Wedding responsibilities...

Future grooms, as a general rule, tend not to take a great deal of interest in the wedding that is being planned around them and are given limited responsibility. This may be justified, or may not, quite frankly this depends on the man. Most women though, are perfectly happy to leave the status quo in place and get on with things without too much consultation.

(I happen to be one of the most opinionated people I know and therefore don't necessarily let my darling F get on with things in the peace I am sure she somtimes yearns...)

But one of the things that remains the groom's responsibility is the Honeymoon. This is of course, no small responsibility... After all, everyone needs a good holiday after the stress of wedding planning (at least that is how I view the honeymoon... F and I have been living in sin for a year now.)

So, I am going to ask you all for help with suggestions for fabulous honeymoon locations, bearing in mind, budget (we are on one), we are starting in Europe, and our wedding is at the end of June. Please, please, please help...

Until next time dahlings, that was me...

Another beautiful day in Paris...

So all is well once again with the world. Thank you for the advice J, I may just take you up on it...

Talking of a road trip across Europe, I am very open to suggestions of potential stopping points between Paris and Budapest, which is our eventual destination ("just get me to the church on time!!"). So far on the list of definite detours to make include somewhere in Champagne, to pick up 150 odd bottles of bubbly, Strasbourg, for a fabulous gourmet meal or two, Berlin, for some serious partying, and Vienna, for a night at the opera, presuming it is the opera season and we can get tickets...

What, you may ask, is all this in aid of? Well, it is really very simple, one only gets married once, or at least I hope to only get married once... So, a big blow-out bachelor party is required, and if we can do a few errands, such as pick up the champagne for the big event at the same time, then all the better...

For further suggestions you have time everyone, this is all more than a year away and will not be finalised for some time yet...

Until next time dahlings, that was me...

Welcome...

Welcome to my blog, which I am doing slightly out of rebellion, and slightly out of a desire to get back to writing something - anything - on a regular basis. I have been told that I will have nothing to write about, but then again name me a blogger that has anything to write about?

I am soon to be 27, living in Paris, planning my wedding and working in the restaurant industry as a sometime Maitre d'H and sometime waiter.

So tonight I will be sleeping on the sofa as I apparently I did something horribly wrong about 2 weeks ago, but was only informed of it tonight... To me this is weird, but hey, what do I know, I am a man...

I am at a stage in my life where I feel like I should have done so so much more and yet, here I am more or less where I was 3 years ago... Though one thing has changed, I now have some sort of responsibility... I am to be married in a year and don't feel able to look after my future wife. I am not stupid, I have been told, I am not lazy (at least not that lazy) and should be making something of my life, but here I am with my stupid dream of owning my own restaurant (which is not getting any closer) and in a year or two I will be responsible for the well-being not just of myself but of the woman I love... Talk about pressure.

So, this woman I love, who told me I would have nothing to write about in my blog, well, she is quite amazing, even if I am stuck on the sofa tonight, which, I will admit is partly my choice... Anyway, long story short, we had a huge fight about nothing... Our usual topic for the big fights...

Until next time dahlings, that was me...