1000 Best Wedding Bargains

Ok... so a while back I ranted a little (at least I think I did) about this book. It is a handy little guide with some helpful tips for keeping costs down in the whole wedding planning process. The issue I had with the book is that it seems to be written for the bride and the bride only. Some of the comments in the book are really pretty insulting, and certainly dismissive of the role the groom may play in the planning process (except for opening up the ol' wallet to pay for stuff).

I had put the book aside for a while, but started reading it again yesterday and I decided to email the author and let her know what I thought about how the book was written. Interstingly, I got an almost immediate response from her, and it seems that it was not her who wrote it that way, but it was her publishers who decided to edit the book as they felt the main audience was women... She will probably actually pass my message onto them to show that it is not only brides who read the book... and as a thank you, she is sending me two other of her books, one the Groom's Guide and one other for Angel... all in all a very satisfying interaction!!