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Like oh mah gawd! Are you really going to let your groom have a beard on the wedding day!? Photo by First Comes Love.

"Are you going to let him…?"

I've been running into this phrase a lot lately. I understand there's this idea floating around that the wedding is entirely the purview of the woman, and she controls all the minute details. I also know there's a marriage philosophy that states that a woman is in charge of her husband, and has to "train" him to be the good little gofer that she needs to serve her every whim.

Anyone who knows us as a couple knows that if I pulled that domineering girlfriend bit, he'd shut that shit down in a hurry (by respectfully telling me to knock it the fuck off already). As well he should, since I personally don't think it's acceptable to treat your life partner like a three-year-old. We're both fiercely independent people, and our relationship works on a system of allowing each other do to our own thing, after discussing boundaries we can both agree upon.

So am I going to "let" him keep his beard for the wedding?

We received a request for some offbeat groom's hair ideas and I thought that sounded easy enough. Surely there's a shit load of inspiration for the dudes, right? But I'm just going to say it: you guys need more resources for cool hair. So I've attempted to find some awesome examples of epic hairstyles for men to fill this void.

I am not a bride. He is not a bride. We are neither brides. I don't want to have to come out over and over and over again to Gift Registry associates in stores. To suffer through confused and judging looks simply because I'm not in some glorious mold of who should be married. I've found the person I want to be with forever and it's almost as if we don't exist.

Those of you who read Offbeat Home have heard about my husband's scandalous love affair with Pinterest. He's been pinning like a fiend for the last six months, and he's got some stuff pinned that I thought might be of interest to Offbeat Grooms who are just starting down their process of "I think I don't want a tux, but then what DO I want?" Here, courtesy of my husband's Pinterest board, are a few ideas.

My partner, Alex, and I took a day off from work to attend to some wedding-related appointments. And now I know why men often don't want to be included in wedding related appointments, and it's not because they're not interested.

You know how in the movies (and in real life sometimes) the emphasis is so heavy on the girl dressing up? You ever notice how that doesn't happen for men? Tribe member Miss Moppet is here to remind us to tell your man he's pretty too.

"I'm helping my gay friend get married to the man of his dreams. He doesn't want to go with a typical wedding tuxedo, but they definitely want some femininity in their wedding. Help?"