

 
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Mrs. Sushi (message)  1,479 posts, Bumble bee

I loved what Mr. T wrote for his favorite wedding moment! Just goes to show you that there is much more to the day than the wedding, it’s about all the people who came out to celebrate with you and your S.O.
Beautiful!

 
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KateMW
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KateMW (message)  2,704 posts, Sugar bee

Ok, so he’s as sweet as he is cute? Show off! :)

 
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Natakie16
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Natakie16 (message)  859 posts, Busy bee

love it, what a great write-up from the Mister!

 
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AbbyM
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AbbyM (message)  284 posts, Helper bee

OMG, so SWEET! And I agree with Mrs. Sushi, his favorite part of the day was funny and so unbelievably sweet. You got a good man there, Mrs. T!!

 
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Jessie516
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Jessie516 (message)  5,480 posts, Bee Keeper

I just sent this to my fiance. :) Sounds like you have a wonderful husband, Mrs. T!

 
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Mrs. Cupcake (message)  1,456 posts, Bumble bee

“…my wife was still glowing just as brightly as ever.”

Awww…. *tear*

 
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Miss Perfume (message)  2,253 posts, Buzzing bee

Great advice. Mr. T sounds like a cool guy. :)

 
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tea
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tea (message)  7,263 posts, Bee Keeper

what a great idea! i enjoyed reading his perspective. i hope we can get more like this!

 
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LLauRRa
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LLauRRa (message)  843 posts, Busy bee

I pity the fool that doesn’t think this post was super sweet.

*crickets* …what? The post IS from Mr. T! :)

Wow… that is wedding day speech material! *jots down some notes in wedding binder*

 
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IA_Snowflake
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IA_Snowflake (message)  1,913 posts, Buzzing bee

That really was sweet that he took the time to answer the interview. I need to make my mister read this, he’s been a real pain in my planning most of the time.

 
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Miss French Bulldog
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Miss French Bulldog (message)  7,730 posts, Bee Keeper

@Mrs. Cupcake: Ditto!
I don’t think we need to tell you Mrs T, but you’ve got a great guy! :)

 
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MightySapphire
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MightySapphire (message)  7,632 posts, Bee Keeper

That’s it. I’m forcing MightyGroom to read this!!

 
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Miss Quiche (message)  3,157 posts, Sugar bee

How sweet to read your point of view, Mr. T! :)

 
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yello (message)  26 posts, Newbee

i <3 this post

 
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Mrs. Tiramisu, Annapolis, MD/Maine Age and Occupation: 26, Healthcare Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Project Manager/Real Estate Management grad student Engagement Date: May 15, 2007 Wedding Date: July, 2008 Blogging Since: March 4, 2008 Venue: Oceanfront lawn and tent About Me: I was born and raised in Maine, now living in Annapolis, Maryland and planning a hometown wedding from afar. I’m nothing short of obsessed with wedding planning, and am loving the do-it-yourself madness that has now taken over my life! As for me, I’m a craft-loving, martini-drinking, girly-girl who loves traveling, photography, my schnauzer, and above all, spending time with Mr. Tiramisu.

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