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In response to last week's post, Lindsey of DandyLion Events rages against the wedding industry's exclusionary ways, and gives us tips on how YOU can help put an end to sexist vendors.

…or look at the groom, or talk to the groom, or give him any attention at all. (Thanks to allyson_rosen for uploading this to the Pool.

Man, if you want to get my panties in a wad, let's talk about the EXTREME sexism in the the wedding industry. All sorts of vendors make gender stereotypes — brides do these things, grooms roll eyeballs and/or have no opinion. So grooms are slated into either a) thinking the opinions of their partner are stupid/insignificant/overblown, or b) they just don't care at all. AS IF!

Just because one partner is more involved in the planning than the other doesn't mean they don't care or are taking it lightly. Even that isn't true — you both have priorities as individuals, and as a couple, for your wedding day. So many times, vendors fall into the "this is how all brides/grooms act, this is what the plan and the packages always are…" Why do people do this? And then label it EXPERIENCE? Infuriating.

My general thoughts and feelings are, and always will be, that any language that is exclusionary should be shunned. Wedding vendors should refer to clients as a unit without gender identification. Two main reasons as I see it:

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.

What kind of things does your offbeat groom look at on his computer while you're not around? Tribe member Rockwell got quite a surprise…

In which we have the rare guest post from a groom! Tribe member Caleb speaks up about what it's like being a groom, and an offbeat groom at that…

Women's wedding bands come in all shapes, sizes, colors and styles, and a lot of the time men's choices are boiled down to "gold" or "white gold." So, I thought I'd do a roundup to encourage the guys to live it up a little. Here's some of my favorite men's wedding bands with some fucking personality…

Join Offbeat Intern Becca as she ogles some of her favorite offbeat groom fashion.

Offbeat groom Shaun chimes in to share the story of Lauren and his Dr. Seuss themed, buddhist/quaker inspired beach wedding. Shaun did most of the planning while Lauren was busy with school. He even went as far as referring to himself as "the bride." SO CUTE!