Groomsmen packages have evolved, featuring personalized gifts like monogrammed bags and customized cards inviting men to be groomsmen. This trend signifies a shift in groom behavior, paralleling the intense planning previously attributed to brides. As men take a more active role in wedding preparations, some exhibit controlling and perfectionist tendencies, resonating with the previously female-dominated narrative of wedding stress. Despite the humorous aspects of this shift, there's a genuine push for healthy male bonding among grooms and their friends, addressing male loneliness and promoting connection.
The groomsman package glow-up is just one ripple - a fairly benign one, at that - in a changing tide of groom behavior and identity.
There's certainly demand for grooms who are (over)-eager to commit to the bit: Just peruse groomsmen's gifts on Etsy, and you'll find a sea of monogrammed bags, engraved watches, and etched knives.
Now, as men grow more invested in wedding planning, some are also taking on the role of detail-obsessed, egotistical perfectionists, ready to steamroll anyone who stands in the way of their carefully-curated, vision-boarded Special Day.
On the one hand, if this is combating the male loneliness crisis or whatever, that's good. I want men to love each other and be connected.
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