Recommended reading from the Globe & Mail today: I took my wife's last name by Josiah Neufeld:

So far the name change hasn't cost me more than a few hours of paperwork, some explanations to public officials and a few strained conversations with brittle relatives who think I've joined a matrilineal cult. I still feel like myself. My identity remains intact. Marriage will demand larger sacrifices than this, I expect.

Read the full article, and thanks to Michelle for passing this my way.

So you're thinking to yourself, "Self, if a rockabilly bride gets the hot pin-up hair, then what does a pychobilly groom to do keep up with the hotness?"

Answer: Mofo rocks a mohawk!

And then you're thinking, "Self, what about the shoes? Those rockabilly brides get all the cute shoes — what would a hottie groom wear so as not to be outdone by her hounds-tooth pumps?"

Answer: Leopard creepers … DUH, Self!

And finally, in this long monologue with yourself, you're thinking, "And what about the hottie psychobilly's groomsmen? How would they look?"

Tada:

To see more sexy details (hounds-tooth accents! amazing flowers! more!) from Chelsea Dee & Keith's rockabilly/psychobilly wedding, keep reading!

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Offbeat grooms, I hope you're wearing your diapers, because this one is going to make you shit your pants with jealousy: at Corbin & Louise's Forest Treehouse Zipline Unicycle Wedding, the groom entered via a zipline he built in his backyard:

(If you have a Facebook account, you can click the photo to view the full gallery)

But don't be fooled! The bride may have walked to the altar, but she got in some zipping too:

Here's the full story from the groom, Corbin:

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The final post for Offbeat Bride's "Elephun Elephant Day" is some adorable wedding porn taken by Megan, the offbeat intern…

I was on location in the Pacific Palisades taking photos of a fellow Offbeat Bride's wedding when we all heard this great commotion — yelling, cheering, tambourines, etc. — and when I checked it out I realized it was wedding parade for an Indian wedding!

After getting over the initial happy spurt of seeing this wonderful procession, I then noticed the huge elephant lumbering up the hill being ridden by an adorably freaked-out groom holding on for dear life!

Wedding cuteness overload I tell you.

Check out the slideshow below for more photos of a cute groom riding a cute elephant and I hope you enjoyed this first ever "Elephun Elephant Week."